Cushing, Oklahoma is a small town located in Payne County. It is home to a population of around 4,000 people and has been growing gradually over the past few years. The city has a mayor-council form of government, which includes an elected mayor and five city council members who are responsible for setting policy for the city. The mayor is the chief executive officer of the city and works closely with the council to ensure that all of Cushing’s laws and ordinances are enforced properly. In addition to this, the mayor is also responsible for signing contracts and agreements as well as representing Cushing at various events throughout the year. The current mayor is Lisa Gressett, who was elected in 2019. Other local political candidates include Sheryl Millhoff for Councilwoman Seat 2 and Patrick Liles for Councilman Seat 3. Both candidates have demonstrated commitment to serving their community by volunteering their time on various boards and committees within Cushing.
The political climate in Zip 74023 (Cushing, OK) is moderately conservative.
Payne County, OK is moderately conservative. In Payne County, OK 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Payne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 36.8%.
Payne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74023 (Cushing, OK) is moderately conservative.
Cushing, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Payne County, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Stillwater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Cushing, 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 74023 (Cushing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $4,026 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $13,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)