Oakwood, Oklahoma is a small town in the heart of rural America. While it may not be the most politically active community in the state, its residents take a great interest in local politics and are passionate about ensuring their voices are heard. The local political landscape is largely dominated by conservatism, with many of the candidates representing traditional values and advocating for lower taxes and smaller government. Despite this, issues such as education and healthcare remain at the forefront of conversations and debates among residents. Residents also rally around causes such as environmental conservation and animal rights, demonstrating a commitment to progressive values that is often overshadowed by the more conservative stances taken on other issues. With an engaged population ready to make its voice heard, Oakwood's politics can offer up some interesting discussions and debates that shape the community for generations to come.
The political climate in Zip 73658 (Oakwood, OK) is strongly conservative.
Dewey County, OK is very conservative. In Dewey County, OK 9.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dewey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.0% to 9.1%.
Dewey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73658 (Oakwood, OK) is strongly conservative.
Oakwood, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Dewey County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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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.
Oakwood, 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 73658 (Oakwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $264 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)