Seminole, Oklahoma is a small city located in Seminole County. Despite its size, Seminole plays an important role in local politics. At the county level, the Seminole County Board of Commissioners is responsible for creating and enforcing laws as well as making decisions on county-wide issues such as budgeting and land use. They are also responsible for appointing members to the District Court and various other offices. On the state level, Seminole is represented by two State Reps and a Senator who represent the greater area in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Senate. All these representatives are elected by their constituents every two years. Overall, Seminole takes its role in local politics seriously and works hard to ensure that their representatives are working towards creating positive change for all citizens of Seminole County.
The political climate in Seminole, OK is moderately conservative.
Seminole County, OK is very conservative. In Seminole County, OK 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seminole county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 25.8%.
Seminole county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seminole, OK is moderately conservative.
Seminole County, Oklahoma 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.
Seminole, 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 Seminole, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $5,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $32,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)