The town of Pocola, OK (74902) is located in LeFlore County and is a rural community with a population of around 2,700 people. The town's political landscape consists of both local and state representatives who serve the citizens of Pocola. At the local level, the mayor is responsible for providing oversight on issues such as budgeting, public safety initiatives, and responding to constituent needs. Additionally, they are assisted by five city council members who are tasked with passing ordinances that promote the welfare of the community's residents. For state representation, Oklahoma has two US Senators - Jim Inhofe and James Lankford - who advocate for the interests of their constituents at a national level. Furthermore, there is one Representative from Oklahoma’s 2nd congressional district who serves as a voice in Washington D.C., working with other representatives to pass legislation beneficial to Oklahomans as a whole and specifically those living in Pocola. All of these representatives work together to ensure that all citizens in Pocola have their voices heard when it comes to politics affecting their lives at both the local and federal levels.
The political climate in Zip 74902 (Pocola, OK) is very conservative.
Le Flore County, OK is very conservative. In Le Flore County, OK 17.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Flore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.5%.
Le Flore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74902 (Pocola, OK) is very conservative.
Pocola, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Le Flore County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Fort Smith Metro Area is very 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.
Pocola, 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 74902 (Pocola)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)