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2024 OKGrassroots Republican Platform Scorecard
It has been stated that Oklahoma is the reddest state in the nation. President Donald J. Trump won all 77 of Oklahoma’s counties in three presidential elections! No other state has this record. The evidence is clear – this is Trump country. We Oklahomans, living in the Bible-belt, have a national reputation for our conservative values. However, the bills passed by our state legislature often do not reflect those same values.
Since 2009, the Oklahoma Legislature has been Republican controlled. Currently, the Oklahoma Legislature is comprised of 40 Republican Senators (8 Democrat), 80 Republican Representatives (20 Democrat) and one vacancy. The Oklahoma Election Board reports well over 1,000,000 active Republican voters, more than all other parties (Democrat, Independent, Libertarian) combined.
The State of Oklahoma overwhelmingly supports Republican candidates for office, but who determines what it means to be a Republican? According to the Rules and Platform of the Oklahoma Republican Party, it is the Republican voters of Oklahoma who determine the criteria for the party. “All citizens of Oklahoma are invited to join the Oklahoma Republican Party to perpetuate this Republic.” (OKGOP Rules) “We believe in limited government, individual liberty, natural rights, and personal moral responsibility.” (OKGOP Platform)
The Oklahoma Republican Party Platform is created by engaged active everyday Republicans, who commit their time and effort creating this position paper. Click on the following links to find the OKGOP Platform and Rules.
As citizens of the United States and Oklahoma, it is our responsibility to hold our elected Republican legislators to a high standard of Republican values. The idea of examining all legislation and comparing it to the Republican Platform has been in the minds of Republicans for some time. It is an ambitious undertaking, so other legislator scorecards choose to examine bills covering a specific area of interest and we encourage you to evaluate those as well in deciding who to support and vote for in future elections.
At OKGrassroots, we are committed to producing a Legislator Scorecard for each legislative session. For the 2024 session, we evaluated all bills that passed both chambers in regular session and were sent to the governor for his signature.
Unfortunately, many of the strong conservative bills were killed before they were given committee hearings. This is more evidence our legislature does not reflect the values of “We the People”. As more conservative bills are given hearings, the Republicans that hold Republican Platform positions will go up.
In addition to this report attached is an analysis by the Honorable Jason Murphey. In his analysis, he demonstrates the autocratic control of leadership and the minority of House Representatives that think independently of leader and more often demonstrate traditional Republican positions. Please see Jason’s attached article.
Notes on the OKGrassroots Republican Platform Scorecard:
- Bills are scored based on the new or altered language in the law, not the existing language. Be sure to examine the STRIKETHROUGH (being removed), or UNDERLINED (being added), language of each bill. If the bill is adding ALL new language, it will state NEW LAW at the beginning of the new section. In those cases, the new language is not underlined.
- EXCUSED VOTES: We documented missed votes, but a legislator’s score is only based on a cast vote.
- Great effort has been taken to ensure the Platform Principle is clearly seen in the bills selected for evaluation. If a platform principle is not clearly evaluable, the bill was given a neutral score.
- Our analysis evaluated 484 bills. There are no weighted scores or hidden calculations. Our goal is for this grading system to be not only transparent but something that any Oklahoma citizen can compile on his/her own legislator.
- The scorecard looks strictly at the voting records of legislators. It does not take into consideration the Constitutional bills which were filed or the efforts made in committees by those who are fighting for your liberty. Some of those conservative bills which never get a hearing due to the politics in the leadership of both chambers deal with the 2nd Amendment, election integrity, government spending, emergency powers, and stopping federal overreach.
- When evaluating this report as a voter, please consider a legislator will use additional criteria in deciding how to vote. We believe a 60 or 70% is a strong score in evaluating your legislator.
Another future report will include who is receiving out-of-state special interest and political action committee donations and how much of their total do these contributions entail. It is our firm belief that those monies influence access and the vote of the recipient. The objective is to provide information you receive from no other source; so, you can make the best decision at the ballot box.
CANDIDATE PLATFORM SURVEY: Here is a link an OKGOP Platform Survey that can be submitted to Oklahoma Republican candidates in accordance with the OKGOP Rules. Feel free to send to your candidates.
In Liberty,
The OKGRASSROOTS TEAM
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