Rush Springs, OK is a small town in Grady County with a population of 1,508 according to the 2010 census. The town is part of the state's 6th Congressional District and is represented by Representative Tom Cole. At the state level, Rush Springs is represented by Senator Micheal Bergstrom and David Bullard in Oklahoma's 24th Senate district. Locally, Rush Springs has a mayor-council form of government, with its elected officials responsible for providing public services such as police protection, fire protection, water supply and sanitation services. In addition to these services, the city also provides its citizens with recreational activities such as camping at Lakeview Park and a variety of other outdoor activities. As part of Oklahoma鈥檚 6th Congressional District there are many opportunities for locals to get involved in politics and make their voices heard on policy changes.
The political climate in Zip 73082 (Rush Springs, OK) is very conservative.
Grady County, OK is very conservative. In Grady County, OK 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grady county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.2% to 17.9%.
Grady county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73082 (Rush Springs, OK) is very conservative.
Rush Springs, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Grady County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Oklahoma City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Rush Springs, 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 73082 (Rush Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $10,873 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)