The small town of Balko, OK (zip code 73931) is located in the panhandle of Oklahoma and has a population of about 469 people. Despite its small size, the town has an active political climate with local elections that are held each year. The city council is made up of a mayor and four councilors who strive to make decisions that benefit the people of Balko. Local residents can get involved by attending city council meetings or running for office themselves. The local candidates for office typically include individuals from all walks of life who have unique perspectives on how to best address the needs and concerns of the community. From creating economic opportunities to developing public safety measures, the local politicians in Balko make every effort to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 73931 (Balko, OK) is very conservative.
Beaver County, OK is very conservative. In Beaver County, OK 8.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.4% to 8.7%.
Beaver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73931 (Balko, OK) is very conservative.
Balko, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Beaver 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.
Balko, 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 73931 (Balko)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)