Pettit, OK is a small town located in southeastern Oklahoma. While the population of the town is relatively small, its political beliefs are strong and varied. The city is served by several local elected officials, including the Mayor, City Council members, and school board members. Local issues often take precedence over state or national ones, with many citizens taking an active role in making their voices heard on important matters. Overall, Pettit is a close-knit community that takes great pride in its politics and is always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need.
The political climate in Pettit, OK is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, OK is strongly conservative. In Cherokee County, OK 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pettit, OK is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Tahlequah Metro Area is strongly 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.
Pettit, 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 Pettit, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $3,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $3,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)