McAlester, OK is a small city located in Pittsburg County. It is home to a diverse population of around 18,000 people. McAlester is served by the McAlester City Council, which includes elected representatives from each of its five wards. The current mayor of the city is Mayor John Green, who has held office since 2013. The McAlester City Council is responsible for governing the day-to-day operations of the city and handling issues such as public safety, fiscal management, development and infrastructure, and transportation. The council also works closely with local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce to attract new businesses and develop economic initiatives in the area. Additionally, they work in concert with state and federal agencies to secure funding for projects that benefit all citizens of McAlester.
The political climate in McAlester, OK is moderately conservative.
Pittsburg County, OK is very conservative. In Pittsburg County, OK 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pittsburg county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 21.0%.
Pittsburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McAlester, OK is moderately conservative.
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
McAlester 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.
McAlester, 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 McAlester, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 214 contributions totaling $16,758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $19,116 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)