Amber Integrated Releases February 2023 Survey

Amber Integrated has released a new survey measuring voter attitudes about key issues and elected officials. The survey was conducted from February 22-23, 2023, and included a pool of 500 likely voters. This survey has a margin of error of 4.4 percent at a 95 percent confidence interval. 

Republican elected officials are relatively popular; the Biden ticket is in the basement.

Gov. Kevin Stitt leads the field of statewide elected officials with a 51% approval rating, followed by U.S. Sen. James Lankford (50 percent) and U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (41 percent). Mullin’s lower approval rating is driven by a larger percentage of voters (20 percent) having no opinion of their new senator, versus just 7 percent and 3 percent who are undecided on Lankford and Stitt, respectively. The Republican dominated State Legislature has an approval rating of 50 percent.

On the other end of the spectrum, President Biden’s approval rating (28 percent) is dismal, and Vice President Kamala Harris (23 percent) is worse.

Education is the key issue in the first quarter of 2023.

Voters gave the clear nod to education as the top state issue in 2023, with 34 percent identifying it as their number one priority, compared to “jobs and the economy” (19 percent) and immigration (17%).

Atypically, Republicans, Democrats and independents all identified education as their number one priority. Twenty-nine percent of Republicans said it was the most important thing for the Legislature to address, while 37 percent of Democrats and a whopping 64 percent of independents said the same.

Support for overturning Roe v. Wade breaks down on party lines.

Unsurprisingly, Republicans are far more likely to support the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, with 64 percent saying they support the court’s actions. Sixty-nine percent of Democrats and 73 percent of independents, on the other hand, say the oppose the decision.

Voters deliver mixed messages on personal finances.

Republicans and Democrats deliver nearly identical opinions on their immediate financial situation: 15 percent of Republicans and 17 percent of Democrats say “times are hard;” 46 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of Democrats say they are “getting by;” and 32 percent of Republicans and 34 percent of Democrats say they are “living comfortably.”

Here’s where it gets interesting: Republicans and Democrats have very different views of their current financial situation compared to six months ago. 51 percent of Republicans say they are somewhat or significantly worse off than they were six months ago, compared to just 21 percent of Democrats. At 65 percent, Democrats are much more likely to say things are “about the same” than Republicans are, at 37 percent. Finally, only 5 percent of Republicans say they are somewhat or significantly better off, compared to 14 percent of Democrats.

Voters want to choose their electricity providers.

Sixty-three percent of voters want to shop for their electricity providers in the same way they can shop for a cell phone, internet or TV plan. That support is relatively consistent across parties, age groups and education levels.