Yale, Oklahoma is a small rural town located in the Payne County with a population of approximately 687. The town is served by seven members on its Town Council, who work to ensure the best governance of the city. This council is made up of the Mayor and six council members who are elected at-large. The current Mayor is Robert Rhoton and the council members include Delora Jenkins, Phyllis Koster, Larry Everett, Bob Crafton, David Naylor and Sandy White. All of these representatives are dedicated to working together for the benefit of their constituents in order to make Yale an even better place to call home. As local elections come up every two years, all citizens are encouraged to take part in this important process by voting for their chosen candidates or by running as a candidate themselves.
The political climate in Zip 74085 (Yale, OK) is moderately conservative.
Payne County, OK is moderately conservative. In Payne County, OK 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Payne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 36.8%.
Payne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74085 (Yale, OK) is moderately conservative.
Yale, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Payne County, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Stillwater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Yale, 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 74085 (Yale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)