A state-wide survey was conducted among Oklahoma educators that revealed some interesting trends regarding educator pay, respect and politics. The survey was conducted by SoonerPoll.com. The online survey of 458 Oklahoma teachers was commissioned by The Oklahoman newspaper.
The scientific study was conducted online September 29 – October 10, 2016 and respondents were selected at random among those with a teaching certificate in the state of Oklahoma. Teachers were identified by filtering out only teachers who were currently employed, retired, or looking for a teaching position in the state. The data was also filtered for those registered to vote and likely to vote in the November 2016 election. The study has a Margin of Error (MoE) of ± 4.56 percent.
Partial Results
- Over 56% of teachers said they do not feel respected by elected officials and over 72% said they had thought about leaving Oklahoma to teach in another state.
- Over 68% of teachers said they have thought about leaving the teaching profession altogether.
- While only 18.4% of respondents identified as “liberal,” 29.7% stated that they’d vote for Hillary Clinton at the time of the survey.
- 50.4% of respondents identified as “conservative,” but only 47.6% stated that they’d vote for Donald Trump.
More detailed results are available in the article by Ben Felder linked to below.
Read the Article Survey Results (PDF, 640k)