Broken Arrow is a city in Oklahoma with a population of over 110,000 and growing. It is considered the fourth largest city in the state and is governed by a Mayor/Council form of government. This system consists of six council members who are elected from three wards in the city, all four elected at large. The Council sets policy for the City of Broken Arrow and appoints representatives to its various boards and commissions. The Mayor is responsible for overseeing all City operations, presiding over meetings, appointing department directors, and communicating with other governmental bodies. Each year Broken Arrow also holds a municipal election where residents vote on their preferred candidate for Mayor and Council seats. These elections serve as an important opportunity for citizens to become informed on local politics and participate in the democratic process.
The political climate in Broken Arrow, OK is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Tulsa County, OK 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulsa county remained very strongly Republican, 56.5% to 40.9%.
Tulsa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Broken Arrow, OK is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma is somewhat 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.
Broken Arrow, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Broken Arrow, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,662 contributions totaling $347,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,773 contributions totaling $3,561,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $944 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)