74701 Durant, OK is a small town located in southeastern Oklahoma. It is home to a diverse population of people, although the majority are of Native American descent. Despite its size, Durant has an active political climate that includes both local and national representation. At the local level, the city council is made up of five members who are elected by the residents every four years. The mayor is also elected by the citizens on a four-year basis. Additionally, 74701 Durant, OK has two representatives in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives – one Democrat and one Republican – who work to ensure that all state laws are properly enforced and serve as advocates for their constituents. On the national level, 74701 Durant is represented by two senators in Washington D.C., both currently being Republicans. These representatives work to represent their constituents’ interests in Congress and strive to pass legislation that will benefit their district and Oklahoma as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 74701 (Durant, OK) is strongly conservative.
Bryan County, OK is very conservative. In Bryan County, OK 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bryan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
Bryan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74701 (Durant, OK) is strongly conservative.
Durant, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Bryan County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Durant 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.
Durant, 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 74701 (Durant)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 398 contributions totaling $48,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $61,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)