Leon, OK is a rural town of about 500 people located in Love County. It is small but vibrant, with many community organizations and events that bring the citizens together. Politically, Leon is a typical Oklahoma county with most citizens identifying as conservative and voting Republican. The recent local political races have been closely contested between Republican and Democratic candidates, with the Republicans usually emerging victorious. Most recently, local businessman Jason Soto won the race for mayor with 53% of the vote over his Democratic opponent. Mr. Soto has promised to focus on improving infrastructure, such as roads and schools, while maintaining Leon's small-town charm. He also has plans to create new jobs by attracting businesses to the area and actively engaging the business community there. Overall, Leon's politics are reflective of Oklahoma in general, but its residents remain proud of their community despite their differences in opinion.
The political climate in Zip 73441 (Leon, OK) is very conservative.
Love County, OK is very conservative. In Love County, OK 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Love county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.4%.
Love county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73441 (Leon, OK) is very conservative.
Leon, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Love 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.
Leon, 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 73441 (Leon)
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)