Mustang, OK is a small city in Canadian County with a population of approximately 21,000 people. It is primarily governed by the Mustang City Council, which has five members who are elected to staggered four-year terms. The current mayor of Mustang is Charles Brinkley and he has been in office since 2019. In addition to the mayor and council, Mustang also elects representatives to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate as well as county offices. The citizens of Mustang take their political participation seriously and strive for a vibrant community that reflects their values. They actively engage in civic life by attending town hall meetings, writing letters to their representatives, and participating in local campaigns. Political discourse in the city often centers around issues such as public education, economic development, infrastructure improvements, crime reduction efforts and preservation of natural resources.
The political climate in Mustang, OK is strongly conservative.
Canadian County, OK is very conservative. In Canadian County, OK 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Canadian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Canadian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mustang, OK is strongly conservative.
Canadian County, Oklahoma is very 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.
Mustang, 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 Mustang, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 214 contributions totaling $12,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $40,813 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)