Located in north-central Oklahoma, 73726 Carmen is a small rural town with a population of just under 500 people. This small but tight-knit community is served by the Carmen-Dacoma Unified School District and governed by the Blaine County Commissioners. The local politics in 73726 Carmen are closely tied to the values of the surrounding area, which largely consists of conservative Republicans. All local elections are held on a countywide basis, meaning that voters living within 73726 Carmen have the ability to elect representatives who will uphold their beliefs and represent their needs. Additionally, many of the local officials serve as members of various boards and organizations to ensure that their constituents’ voices are heard in all matters concerning their town. As such, 73726 Carmen is a great example of how small towns can maintain close ties with their political representatives no matter how large or small they may be.
The political climate in Zip 73726 (Carmen, OK) is strongly conservative.
Alfalfa County, OK is very conservative. In Alfalfa County, OK 10.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alfalfa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.4% to 10.3%.
Alfalfa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73726 (Carmen, OK) is strongly conservative.
Carmen, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Alfalfa 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.
Carmen, 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 73726 (Carmen)
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 40 contributions totaling $1,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)