Fort Towson, Oklahoma is a small town located in Choctaw County. The area is served by several local governing bodies including the Fort Towson Town Council and Choctaw County Board of Commissioners. These entities discuss matters such as infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and public safety concerns that affect the town’s residents. Local politics in this area are driven by a desire to improve the quality of life for everyone in Fort Towson. This is achieved through initiatives like creating new job opportunities, improving access to health care options, and enhancing educational opportunities for youth. Additionally, local governments strive to ensure that the town remains safe and secure for all residents. In order to ensure that their voices are heard in local politics, citizens take part in various meetings and forums held by the Town Council and Board of Commissioners to voice their opinions on important issues.
The political climate in Fort Towson, OK is strongly conservative.
Choctaw County, OK is very conservative. In Choctaw County, OK 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Choctaw county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.6% to 18.6%.
Choctaw county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Towson, OK is strongly conservative.
Choctaw 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.
Fort Towson, Oklahoma: d 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 Fort Towson, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $1,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $2,591 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)