About two dozen Oklahoma legislative candidates won their elections last month after including support for school choice among their campaign planks. A recent survey on school reform indicates the issue resonates favorably, and strongly so, with Oklahoma voters.
The Sooner Survey released by Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates found that 61% of voters favor school choice, including allowing parents to use tax dollars to send their child to a private school. Polling by CHS in February, ahead of the COVID-19 pandemic, produced the same result.
Support in the latest poll was at roughly 60% among male and female voters, among those surveyed in urban and rural areas, and for those with children in the house or not. Party affiliation produced the greatest split — Republicans gave the idea 72% support, compared with 44% for Democrats. Forty-seven percent of Democratic voters surveyed opposed the idea.
“It looks as though the pandemic has strengthened the resolve of Republicans who now support school choice by better than a 3-to-1 margin, while the issue divides Democrats more than we have ever seen,” said Republican pollster Pat McFerron, CHS president.
The survey also found strong support for open transfer to any public school, provided the receiving school has the room. Overall, 68% of those surveyed said they like the idea. There was minimal difference between Republicans (68% approval) and Democrats (66%), or between urban voters (70% support) and rural voters (65%).
The survey touched on other reform ideas that were well received.
One was a proposal to move away from grade levels and time spent in the classroom and instead have students focus on mastering concepts. Seventy-two percent of voters surveyed supported the idea, with nearly identical numbers for Democrats and Republicans.
When posed differently, with the idea of moving away from grade levels moved to the front of the question, support remained high at 64%. Younger parents showed strongest support for the change.
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