Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city in Oklahoma. Located in 73179, it has a rich political history that continues to shape the city today. The city is part of Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District and is represented by Republican Congressman Stephanie Bice. On the local level, Oklahoma City has a strong mayor-council government system. The current mayor is David Holt, who was elected in 2018. The city council consists of eight members, all of whom are elected from single-member districts. The Oklahoma City Council meets twice a month to consider policy initiatives and hear public comment on topics relevant to the community. In addition to these formal governing bodies, there are also many civic associations and organizations that represent different interests within the city. These groups often work with local politicians to advocate for their causes and better the community as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 73179 (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 73179 (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 73179 (Oklahoma City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $865 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $68,385 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,954 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)