Oklahoma is a vibrant state with a diverse political landscape. Located in the Midwestern and South-Central part of the United States, Oklahoma has a long history of political involvement. The political climate in Oklahoma is dominated by two major parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Many local and national elections take place within each county throughout the state, including those within OK County. Despite divisions among the two major parties, voters in Oklahoma have made it clear that they support candidates from both sides of the aisle when it comes to issues like health care, education, and infrastructure. In 2020, OK County saw high voter turnout for both presidential candidates as well as all congressional races. As Oklahoma continues to develop its politics, citizens can remain confident that their voices will continue to be heard through their votes.
The political climate in 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
Oklahoma County, OK 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.
Oklahoma, 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 Oklahoma County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23,548 contributions totaling $3,283,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11,870 contributions totaling $8,920,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $752 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)