Bennington, OK is a small town with a population of about 1,500 people. It has a mayor-council type of government, and the city council holds regular meetings to discuss matters related to running the city. The mayor is elected every two years by the citizens of Bennington and works closely with the city council to ensure that laws and regulations are enforced. The current mayor is Laura Smith, who was elected in 2020. Bennington has an active political scene, with several local candidates competing for offices in recent elections. The county Republicans have held their majority in recent years, but the Democratic Party has also had some success in Bennington politics. In addition to local candidates, residents of Bennington are often engaged in state and national politics as well.
The political climate in Bennington, OK is very conservative.
Bryan County, OK is very conservative. In Bryan County, OK 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, Bryan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.8%.
Bryan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bennington, OK is very conservative.
Bryan County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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.
Bennington, 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 Bennington, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $499 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $499 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)