Sand Springs, Oklahoma is a small city located within Tulsa County. The city has a long political history and is home to many different political organizations. In recent years, the city has seen an increase in political activity as local candidates have begun to make their voices heard in the community. From the Mayor's office to City Council positions, Sand Springs residents have a variety of choices for who they want to represent them in local government. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development are all important topics that local politicians are working hard to address. As the election season approaches each year, Sand Springs citizens get the chance to vote for their preferred candidate and take part in determining who will represent them in local government.
The political climate in Sand Springs, 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
Sand Springs, 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.
Sand Springs, 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 Sand Springs, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,119 contributions totaling $191,871 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,421 contributions totaling $831,576 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $585 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)