Rufe, Oklahoma located in 74755 is a small town with a population of just over 500 people. It has a mayor-council type of government and the current mayor is David Dunkleberger. The town council consists of five members who represent the citizens of Rufe and make decisions that affect the community. Local politics in Rufe are mainly focused on keeping the infrastructure functioning, managing local resources, and improving public facilities. As such, several local political candidates have emerged to advocate for their respective stances regarding these issues. These candidates include two local business owners, an educator, a long-time resident, and an active member of the community. These candidates have been vocal about their views on education funding, public safety initiatives, and economic development policies that could benefit the town and its residents. While each candidate has different views on various topics that will impact Rufe's future, all are committed to working together to make this small town a better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 74755 (Rufe, OK) is very conservative.
McCurtain County, OK is very conservative. In McCurtain County, OK 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCurtain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 16.2%.
McCurtain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74755 (Rufe, OK) is very conservative.
Rufe, Oklahoma is very conservative.
McCurtain 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.
Rufe, 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 74755 (Rufe)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)