Broken Arrow, Oklahoma is a thriving mid-sized city located in Tulsa County. It is known for its low cost of living, diverse population, and family-friendly atmosphere. Politically, Broken Arrow is heavily Republican-leaning, with many of the local elected officials being Republicans. In addition to federal congressional representatives from Oklahoma's 1st and 2nd districts, Broken Arrow also has its own mayor and City Council. The City Council is composed of seven members who are elected by residents every two years. All of these positions are non-partisan but traditionally tend to be conservative in nature. The City Council works to ensure that the residents have access to quality services and amenities while keeping taxes low. Despite its conservative bent, Broken Arrow offers a wide range of programs for people of all walks of life and political persuasions.
The political climate in Zip 74012 (Broken Arrow, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Tulsa County, OK 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulsa county remained very strongly Republican, 56.5% to 40.9%.
Tulsa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74012 (Broken Arrow, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Broken Arrow, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 74012 (Broken Arrow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 909 contributions totaling $39,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 579 contributions totaling $124,433 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)