Broken Bow, Oklahoma is a small city located in McCurtain County. Although it has a population of around 4,000 people, Broken Bow has a vibrant political landscape with many different viewpoints represented in the local government and community. In the recent local elections, the people of Broken Bow voted for candidates from both major parties, as well as several independent and third-party candidates. The importance of community involvement in local politics was clearly seen during these elections, as citizens came out to make their voices heard by voting for their chosen candidates. With such an active political scene in Broken Bow, citizens can be sure that their opinions will continue to be considered and respected in future elections.
The political climate in Broken Bow, OK is moderately conservative.
McCurtain County, OK is very conservative. In McCurtain County, OK 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCurtain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 16.2%.
McCurtain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Broken Bow, OK is moderately conservative.
McCurtain 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.
Broken Bow, 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 Broken Bow, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 226 contributions totaling $9,262 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $55,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $291 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)