The politics in 73149 Oklahoma City, OK are reflective of the larger political landscape across the nation. As a part of Oklahoma County, this area is represented in both state and federal government by Republican office holders. In the most recent elections, incumbent Senator James Lankford was re-elected to represent Oklahoma in the United States Senate while Congressman Steven Russell won his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 5th district. At the state level, Representative George Faught represents District 14 and Senator Mark Allen represents District 17 in part of 73149 Oklahoma City. Although majority Republican representation exists in these levels of government, there has been an effort by local organizations to encourage civic engagement and create a culture of community involvement that crosses party lines and bridges divides among residents.
The political climate in Zip 73149 (Oklahoma City, OK) is leaning liberal.
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 73149 (Oklahoma City, OK) is leaning liberal.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is leaning liberal.
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 73149 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,350 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)