The politics of 74883 Wetumka, OK has been influenced by a range of different factors including geography, history, and culture. The city is located in Hughes County and is the county seat. It is governed by a mayor-council structure and provides a variety of services to its residents. The citizens of Wetumka are represented on the state level by two members in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and one member in the Oklahoma Senate. On the federal level, residents are represented by two members in Congress from Oklahoma鈥檚 Second District. Local elections for mayors or council members take place every four years based on voter turnout. Overall, Wetumka offers its citizens an opportunity to participate in local politics and engage with their community through their elected representatives.
The political climate in Zip 74883 (Wetumka, OK) is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, OK is very conservative. In Hughes County, OK 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hughes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 18.9%.
Hughes county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74883 (Wetumka, OK) is strongly conservative.
Wetumka, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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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.
Wetumka, Oklahoma: d 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 74883 (Wetumka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)