Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Senators: CNOWAK F8 (D), MKNAPP D3 (D)

Representatives: KMACINTYRE F1 (R), ASAFKO F4 (R)

KMACINTYRE CNowak
 * __Oklahoma__**
 * More then 1.1 million registered voters are affiliated with the Democratic part(KMACINTYRE)
 * 800,000 are registered with the republican party (KMACINTYRE)
 * About 225,000 voters are not affiliated with either major party (KMACINTYRE)
 * Oklahoma has a highly diversified economy, such as farming, livestock, lumber, and mining (KMACINTYRE)
 * Workfource is 1.4 milion, slightly fewer than 30% work in service industries, about 23% are involved in trade, close to 20% are in goverment, and 12% in manufactering (KMACINTYRE)
 * Oklahoma is the nation's second leading provider of natural gas, and all of its Fortune 500 companies are oil-related (CNowak)
 * Wheat, hay, cotton, and peanuts are produced in the plains of Oklahoma, and can be grown year-round. This makes agriculture a major part of its income (CNowak)
 * Oklahoma has the second-highest Native American population out of the fifty states, which is a result of the Native-Americans being forced to the west of the Mississippi River during the Jackson Administration. This makes the ethnicity of the state fairly diverse (CNowak)
 * Oklahoma has seven votes in the electoral college, and those votes went to McCain in the 2008 Presidential Election (CNowak)
 * In addition to Oklahoma voting Republican in the 2008 Presidential Election, four out of the five representatives from Oklahoma are Republican (CNowak)
 * Oklahoma is the top manufacturer of tires in the United States (CNowak)

Asafko
 * Oklahoma was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 when it was in French rule(ASafko)
 * Oklahoma is the 27th most agriculturally productive state and is 5th in cattle production along with wheat(ASafko)
 * Based on the sectors of aviation, energy, food processing, and more, Oklahoma is important for natural gas, aircraft, and food.It's the 2nd in the nation for producing natural gas(ASafko)
 * In the years 2005-2006, Oklahoma had the highest enrollment of Native Americans students in the nation with 120,122 students(ASafko)
 * The government of Oklahoma is a liberal democracy modeled after the Federal Government of the United States. The states has 77 counties with jursidiction over most local governments. State officials are elected by plurality voting(ASafko)

Mknapp
 * Formed by the combination of Oklahoma territory and indian territory on November 16, 1907(Mknapp)
 * Based in the sectors of aviation energy, transportation equipment, food processing, electronics(Mknapp)
 * The Senate has 48 members serving four-year terms, the House has 101 members with two year terms The state has a term limit for its legislature that restricts any one person to a total of twelve cumulative years service between both legislative branches(Mknapp)