Marietta, Oklahoma is a small town located in Love County. Although it is a small community, Marietta has an active political culture. Local politics involve the town's citizens and elected officials working together to create policies that promote the growth and development of the town. Events such as local elections for mayor, city council members, and school board members provide opportunities for citizens to have their voices heard through their vote. These elections are important for allowing residents to decide who will represent them in government. In addition, the local government holds public meetings on various issues to ensure that all voices are heard when decisions are being made about policy changes and projects within Marietta. Political involvement from citizens helps create a strong bond between the town and its elected officials, fostering an atmosphere of collaboration between citizens and elected representatives.
The political climate in Marietta, OK is strongly conservative.
Love County, OK is very conservative. In Love County, OK 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Love county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.4%.
Love county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marietta, OK is strongly conservative.
Love 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.
Marietta, 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 Marietta, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $2,227 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $10,266 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)