Ada, OK is a small city in Pontotoc County with a population of around 17,000 people. It is an active and vibrant community, with its own city council to manage the local politics. The City Council consists of five members elected from different wards within Ada, who are responsible for determining policy and enacting legislation for the city. They handle a variety of issues such as housing development, land use, public safety, zoning regulations, taxes and budgets. In addition to the City Council, Ada has various other elected officials who serve in positions such as Mayor, Police Chief, Fire Chief and City Clerk. These elected representatives ensure that Ada continues to thrive by providing leadership that helps to improve quality of life for citizens and businesses alike.
The political climate in Zip 74820 (Ada, OK) is strongly conservative.
Pontotoc County, OK is very conservative. In Pontotoc County, OK 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pontotoc county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.5% to 26.9%.
Pontotoc county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74820 (Ada, OK) is strongly conservative.
Ada, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Pontotoc County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Ada Metro Area 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.
Ada, 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 74820 (Ada)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 534 contributions totaling $664,236 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 534 contributions totaling $719,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,347 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)