Medicine Park, OK is a small community located in Comanche County, with a population of just over 400 people. Despite its small size, the politics of Medicine Park are important to understand for those living and visiting the area. There are several groups and organizations that are active politically in the area, working on issues ranging from economic development to public safety. Local politicians seek to provide solutions to these issues while promoting the best interests of citizens in Medicine Park. These include city council members who hold regular meetings open to the public, as well as county commissioners who work together with state representatives on legislation related to the town. Additionally, the state government has offices located near Medicine Park as well where residents can access services such as voter registration and other resources related to their rights and responsibilities as citizens. With these local representatives working hard on behalf of their constituents, it is clear that politics remain an integral part of life in Medicine Park and will continue to be so for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 73557 (Medicine Park, OK) is moderately 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 73557 (Medicine Park, OK) is moderately conservative.
Medicine Park, Oklahoma is moderately 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.
Medicine Park, 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 73557 (Medicine Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $1,400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $4,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)