Owasso, OK is located in Tulsa County and is a medium-sized city with approximately 32,000 people living there, according to the 2010 census. Its politics are largely conservative, and the local government consists of a mayor and six city council members who are elected on an at-large basis. The current mayor is Lynn Craig, who has served since 2018. The City Council includes members Mike Bowman, Paul Henderson, Charles O'Dell, Adam Williams, Tony Townsend, and Tammy Bynum.
Owasso's political landscape is characterized by its strong support for conservative values; these ideals are reflected in the policies implemented by the local government. The city is also heavily focused on economic development; it offers tax incentives to encourage businesses to come to Owasso and has created several new jobs over the past few years. Additionally, Owasso prides itself on providing quality public services such as police protection and fire safety to its citizens.
The political climate in Owasso, 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
Owasso, 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.
Owasso, 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 Owasso, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,724 contributions totaling $149,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,025 contributions totaling $588,946 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)