The small town of Porum, Oklahoma (zip code 74455) is situated in the eastern part of Muskogee County. Home to just over 1,100 residents, Porum is a largely rural community. On the political front, it is part of Oklahoma's Second Congressional District and represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Markwayne Mullin. At the state level, Porum falls within Senate District 19 and House District 12; both positions are currently held by Republicans Charles Wyrick and David Perryman respectively. Local government is handled by four elected trustees who serve as a board for the town. Although there are no local candidates for office at this time, the residents of Porum take their civic participation seriously and actively engage in local politics in order to ensure that their voices are heard in decisions that have an impact on their lives.
The political climate in Zip 74455 (Porum, OK) is strongly conservative.
Muskogee County, OK is very conservative. In Muskogee County, OK 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muskogee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.9% to 32.0%.
Muskogee county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74455 (Porum, OK) is strongly conservative.
Porum, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Muskogee County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Muskogee 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.
Porum, Oklahoma: d 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 74455 (Porum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $490 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $14,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $572 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)