Oklahoma City, OK 73165 is a vibrant political community where residents are highly engaged in local politics. On the city council, there are nine members representing each district in the city. These elected officials make decisions that affect the daily lives of their constituents. At the state level, Oklahoma City elects representatives to serve in both houses of Congress. In addition to representatives in state and national government, Oklahoma City also has a strong presence in local politics with a number of mayors, school boards, and other governing bodies that affect the everyday lives of citizens. The political landscape of Oklahoma City is ever-evolving as new issues come to light and citizens become more involved in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 73165 (Oklahoma City, OK) is moderately conservative.
Cleveland County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Cleveland County, OK 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 41.6%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73165 (Oklahoma City, OK) is moderately conservative.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Cleveland County, Oklahoma is somewhat 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 73165 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $4,311 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $16,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)