Oklahoma City, OK (73132) is the capital of Oklahoma and is home to a diverse population. The city is governed by an 11-member city council, which works together with an elected mayor to pass laws and regulations that impact citizens' daily lives. Local politics in Oklahoma City are centered around issues such as education, public safety, economic development, infrastructure, and quality of life. Recently, there have been several proposals to increase funding for schools in the area, promote economic growth with small business tax incentives, support local infrastructure projects such as road repairs and improvements to public parks and recreation areas. Additionally, local political candidates have focused on running campaigns around these topics in order to gain the trust and support of their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 73132 (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 73132 (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 73132 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 720 contributions totaling $25,669 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $60,115 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)