Valley Park is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Valley Park typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Valley Park, ~18% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Valley Park compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Valley Park leans more Republican than 24 of 39 neighbors.
Valley Park runs about 10 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Why Valley Park 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 Valley Park, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 90% of households in Valley Park are family households, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Valley Park runs against that pattern.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Valley Park, OK sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Valley Park looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Valley Park is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Valley Park own their home, compared to around 79% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Valley Park have completed high school, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Limestone, OK R+58
- Owasso, OK R+25
- Verdigris, OK R+49
- Collinsville, OK R+38
- Catoosa, OK R+40
- Sageeyah, OK R+58
- Claremore, OK R+40
- Oologah, OK R+59
- Tiawah, OK R+63
- Turley, OK R+15
Cities with Similar Populations
- Edison, GA D+12
- Somerset, MD D+66
- Sherrodsville, OH R+56
- Cable, OH R+55
- Poland, IN R+60
- Duette, FL R+31
- Morgan, TX R+72
- Ewing, VA R+72
- Tollesboro, KY R+66
- Weso, NV R+65
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.