Enid, Oklahoma is a city steeped in political history. The city has a strong tradition of local politics that has been fostered over the years through its active community. In Enid's local government, the mayor and four council members are elected at large to represent the city, while seven members of the Board of Education serve the public school system. Enid is a small but powerful city in Oklahoma, and its citizens have always taken their civic duties seriously, with a high turnout for elections. The current mayor is Mike Fina, who was elected in 2019. He is supported by his council colleagues and they work together to make decisions that benefit residents in both the short-term and long-term future. With an active local political scene and passionate constituents, Enid continues to be an important part of Oklahoma politics today.
The political climate in Enid, OK is moderately conservative.
Garfield County, OK is very conservative. In Garfield County, OK 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 21.9%.
Garfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Enid, OK is moderately conservative.
Garfield County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Enid Metro Area is very 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.
Enid, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Enid, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,131 contributions totaling $43,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,371 contributions totaling $640,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)