Tulsa, OK 74131 is part of Tulsa County which has a population of 600,000 people. This area is represented politically by the Tulsa County Board of Commissioners and the state's congressional delegation. The current members of the Board of Commissioners are Chairman George Kaiser, Vice-Chairman Patrick Rutter, District 1 Commissioner Bob Dick, District 2 Commissioner Jeannie Cue-Parton, and District 3 Commissioner Karen Keith. In terms of the Congressional delegation, Tulsa falls within the first district and is currently represented by Republican Congressman Kevin Hern in Washington D.C. He was elected to Congress in 2018. Local politics involve elections for both the county commissioners as well as many other local offices including mayor and city council positions. Given its population size, Tulsa serves as a major political force throughout the entire state and has seen many long-term incumbents hold office for extended periods of time.
The political climate in Zip 74131 (Tulsa, OK) is strongly conservative.
Creek County, OK is very conservative. In Creek County, OK 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Creek county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.6%.
Creek county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74131 (Tulsa, OK) is strongly conservative.
Tulsa, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Creek 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.
Tulsa, 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 74131 (Tulsa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $5,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $10,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)