How educated is the typical homeowner in Oklahoma City? According to a recent survey conducted by The Media Audit, among adults age 18 and older in town, 31.3 percent went no further than graduating high school, while 28.4 percent hold college degrees. Reporting “some college” are 19.2 percent, followed by advanced degree holders at 15.6 […]
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Just looking
(Among the metro’s base population of 999,273 residents, 737,414 — 73.8 percent — fall into that category of adults who own a home.) Hispanics are the next highest ethnicity, at 5.4 percent, followed by African-Americans at 4.1 percent and Asians at 3.6 percent. —Gazette staff
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Evolution alternatives
Both bills rely on the language of “academic freedom,” but science professionals are concerned that science education is not the actual goal of the legislation. According to the Gallup poll, 54 percent of Americans support the idea that human beings evolved over time from lower life forms. Sixteen percent of that total believe God had […]
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Man cave?
Of the 737,414 adults age 18 and over who own a home in the city (accounting for 73.8 percent of the base population), 52 percent are male; 48 percent, female. When it comes to age, the 35-44 group comprises the largest chunk of the homeowner pie at 18.4 percent. Following close behind are ages 25-34 […]
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Positive perceptions
An overwhelming majority of Oklahoma City’s likely voters believe the municipality is on the right track and has done a good job handling the MAPS funds, according to a recent poll. The exclusive poll of 303 registered Oklahoma City voters was conducted by SoonerPoll.com, sponsored by Oklahoma Gazette and has a margin of error of […]
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Everything matters when it comes to charity stripe
Did the player wait the right amount of time before running off his screener? Was the pump fake convincing enough? Could the Thunder Girls’ outfits distract the defender for a split second? Everything matters. When it comes to the outcome of a game, the margin of error is even smaller. In games where teams regularly […]
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LETTERS
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Counterpoint: A matter of perspective
They say that as if it’s a bad thing. It’s not. As the Nov. 2 shellacking made perfectly clear, people want less government and more freedom. As one wag observed, that wasn’t an election — it was a restraining order. From Nov. 5 to 11, telephone interviewers for SoonerPoll asked likely voters: “Which would you […]
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Penny for your thoughts
A recent poll of likely Oklahoma City voters shows a majority of those surveyed do not support the city owning a hotel that would adjoin the future MAPS 3 convention center. While likely voters are split about the MAPS 3 convention center’s location, it is important that the site be near Bricktown, according to the […]
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Ask, tell
Trey Watts looked out his office window on a recent blustery, December day. A string of multicolored pennant streamers flapped in the breeze at the used car dealership in north Oklahoma City where he has worked for 11 years. On his desktop computer, Watts checked for breaking news concerning the upcoming vote in Congress to […]