Poll: Oklahoma County District Attorney Race A Statistical Tie

The race for district legal professional is heating up, a Information 9 SoonerPoll places each candidates throughout the margin of error.  

“I nonetheless really feel like it’s value speaking in regards to the two factors that unfold the 2 candidates an element. The ballot was weighted by age, intercourse and political celebration,” mentioned Invoice Shapard, the CEO of SoonerPoll. 

He mentioned it’s very seemingly this comes out as a 51-49% race. That is additionally President Biden’s first midterm election which may sway it in the direction of Republicans relying on his approval rankings. 

The Information 9 SoonerPoll made up of seemingly voters in Oklahoma County is portray an image of what the District Lawyer race may appear like. 

“Republicans make up 51% of this ballot and Democrats are 36% as a result of Republicans nonetheless outnumber Democrats on this county,” mentioned Shapard. 

When requested who they might vote for in the event that they have been within the sales space, 35.8% mentioned Democrat Vicki Behenna, whereas 33.3% mentioned Republican Kevin Calvey. 

“Whereas many might imagine that it is a very Republican state due to this fact it must be a Republican county, we do know that OKC for instance which makes up the higher of the county has been slowly going blue,” he mentioned. 

Out of the 30.9% of Oklahoma County voters which might be undecided, 28.8% are leaning in the direction of Behenna whereas 25.5% are leaning in the direction of Calvey. 

“Whereas it’s nonetheless is closely Oklahoma Metropolis, it does have some suburban areas, it does have a bit little bit of rural areas, and that’s the place the struggle shall be,” mentioned Shapard. 

The remainder mentioned they want extra time to resolve.  

“A number of these suburban areas voted democrat and towards Donald Trump simply two years in the past. A number of the query is will they arrive again? Will they now assist Republicans this time round? I feel the numbers present that the race may be very shut,” he mentioned. 

Pollsters mentioned it’s changing into more and more troublesome to pattern Republican voters. 

“They’ve run silent, which is that they don’t wish to put yard indicators they don’t wish to out bumper stickers. They don’t wish to inform folks that they like Trump,” mentioned Shapard. 

We reached out to each candidates for an announcement on the Information 9 SoonerPoll. 

The Marketing campaign Supervisor for Vicki Behenna mentioned: 

“Oklahoma County is prepared for confirmed management within the DA’s Workplace. Vicki Behenna has over 25 years of expertise as a federal prosecutor, together with her work to convict Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma Metropolis Bombing, and as Govt Director of the Innocence Venture. Kevin Calvey is a profession politician and lobbyist who has by no means tried a single prison case in Oklahoma. These ballot numbers present that Oklahomans know the way crucial it’s to elect a considerate, skilled District Lawyer with a lot on the road. We’d like a District Lawyer who will lead with integrity and equity for everybody. Vicki Behenna is the one certified candidate on this race who is ready to do exactly that.” 

Whereas the Marketing campaign for Kevin Calvey mentioned: 

“These numbers present a statistical useless warmth when the candidate’s political celebration will not be recognized. Oklahoma County has extra Republicans than Democrats so, if celebration identification had been used within the ballot, we might have seen Republicans throughout the board go up a number of factors. Even the pollster himself says this ballot will not be a superb indicator of what’s going to occur on Election Day.  We knew this race could be aggressive from day one so this ballot ought to function a wake-up name to Republicans — each one in all us should prove to vote. If we don’t, we’ll find yourself with one other soft-on-crime Democrat D.A. If that occurs, mark my phrases, Oklahoma Metropolis will find yourself a haven for harmful criminals similar to Los Angeles.”