The politics in 74851 Mcloud, OK are heavily impacted by the national political scene, as is the case with many other towns across the United States. The local electorate strongly identifies with one of the major parties, usually either Democratic or Republican. In November 2020, there were no local candidates running for office in Mcloud because most elections are held on a state or national level. Despite this, residents still have ample opportunities to get involved in their local government and affect change through voting and taking part in city council meetings or public forums. Residents can also join groups such as the Mcloud Democrats or Republicans to stay informed and engage in political discourse about current events and issues that affect their community and beyond. As a small town in Oklahoma, Mcloud is an important part of the larger state’s political landscape and its citizens take pride in participating in the process of electing representatives who will represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 74851 (Mcloud, OK) is very conservative.
Pottawatomie County, OK is very conservative. In Pottawatomie County, OK 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawatomie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Pottawatomie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74851 (Mcloud, OK) is very conservative.
Mcloud, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Shawnee 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.
Mcloud, 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 74851 (Mcloud)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $5,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $8,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)