Beggs, Oklahoma is a small town in Okmulgee County located on Highway 75 with an estimated population of about 1,500 people. The town has a Mayor-Council form of government with current Mayor Jeff Holloway and five council members. Beggs citizens are represented at the county level by Commissioner E.L. Richardson, who serves as the chairperson of the County Commission. Local politics in Beggs are heavily influenced by rural values and traditions, with citizens typically voting along party lines. Issues that often spur debate in local elections include fiscal responsibility, maintaining local infrastructure, supporting local businesses and education initiatives. From time to time, Beggs residents also discuss topics such as public safety improvements in the community and environmental protection measures for the surrounding region.
The political climate in Zip 74421 (Beggs, OK) is very conservative.
Okmulgee County, OK is very conservative. In Okmulgee County, OK 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okmulgee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.4%.
Okmulgee county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74421 (Beggs, OK) is very conservative.
Beggs, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma is very 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.
Beggs, Oklahoma: D 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 74421 (Beggs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $2,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)