Marlow, OK is a small town located in Stephens County. It has a long history of political involvement, with many active candidates running for local positions each election cycle. The city is mainly governed by the mayor and its board of commissioners, who are both elected by the citizens of Marlow. Local elections in Marlow are often hotly contested, with passionate campaigns and debates occurring throughout the community. The current mayor is John Doe, who was elected to serve his second term in 2019. He has been an advocate for public safety, economic growth, and youth development during his time in office. Additionally, many other local politicians have been working hard to ensure that Marlow is provided with all the resources it needs to grow and thrive as a community. Through their hard work and dedication, Marlow has seen positive progress over the past few years and continues to be a wonderful place for its residents to call home.
The political climate in Marlow, OK is strongly conservative.
Stephens County, OK is very conservative. In Stephens County, OK 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stephens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.6%.
Stephens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marlow, OK is strongly conservative.
Stephens County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Duncan Metro Area 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.
Marlow, 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 Marlow, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 287 contributions totaling $15,317 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 598 contributions totaling $143,281 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)