Norman, Oklahoma is located in Cleveland County and has a population of about 125,000 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council system with the mayor currently being Breea Clark. The city council consists of eight members who are all elected at-large to serve three year terms on a rotating basis. These council members provide legislative support to the mayor. Norman operates under a Home Rule Charter which allows for local governance and regulations that best fit the interests of the citizens of Norman. Norman also has numerous local organizations, such as the League of Women Voters, which advocate for citizens’ rights and local representation on important issues such as voting equality, environmental sustainability, access to health care, and social justice initiatives. Local political candidates are often involved in these organizations and use their platform to inform voters on their views on certain topics relevant to Norman’s citizens.
The political climate in Norman, OK is leaning conservative.
Cleveland County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Cleveland County, OK 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 41.6%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norman, OK is leaning conservative.
Cleveland County, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Oklahoma City Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Oklahoma is very conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Norman, Oklahoma: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Norman, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,407 contributions totaling $1,513,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,223 contributions totaling $1,384,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)