The small town of Stratford, Oklahoma (74872) is home to a tight-knit community, with a population of around 2,200 people. Despite its size, Stratford has a vibrant political scene. Locals are actively engaged in city planning and policy making at the municipal level. The mayor is an enthusiastic advocate for local development and works closely with residents to ensure their voices are heard. Local political candidates are often seen in town hall meetings and other public forums discussing issues that affect the community. This strong sense of civic engagement makes it easy for all citizens to stay informed about what’s going on in their hometown. With such active participation from locals, Stratford is sure to develop into an even more prosperous community in the future.
The political climate in Zip 74872 (Stratford, OK) is very conservative.
Garvin County, OK is very conservative. In Garvin County, OK 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garvin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.1%.
Garvin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74872 (Stratford, OK) is very conservative.
Stratford, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Garvin 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.
Stratford, 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 74872 (Stratford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)