Delaware, OK is a small town located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It has a population of approximately 1,100 people and is known for its friendly atmosphere and close-knit sense of community. The local politics in Delaware, OK are centered around the town mayor and Board of Trustees. The current mayor is Jennifer Whitaker and the Board of Trustees consist of five members: LouAnn Brown, Tracey Lee Hudson, Mary Anne Riley, Ken Smith and Ron Wise. All five trustees serve four year terms and work together to oversee the town's operations and create policies that help improve the quality of life for it's residents. They coordinate with state officials to ensure Delaware has access to resources such as public transportation, healthcare services, schools, roads and other infrastructure improvements.
The political climate in Delaware, OK is strongly conservative.
Nowata County, OK is very conservative. In Nowata County, OK 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nowata county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.2% to 16.2%.
Nowata county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Delaware, OK is strongly conservative.
Nowata 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.
Delaware, 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 Delaware, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)