Hughes, OK County is a small rural area with a population of about 4,000 people. The area is governed by the local government and overseen by elected representatives. Currently, the county is led by County Commissioner Joe Smith, who has been in office since 1998. The county also boasts several state representatives including State Representative Tom Anderson, State Senator Mary Johnson, and State Auditor Bill Allen. Together they work to ensure that Hughes County residents have access to essential services such as education, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure development and more. Additionally, these local political candidates are involved in initiatives to promote economic growth, community engagement and environmental sustainability in the area. There are numerous other elected representatives from the county who serve on various boards and committees throughout the year. Through their efforts in local politics they strive to make Hughes County a better place for everyone who calls it home.
The political climate in Hughes County, OK is very conservative.
In Hughes County, OK 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hughes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 18.9%.
Hughes county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hughes County, OK is very conservative.
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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.
Hughes, Oklahoma: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Hughes County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $4,373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $312 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $15,160 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)