The politics in 74574 Tuskahoma, OK are shaped by the town’s specific context. It is a rural area with a population of around 1,000 people, and as such it is small enough that local political candidates do not play an important role in the town’s politics. Decisions about major issues are instead made by the town council, whose members are elected at-large from among the residents of the area. This allows for direct democratic involvement while still ensuring that qualified individuals have an opportunity to serve on the council and make decisions on behalf of the community. The residents of Tuskahoma typically vote along party lines in national elections, but when it comes to local issues they tend to focus more on solutions than on partisan concerns. As a result, debates over local issues tend to be more civil and focused on finding practical solutions for everyone involved.
The political climate in Zip 74574 (Tuskahoma, OK) is strongly conservative.
Pushmataha County, OK is very conservative. In Pushmataha County, OK 14.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pushmataha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.7% to 14.1%.
Pushmataha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74574 (Tuskahoma, OK) is strongly conservative.
Tuskahoma, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Pushmataha 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.
Tuskahoma, 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 74574 (Tuskahoma)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,536 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)