Lawton, OK is a small city in Southwest Oklahoma that has a population of approximately 96,867 people. It is the fifth largest city in the state with an area of 69.4 square miles and is home to many different political organizations. Lawton is represented by two state senators and four state representatives, all of whom are members of the Republican Party. The mayor is also a member of the Republican Party, as are most of the members of the City Council. Lawton also has a variety of local groups and organizations that strive to protect and improve the lives of its citizens through political means. These groups include advocates for better education, public safety initiatives, economic development projects and environmental protection efforts. With so many diverse interests within the city, Lawton strives to ensure that everyone's voices are heard in local politics as they work together towards common goals and objectives.
The political climate in Zip 73503 (Lawton, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Comanche County, OK is moderately conservative. In Comanche County, OK 38.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Comanche county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.7% to 38.6%.
Comanche county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73503 (Lawton, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Lawton, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Comanche County, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Lawton Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lawton, 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 73503 (Lawton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)