The small town of Paoli, OK (zip code 73074) is located in Garvin County and is home to roughly 1,000 people. Politically, the town is strongly Republican with a majority voting for the party’s candidates in recent elections. The local government consists of a mayor and four city council members who serve two-year terms. Voting rights are managed by the Oklahoma State Election Board and both federal and state laws govern the process. All residents have equal access to their right to vote regardless of any differences in race or gender. In terms of political representation, Paoli has elected representatives from both major parties who serve on the county level and higher state offices. Despite being a small rural town, Paoli takes its civic responsibility seriously and actively participates in all electoral processes at both local and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 73074 (Paoli, OK) is very conservative.
Garvin County, OK is very conservative. In Garvin County, OK 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garvin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.1%.
Garvin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73074 (Paoli, OK) is very conservative.
Paoli, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Garvin County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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Oklahoma is very conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Paoli, 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 73074 (Paoli)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $92 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)