Leedey, Oklahoma is a small rural town in Dewey County located in the Great Plains region of the United States. Despite its small size, Leedey has an active and engaged political culture. Many residents are involved in local politics and their voices are heard in the community. The town holds regular elections for local office positions such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and other municipal offices. During election season, many candidates come from outside of Leedey to campaign for these positions due to the proximity of larger cities nearby. Local citizens are passionate about their political views and often attend debates and forums to discuss relevant issues among the candidates running for office. The outcome of these elections usually reflect the opinions of the majority of residents living in Leedey.
The political climate in Leedey, OK is strongly conservative.
Dewey County, OK is very conservative. In Dewey County, OK 9.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dewey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.0% to 9.1%.
Dewey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leedey, OK is strongly conservative.
Dewey 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.
Leedey, 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 Leedey, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 217 contributions totaling $3,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $7,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,875 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)