Tulsa, Oklahoma, located in zip code 74137, is a thriving city with an active political scene. The city is part of the Tulsa County jurisdiction and the county currently has three county commissioners representing its citizens. At the state level, Tulsa is represented by two Democrats and one Republican in the Oklahoma Legislature. These representatives help to make decisions that impact all areas of life within their districts. On the local level, Tulsa has a mayor and nine city council members elected to represent its residents. The mayor works closely with these elected officials to ensure that the city is running efficiently and effectively for all of its citizens. In addition to these officials, there are also community organizations that work together to promote change and better the quality of life for all who live in Tulsa.
The political climate in Zip 74137 (Tulsa, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Tulsa County, OK 40.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tulsa county remained very strongly Republican, 56.5% to 40.9%.
Tulsa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74137 (Tulsa, OK) is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa County, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Tulsa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Tulsa, 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 74137 (Tulsa)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,072 contributions totaling $141,508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,047 contributions totaling $851,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $416 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)