Ashland, Oklahoma is a small town with a population of around 1,000 residents. It is located in northwest Oklahoma and serves as the county seat for Greer County. The town is governed by a mayor and four trustees who are elected to serve two-year terms. At the state level, Ashland is part of District 32 in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and District 23 in the Oklahoma Senate. Every two years the local citizens have an opportunity to cast their vote for political candidates that they feel will best represent their interests in state politics. Many residents of Ashland are actively involved in regional politics through participation in town hall meetings or volunteering at one of the many grassroots organizations throughout the area. With its close-knit community and locally run government, Ashland takes pride in being politically aware and engaged in state politics.
The political climate in Ashland, OK is strongly 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
Ashland, OK is strongly 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.
Ashland, 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 Ashland, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $2,505 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)