Oklahoma City, OK is located in zip code 73116 and is home to a diverse population. Politics in this area are largely focused on the city’s budget, infrastructure, and crime rates. The Oklahoma City Council is responsible for the city’s policy making, and many important decisions are passed through their votes. The most current mayor of Oklahoma City is David Holt, who was elected in 2018. In addition to the mayor, there are nine other members on the City Council who represent different districts within the city. Recently, they have addressed issues such as creating new businesses in underserved areas of Oklahoma City and ensuring that all citizens have access to quality jobs and services.
The political climate in Zip 73116 (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 73116 (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 73116 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,941 contributions totaling $289,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 849 contributions totaling $1,447,624 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,705 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)