Oklahoma City, OK, located in zip code 73162, is home to many diverse political perspectives. The city houses a wide variety of different organizations and political groups who advocate for the issues they are passionate about. In recent elections, Oklahoma City residents have seen the rise of progressive candidates who have fought for criminal justice reform, increased access to healthcare, and better environmental protections. There has also been a push from local leaders to address systemic racism in the community and to increase economic opportunities for all communities. These efforts have resulted in a city with more open dialogue around social justice issues and a commitment to create equitable neighborhoods throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 73162 (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 73162 (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 73162 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 709 contributions totaling $44,609 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 509 contributions totaling $156,559 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)