73717 Alva, OK is located in Woods County and is a rural area with a population of over 4,000 people. Politics in the area are mainly focused on local issues such as budgets for schools and roads, taxation, and community development. While there are no local political candidates running within 73717 Alva, OK itself, the county does have several candidates on the ballot for positions such as Sheriff and County Commissioner. The people of 73717 Alva, OK elect these candidates to represent their interests and help shape the future of their county. Local politics often bring communities together to find common ground on important issues that affect them all.
The political climate in Zip 73717 (Alva, OK) is strongly conservative.
Woods County, OK is very conservative. In Woods County, OK 16.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Woods county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.4% to 16.1%.
Woods county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73717 (Alva, OK) is strongly conservative.
Alva, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Woods County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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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.
Alva, 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 73717 (Alva)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 249 contributions totaling $10,111 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $18,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $297 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)