Canton, Oklahoma is a small rural town located in northwest Oklahoma. The town is governed by a mayor and city council, who work together to ensure the safety and wellbeing of its citizens. Canton's local politics focus on providing essential services like police protection, maintaining infrastructure, and providing quality education to its citizens. Recent initiatives include investing in the local economy by creating incentives for businesses to relocate to the area, as well as promoting job growth through a variety of development programs. Additionally, Canton's city government also works with local tribes and organizations to address social issues like poverty and health disparities in the community. Residents have the opportunity to get involved in politics by voting in local elections and attending public meetings held by their elected officials.
The political climate in Canton, OK is strongly conservative.
Blaine County, OK is very conservative. In Blaine County, OK 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 17.6%.
Blaine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canton, OK is strongly conservative.
Blaine 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.
Canton, 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 Canton, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $20 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $4,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)