Jenks, OK (74037) is a suburban community located just a few miles south of Tulsa. It is an active and vibrant area that is home to a diverse population. Politically, Jenks is largely represented by Republicans at the state and federal level, with most of their city council members being from the same party. The city does have some Democrats in the mix as well, though not enough to make it truly bipartisan. At the local level, candidates often focus on issues like infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety, and quality of life initiatives. Whoever takes office must also be aware of the needs of the city's many different communities and strive to create equitable outcomes for everyone. In recent years, strong candidates from both sides of the aisle have made their voices heard in this election cycle, making it a race that will be exciting to watch and see how it plays out in 2021.
The political climate in Zip 74037 (Jenks, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Tulsa County, OK 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulsa county remained very strongly Republican, 56.5% to 40.9%.
Tulsa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74037 (Jenks, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Jenks, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Jenks, 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 74037 (Jenks)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 366 contributions totaling $40,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 567 contributions totaling $2,530,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,463 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)