Politics in 74047 Mounds, OK are largely determined by the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners. This board is responsible for the governance and management of the county, including setting regulations, levying taxes, and approving budgets. The current commissioners are Mark Peet, Michael Richardson, Jesse Osburn, Charles Blackfox, and Vandra Jacobs. These five elected officials work together to ensure that the citizens of 74047 Mounds receive the services and support they need from their local government. There are also several school boards within Okmulgee County which further contribute to the politics of 74047 Mounds. These boards set policies on curriculum, funding, and other educational matters for local schools. The people of 74047 Mounds have a strong voice in the political process through voting in county elections as well as participating in public meetings regarding policy decisions that may affect them directly or indirectly.
The political climate in Zip 74047 (Mounds, OK) is very conservative.
Creek County, OK is very conservative. In Creek County, OK 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Creek county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 21.6%.
Creek county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74047 (Mounds, OK) is very conservative.
Mounds, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Creek County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Tulsa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Mounds, 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 74047 (Mounds)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $6,822 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $15,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)