Broken Bow is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Broken Bow typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Broken Bow, ~13% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Broken Bow compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Broken Bow leans more Republican than 6 of 33 neighbors.
Broken Bow runs about 4 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Broken Bow. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+77) and the northeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+36), a spread of about 40 points.
Why Broken Bow leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Broken Bow, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Broken Bow drive to work alone, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Broken Bow, OK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Broken Bow looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Broken Bow is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 48%, about 7 points below the Oklahoma average of 55%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 36% of households in Broken Bow rent, above 92% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 27% of adults in Broken Bow report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Golden, OK R+63
- Oak Hill, OK R+77
- Shults, OK R+68
- Glover, OK R+72
- Eagletown, OK R+72
- Idabel, OK R+22
- Goodwater, OK R+75
- Garvin, OK R+71
- Haworth, OK R+70
- Wright City, OK R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Vonore, TN R+62
- New Whiteland, IN R+45
- Franklin, GA R+68
- Nyssa, OR R+38
- Ronan, MT R+20
- Dundee, FL R+12
- Muleshoe, TX R+46
- Aitkin, MN R+30
- Murrayville, GA R+61
- Lake Ozark, MO R+46
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oklahoma State Election Board, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.