Marlow, Oklahoma is a small town located in Stephens County, with a population of about 3,100 people. It is the county seat and is known for its western history and traditions. In terms of local politics, Marlow has traditionally been an area that votes Republican. The current mayor is Joe Carroll, who was re-elected as Mayor in April 2019. He is a member of the Republican party and has served as mayor since 2013. Marlow also has two City Council members: John Hartman (R) and Kylee Johnson (D). Both candidates were elected to serve on the City Council in 2019. Local residents actively participate in political events and discussions within their community. To make sure their views are heard, voters typically attend meetings held by the City Council to express concerns or suggest ideas for improving city services or infrastructure.
The political climate in Zip 73055 (Marlow, OK) is very conservative.
Stephens County, OK is very conservative. In Stephens County, OK 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stephens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.6%.
Stephens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73055 (Marlow, OK) is very conservative.
Marlow, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Stephens County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Duncan Metro Area is very 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.
Marlow, 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 73055 (Marlow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $1,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $16,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)