The small town of Spiro, OK (74959) has a population of just under 2,000 people and is located in Le Flore County. The city has its own mayor and council members that are responsible for managing the local government services such as waste management, law enforcement and local infrastructure development. Every two years the residents of Spiro vote in a mayoral election to decide who will lead the city's administration. There is also a city council composed of five members which are elected every four years to represent different districts within the city limits. The city council is responsible for approving or denying proposals from the mayor’s office and other departments that affect the citizens of Spiro. The current mayor is Dan Copeland and he has been in office since 2017 with his term coming to an end this year. Residents of Spiro have several choices when it comes to voting in their local political candidates from several parties ranging from Democratic, Republican, Green, Libertarian and Independent candidates.
The political climate in Zip 74959 (Spiro, 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 74959 (Spiro, OK) is very conservative.
Spiro, 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.
Spiro, 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 74959 (Spiro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)