The small town of 74563 Red Oak, OK is a quiet and peaceful community with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The local political scene is relatively low key; the area does not have any local candidates running for office in the near future. However, the citizens of Red Oak are engaged in politics by voting in all national and state elections. In recent years, the residents of 74563 Red Oak have voted for candidates representing both major political parties. Social and economic policies are keenly discussed among members of the community as they strive to make their town a better place to live. The people of 74563 Red Oak strongly believe in civic engagement and continue to exercise their right to vote each election season.
The political climate in Zip 74563 (Red Oak, OK) is very conservative.
Latimer County, OK is very conservative. In Latimer County, OK 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Latimer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.9%.
Latimer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74563 (Red Oak, OK) is very conservative.
Red Oak, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Latimer County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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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.
Red Oak, 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 74563 (Red Oak)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)