Oakland, OK is a small town situated in the Tulsa metropolitan area with a population of about 3,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and board of trustees who are elected to four-year terms. The mayor is responsible for presenting an annual budget to the Board of Trustees that accurately reflects the town’s priorities and needs. The current mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2016. Trustees include Brad Johnson, Sarah Anderson, Steven Wilson, and Ashley Jones. They are responsible for developing policy initiatives that benefit the people of Oakland as well as approving ordinances or resolutions related to city services and operations. The Board also works closely with local businesses to ensure they are operating within city regulations and providing adequate resources for Oakland's citizens. With their dedication to community engagement and public service, these leaders strive to make Oakland a better place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Oakland, OK is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, OK is very conservative. In Marshall County, OK 18.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 18.1%.
Marshall county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakland, OK is strongly conservative.
Marshall County, Oklahoma is very 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.
Oakland, 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 Oakland, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $21,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)