The city of Dewey, OK (74029) is a small town located in Washington county within Oklahoma. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is governed by the mayor and five-member city council. This city follows the traditional form of government that is common within Oklahoma. The mayor serves as the head of government and is elected to serve a four-year term. A five-member council, elected at large from the city’s districts, oversees the day-to-day operations of the city. The councilors are also elected to serve four-year terms with staggered expiration dates. Local elections are held every two years to elect a new mayor or two new members of the council. Candidates for office must be at least 25 years old, have lived in Dewey for at least six months prior to filing for office, and must not have been convicted of any felony offenses. Residents of Dewey have many opportunities to participate in local politics through attending City Council meetings and voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 74029 (Dewey, OK) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, OK is very conservative. In Washington County, OK 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.7% to 24.6%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74029 (Dewey, OK) is strongly conservative.
Dewey, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Bartlesville Metro Area is very 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.
Dewey, 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 74029 (Dewey)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $1,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $2,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)