The city of Waurika, Oklahoma is located in Jefferson County and has a population of 1,636 as of 2019. The local government in Waurika is run by the mayor-council system which consists of an elected mayor and five council members. The current mayor is Jeanette Wilmoth and the council members are Paul Turner, Sandy Raney, Kara Potter, Patrick Nuytten and Chad Moore. All residents of Waurika have the opportunity to take part in local politics by voting in elections for the mayor and council members. Civic engagement is encouraged in this small town which focuses on providing quality services to its citizens while promoting economic growth. Residents of Waurika can stay informed about local politics through attending City Council meetings or checking out the Town's website for updates on important community matters.
The political climate in Zip 73573 (Waurika, OK) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, OK is very conservative. In Jefferson County, OK 13.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.9% to 13.4%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73573 (Waurika, OK) is strongly conservative.
Waurika, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Jefferson 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.
Waurika, 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 73573 (Waurika)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)