The Durant, OK Metro Area is home to many politically active citizens. The city government is composed of a mayor and several council members who are dedicated to serving the community. Local elections are held on a regular basis to determine who will represent the people in the city's politics. Residents have the opportunity to become informed on current issues and make their voices heard by voting for local candidates they support. Additionally, there are multiple political organizations in the area that provide resources and support to elected officials, as well as educate members of the public on various topics related to politics. Overall, the people of Durant have an important say in how their government operates and affect change through their votes and participation in local politics.
The political climate in Durant Metro Area is very conservative.
In Durant Metro Area 20.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Durant metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
The Durant metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Durant 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.
Durant, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Durant Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 440 contributions totaling $52,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $79,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)