Located in Jackson County, Oklahoma, the small town of 73521 Altus is a peaceful and quiet community. Political representation for 73521 Altus is provided by the local government officials in Jackson County. There are no particular local political candidates associated with this zip code since it is not a designated voting district. However, residents of 73521 Altus can still participate in local politics through their representatives on the county council. Those representatives are responsible for making decisions about public policy affecting all of Jackson County, including 73521 Altus. Residents can stay informed on current political issues impacting their area by researching county-wide political news and staying involved with their local representatives to make sure they are heard and represented.
The political climate in Zip 73521 (Altus, OK) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, OK is very conservative. In Jackson County, OK 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73521 (Altus, OK) is strongly conservative.
Altus, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Altus 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.
Altus, 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 73521 (Altus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $11,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 268 contributions totaling $108,931 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)