Oklahoma City, OK is the state capital of Oklahoma and has a population of 620,602 people according to the 2010 census. As the largest city in the state, politics in Oklahoma City are important, and it serves as home to many politicians who represent Oklahomans at the federal, state and local level. The 73012 ZIP code is located in the city's northwest corner and primarily covers Warr Acres and parts of Bethany. Residents of this area are represented by members of both parties from both chambers of the Oklahoma State Legislature. At the federal level, they are served by Republican Sen. James Lankford and Democratic Rep. Kendra Horn in Congress. Locally, there is 75th District State Representative Mickey Dollens running for re-election as a Democrat and also two Republicans seeking election to his seat: Rebecca Cadenhead-Hill and Mark Lawson. While local politics can often be complex and heavily debated, residents of 73012 Oklahoma City can rest assured that their voices will be heard on a variety of issues at every level of government.
The political climate in Zip 73012 (Oklahoma City, OK) is leaning conservative.
Oklahoma County, OK is leaning conservative. In Oklahoma County, OK 48.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oklahoma county remained narrowly Republican, 49.2% to 48.1%.
Oklahoma county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73012 (Oklahoma City, OK) is leaning conservative.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is leaning conservative.
Oklahoma County, Oklahoma is leaning 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.
Oklahoma City, 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 73012 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 630 contributions totaling $113,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 492 contributions totaling $219,667 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)