Nichols Hills, OK is a small suburb located in the Oklahoma City metro area. The city is known for its upscale lifestyle and diverse community. Politics in Nichols Hills are relatively conservative and have been heavily influenced by the Republican Party for many years. Despite this, there has been a recent surge of progressive candidates running for local office, particularly in municipal elections. This shift has caused some tension among residents as many long-term residents feel that the political landscape of Nichols Hills is changing too quickly. In response to this divide, local politicians have made an effort to reach out to all sides of the political spectrum in order to promote a sense of unity within the city.
The political climate in Nichols Hills, OK is leaning conservative.
Oklahoma County, OK is leaning conservative. In Oklahoma County, OK 48.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oklahoma county remained narrowly Republican, 49.2% to 48.1%.
Oklahoma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nichols Hills, OK is leaning conservative.
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma is leaning 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.
Nichols Hills, 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 Nichols Hills, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,643 contributions totaling $630,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,926 contributions totaling $2,234,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)