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June 12, 2012 Tim Ross Campaign Manager Mullin for Congress Pat McFerron President Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates, Inc. A Survey of 400 Registered Republicans Likely to Vote in Oklahomas Second Congressional District Republican Primary for Congress Interviewing conducted June 4-5, 2012 Margin of error: +/- 4.9%

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KEY FINDINGS
Markwayne Mullin leads the field by a wide margin, more than doubling the support of his closest competitor. At 30% overall and 45% of decided voters, Mullin is poised to finish in a strong first place. The real battle at this point is for second place. While George Faught currently is in second place, three other candidates are within striking distance. Faught is at 15%, Wayne Pettigrew at 7% and both Dustin Rowe and Dakota Wood are at 6% each. Mullin has a favorable to unfavorable ratio of better than 13 to 1 (54% favorable vs. 4% unfavorable). This is the best ratio of any of the six candidates in the race. Mullins lead is wider among key constituencies such as the 34% who have participated in all five of the most recent primaries (33% Mullin; 15% Faught; 7% Pettigrew; 6% Rowe; 6% Wood) and the 7% of voters who express familiarity with all of the candidates in the race (39% Mullin; 18% Faught; 0% Pettigrew; 7% Rowe; 11% Wood).

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Cole Hargrave Snodgrass & Associates (CHS) is pleased to present this summary of findings of its recent survey of likely Republican Primary voters in Oklahomas Second Congressional District commissioned by Mullin for Congress. The survey reveals that Markwayne Mullin is positioned to finish in first place in this Republican primary and has the potential to do so by a wide margin. Mullin is currently supported by 30% of all voters twice as many as support current second place candidate George Faught. When looking at the decided voters, Mullin is at 45% while Faught is at 22%.

Mullin has strong leads in the most populous parts of the district. In Rogers County, which constitutes 25% of all expected voters, Mullin is at 49% with his closest competitor being Dakota Wood (17%). In this county, Mullin is a 72% favorable and still has room to grow in his vote totals. Similarly, Mullin dominates the Tulsa media market which accounts for 74% of the voters. In the Tulsa market, Mullin gets 36% of all voters and 53% of those currently decided. The largest voting bloc in the district includes those voters primarily concerned with economic issues. Representing 44% of all voters, this is Mullins strength. Currently, 37% of these voters show support for Mullin, far above the 16% who opt for Faught who is in second place among this group. I do expect Mullins strength to grow because his support increases as voters become more engaged or have a deeper interest. Traditionally, these groups are often harbingers of where other currently less informed voters move. Among those with the most extensive history of voting in primaries, Mullins lead is greater (33% Mullin; 15% Faught; 8% Wood; 7% Rowe; 6% Pettigrew; 2% Thompson). Among those who know all six candidates, Mullins lead is even wider (39% Mullin; 18% Faught; 11% Wood; 7% Rowe; 7% Thompson; 0% Pettigrew). In addition, Mullin leads by double-digits among senior citizens. Mullin still has room to grow as among those undecided on the ballot, he is largely unknown but is liked among those who do know him (29% favorable vs. 1% unfavorable). For comparison, Faught is a 14% favorable vs. 1% unfavorable among this same group. Balanced for geographic region, gender and age, this survey is consistent with the composition of historical primary elections in this region such as the recent Republican Presidential Preference Primary and 2010s Republican Primary for statewide offices such as that for Governor. Results for the favorability questions and the ballot question are below.
Now, Id like to read you a list of names. For each one, I want you to tell me first if you have heard of the person; then, if so, please tell me whether you have a favorable or an unfavorable impression of that person. (After response, ask:) Would you say that your impression is strongly (favorable / unfavorable) or only somewhat (favorable / unfavorable)? (Rotate names) Strongly Somewhat Somewhat Strongly Heard of Never Favorable Favorable Unfavorable Unfavorable No Opin. Heard of 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Markwayne Mullin Wayne Pettigrew Dustin Rowe George Faught Dwayne Thompson Dakota Wood 29% 5% 7% 16% 1% 6% 25% 18% 9% 14% 10% 8% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 0% 0% 17% 38% 24% 18% 19% 22% 27% 35% 59% 49% 69% 61%

If the Republican primary election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you be voting for: (Rotate names) George Faught ............................................... 15% Markwayne Mullin ........................................ 30% Wayne Pettigrew ........................................... 7% Dustin Rowe .................................................. 6% Dwayne Thompson ....................................... 2% Dakota Wood................................................. 6% Undecided (vol.) ............................................ 34%

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