Norman, Oklahoma is the third largest city in the state and has been home to many influential leaders over the years. It is a city that has seen much political growth and development from its beginnings in 1889. The current mayor is Breea Clark, who was elected in 2019 with an overwhelming 71% of the vote. In addition to her, there are five city council members: Steve Nemec, Rachel Hall-Ayres, Keith Oglesby, Cassandra Webb and Andrea Fanning. Together they work to ensure Norman's citizens have access to quality services and resources while maintaining fiscal responsibility. There have been numerous initiatives proposed recently including creating an economic development fund for small businesses and improving public transportation options throughout the city. These initiatives are just some of the ways Norman works to create a better future for its constituents.
The political climate in Zip 73071 (Norman, OK) is leaning 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 73071 (Norman, OK) is leaning conservative.
Norman, Oklahoma is leaning 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.
Norman, 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 73071 (Norman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,091 contributions totaling $73,084 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 407 contributions totaling $75,311 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)