El Reno, Oklahoma is a small town in Canadian County. It is home to a variety of people from various backgrounds and cultures. Politically, the city of El Reno leans slightly towards the Republican Party with many local politicians running for office. One of the most notable Republicans in El Reno is Senator James Lankford who was elected in 2011 and continues to serve on Capitol Hill today. The state legislature also includes several Republicans from El Reno such as Representative Leslie Osborn and Senator Rob Standridge who both serve on the Senate Agriculture, Wildlife and Environment Committee. On the Democratic side of things, former Governor Brad Henry served as the mayor of El Reno before his election to higher office. For local politics, there are two city councils that make decisions in El Reno: an elected mayor-council form of government and an appointed code compliance board. All citizens are able to express their opinions when it comes to making decisions for their community. It is clear that no matter which political party you align with, everyone has a chance to make their voices heard in El Reno.
The political climate in Zip 73036 (El Reno, OK) is strongly conservative.
Canadian County, OK is very conservative. In Canadian County, OK 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Canadian county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 27.0%.
Canadian county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73036 (El Reno, OK) is strongly conservative.
El Reno, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Canadian County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Oklahoma City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
El Reno, 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 73036 (El Reno)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 692 contributions totaling $60,529 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $22,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $193 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)