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The Antlers American
By Teresa Black Bradway
Pushmataha Democrats
Vice-Chair
Our Republican
Gov. Mary Fallin is now
the most unpopular gover-
nor in the nation according
to a survey by Morning
Consult.
Fallin and Gov.
Matt Bevin of Kentucky,
another Republican, suf-
fered crushing drops in
polls after teacher protests.
Does Oklahoma
really want another
Republican governor?
Her public
approval declined 17 points
as the end of her last term
nears. Only 19 percent of
registered Oklahoma voters
approved of her job per-
formance. A huge 74 per-
cent disapproved. This
ranking of the nation’s gov-
ernors is based on 326,051
surveys with voters across
the country from April 1
through June 30.
Gov. Fallin’s
Little Dixie Democrat News
decline with voters came
after the bitter nine-day
teachers’ strike in April
which made national head-
lines—bad press for
Oklahoma.
No, this is not a
Democratic poll. Morning
Consult’s popularity
increased after the 2016
presidential election when
its accurate polling showed
a closer race between
Donald Trump and Hillary
Clinton than other pollsters
reported.
T o d a y ,
Republicans don’t offer
Oklahoma voters any
improvement.
“What positions
have either of them
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Proprietàdi OPS News Tracker e membri di Oklahoma Press Association.
espoused that's different
than everything (Gov.)
Mary Fallin has said over
the last seven and half
years?” Drew
Edmondson, Democratic
candidate for governor,
noted before the run-off
where Kevin Stitt won over
Mick Cornett.
Edmondson asked:
is this really a change?
Voters should ask
that now as to Stitt.
Edmondson stood
with teachers this spring.
He supported the pay raise.
Edmondson served
four terms as Oklahoma
attorney general. He won
every county in the primary
to defeat former state Sen.
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Connie Johnson, of speed. The president in his state for years.
Oklahoma City. first 100 days averaged 4.9
Stitt, a Tulsa busi- claims a day, the Post said. The opinions stated in this
nessman, emphasizes that He has nearly doubled that article reflect only the opin-
he has not been in politics. in false statements! ion of the author. The opin-
ions do not necessarily reflec
Stitt flooded In Oklahoma, one
the opinions of The Antlers
Oklahoma television with truth is clear– we needs a
American or its’ staff.
attack ads smearing his change from the
Republican opponent with Republican who has ran the
accusations. Cornett had
facts showing some of
Stitt’s accusations were
untrue.
The Washington
Post’s fact-checking team
reported Sept. 13 that
President Trump had made
over 5,000 false or mislead-
ing claims by the 601st day
of his presidency—an aver-
age of 8.3 Trumpian claims
a day. He is picking up
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