The city of Sulphur, Oklahoma (zip code 73086) is a small town with a population of around 6,000 people. It's local government consists of a Mayor-Council system and the current mayor is Clark Bunch. The city council is made up of five members who are elected by the citizens of Sulphur every two years. The Sunbeam-Tribune newspaper reports on all local political news to keep everyone informed about what's happening in the community. Issues that affect the residents of Sulphur include transportation, economic development, public safety, and education. A variety of candidates make themselves available for election during each cycle to ensure that all voices are heard and taken into consideration when it comes to making decisions that will benefit the city and its citizens. There is a close relationship between the government and its residents as they work together to ensure that the community remains safe and vibrant for many years to come.
The political climate in Zip 73086 (Sulphur, OK) is strongly conservative.
Murray County, OK is very conservative. In Murray County, OK 19.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Murray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.2% to 19.6%.
Murray county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73086 (Sulphur, OK) is strongly conservative.
Sulphur, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Murray 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.
Sulphur, 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 73086 (Sulphur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $6,969 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $53,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $732 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)