Oklahoma City, OK is located in the 73106 zip code area. The city is heavily involved in politics both at the local and state level. Oklahoma City has a strong mayor-council government that serves as the legislative and executive power of the city. In addition to the mayor, there are nine council members that each represent a different district in Oklahoma City. The citizens of Oklahoma City have the opportunity to vote on various issues such as budgets, taxes, and ordinances at local elections held throughout the year. Furthermore, Oklahoma City's representatives take part in state politics which help shape laws across the state. Local candidates can be elected for positions such as Governor, State Legislature, and Attorney General. There are also numerous political action committees (PACs) that allow citizens to become actively involved in shaping policies that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 73106 (Oklahoma City, OK) is leaning liberal.
Oklahoma County, OK is leaning conservative. In Oklahoma County, OK 48.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oklahoma county remained narrowly Republican, 49.2% to 48.1%.
Oklahoma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73106 (Oklahoma City, OK) is leaning liberal.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is leaning liberal.
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma is leaning 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.
Oklahoma City, 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 73106 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 355 contributions totaling $65,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $36,203 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)