The politics in 73743 Hillsdale, OK are largely controlled by the Republican party. This is evidenced by the fact that all the current local political candidates for this area are Republicans. There have been some initiatives to broaden the political spectrum, such as forming a new Democratic group, but they have not yet been successful. The population of 73743 Hillsdale, OK is relatively small and spread out over several different towns and communities. This means that it can be difficult to rally support around any particular issue or candidate. As such, local elections tend to be dominated by one party or another depending on which has the most active support from local residents.
The political climate in Zip 73743 (Hillsdale, OK) is very 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 73743 (Hillsdale, OK) is very conservative.
Hillsdale, Oklahoma is very 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.
Hillsdale, 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 73743 (Hillsdale)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)