The politics in 74728 Broken Bow, OK are largely influenced by local organizations and individuals within the community. The Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce is a major advocate for the civic engagement of its citizens. They organize events throughout the year to get people to be more involved in their community. Additionally, local politicians such as Mayor Todd Thompson play a role in the decision-making process and ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to public projects and other initiatives that affect the citizens of Broken Bow. The City Council is also responsible for providing oversight on all city matters, with each member having a vested interest in making sure that their district or ward receives appropriate resources and attention. All these efforts combine to provide an active political climate in this area of Oklahoma.
The political climate in Zip 74728 (Broken Bow, OK) is strongly conservative.
McCurtain County, OK is very conservative. In McCurtain County, OK 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCurtain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 16.2%.
McCurtain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74728 (Broken Bow, OK) is strongly conservative.
Broken Bow, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
McCurtain 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.
Broken Bow, 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 74728 (Broken Bow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $4,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $27,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)