Lexington, OK is located in Cleveland County and is home to a diverse population. The city is governed by a mayor and five City Council members who are elected in non-partisan elections. Each elected official serves for four years, with elections held every two years for three of the Council positions. The residents of Lexington have the opportunity to participate in the democratic process by voting in these local elections. The current Mayor of Lexington is Steve Nall, and he leads a council comprised of Shannon McEntire, Billie Hammons, James Reed, Alan Denton and Marissa Brown. These representatives strive to provide quality services and make decisions that benefit all citizens of the city. Together they work to ensure that Lexington remains a desirable place to live, work, and raise families.
The political climate in Lexington, OK is somewhat conservative.
Cleveland County, OK is somewhat conservative. In Cleveland County, OK 41.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cleveland county remained strongly Republican, 55.7% to 41.6%.
Cleveland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lexington, OK is somewhat conservative.
Cleveland County, Oklahoma is somewhat conservative.
Oklahoma City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lexington, 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 Lexington, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $3,581 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $8,493 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)