Bixby, Oklahoma is an affluent suburb located in Tulsa County. It has several small businesses and a population of just over 20,000 people. The city is governed by six council members who are elected every two years, with the mayor being elected every four years. In recent years, local politics in Bixby have focused on issues such as economic growth and sustainability, crime prevention and public safety. In addition to these issues, Bixby residents also take a keen interest in the health of their local schools and infrastructure. There have been several initiatives proposed to improve transportation options in the city, as well as encourage more development downtown. The upcoming election will be an important one for deciding how these initiatives are implemented and what kind of future Bixby will have.
The political climate in Zip 74008 (Bixby, OK) is moderately conservative.
Tulsa County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Tulsa County, OK 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulsa county remained very strongly Republican, 56.5% to 40.9%.
Tulsa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74008 (Bixby, OK) is moderately conservative.
Bixby, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bixby, 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 74008 (Bixby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 328 contributions totaling $39,138 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 337 contributions totaling $141,523 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)