The politics in Idabel, OK 74745 are centered around local government officials who serve the town and its people. The City of Idabel is managed by a Mayor and City Council. The Mayor is elected to a two-year term, while the city council is comprised of seven members who are also elected for two-year terms. All elections are held at the same time and the citizens of Idabel can vote to decide who will represent them in their local government. Residents of Idabel can stay informed about upcoming events and political issues by attending public meetings or by visiting information sessions hosted by elected officials. Community members also have access to a variety of resources that keep them up to date on news from their local representatives.
The political climate in Zip 74745 (Idabel, OK) is strongly conservative.
McCurtain County, OK is very conservative. In McCurtain County, OK 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCurtain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 16.2%.
McCurtain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74745 (Idabel, OK) is strongly conservative.
Idabel, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
McCurtain 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.
Idabel, 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 74745 (Idabel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $6,637 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $7,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)