The city of Fargo, Oklahoma is a small rural community located in the state's Southwest region. Politics in this area are mainly focused around local issues such as education, infrastructure, and economic development. Local elections for mayor and city council are held on the first Tuesday of every May. The current mayor is Billy Joe Brown Jr., who has been in office since 2015 and is running for re-election this year. City Council members serve two-year terms and represent their respective neighborhoods. There are also several initiatives to increase civic engagement through public meetings and events with the goal of creating a more informed electorate. Overall, politics in 73840 Fargo, OK tends to be more conservative (leaning right) than other cities and counties across Oklahoma.
The political climate in Zip 73840 (Fargo, OK) is very conservative.
Ellis County, OK is very conservative. In Ellis County, OK 8.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ellis county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.1% to 8.6%.
Ellis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73840 (Fargo, OK) is very conservative.
Fargo, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Ellis County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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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.
Fargo, 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 73840 (Fargo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)