Porter, Oklahoma is a small town located in Tulsa County with a population of about 7,400 people. It is governed by the Porter Town Board which is comprised of five elected officials who serve four year terms. These members are responsible for determining the laws and regulations that apply to Porter citizens. The mayor is chosen from within the board and serves as its leader. Every two years, residents of Porter elect a mayor and four trustees to serve on the board. They are committed to ensuring that Porter remains an excellent place to live while also striving for economic development and growth. Local politics in Porter focus on issues that directly affect its citizens such as education, housing, public safety, transportation and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, the town actively encourages citizen participation in government by hosting frequent meetings of the Porter Town Board where they listen to community input before making decisions.
The political climate in Zip 74454 (Porter, OK) is very conservative.
Wagoner County, OK is very conservative. In Wagoner County, OK 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wagoner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.0%.
Wagoner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74454 (Porter, OK) is very conservative.
Porter, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Wagoner County, Oklahoma is very 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.
Porter, 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 74454 (Porter)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $2,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $1,221 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)