The city of Enid, OK 73701 is an integral part of Garfield County, and its political scene reflects the trend of the state. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor elected at-large and a total of eight representatives on the council. The mayor and council serve four-year terms. Important political issues in Enid include economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and educational opportunities. In addition to local politics, citizens in Enid participate in county, state and national elections as determined by their registered party affiliation. Various civic groups sponsor forums for local candidates running for office in order to allow voters to make an informed decision when casting their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 73701 (Enid, OK) is strongly conservative.
Garfield County, OK is very conservative. In Garfield County, OK 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 21.9%.
Garfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73701 (Enid, OK) is strongly conservative.
Enid, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Garfield County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Enid 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.
Enid, 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 73701 (Enid)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 289 contributions totaling $14,915 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $12,580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)