Lexington, Oklahoma is a small town located in Cleveland County. Its population is just over 1,600 residents and it is governed by a mayor-council system. The current mayor of Lexington is Jerry Robinson and the members of the council are Jim Sartin, Mandy Dobbins, James Brickman, Joseph Caldwell, and Gerald Greer. All local political elections in Lexington are non-partisan and take place every two years during the month of April. In general, Lexington has a very low voter turnout due to its small size and the lack of major issues on the ballot. The majority of candidates running for office in Lexington are usually conservative Republicans who focus their campaigns on local issues such as infrastructure improvements, job opportunities for citizens, educational resources for families, public safety initiatives, and economic development projects. While there may be some occasional debates between candidates on certain issues affecting the townspeople, overall there are not many heated disagreements between local politicians because most of them have similar political views.
The political climate in Zip 73051 (Lexington, OK) is moderately conservative.
Cleveland County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Cleveland County, OK 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 41.6%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73051 (Lexington, OK) is moderately conservative.
Lexington, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Cleveland County, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Oklahoma City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lexington, 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 73051 (Lexington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $3,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $8,493 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)