Sayre, OK is a small town located in Beckham County. Although the population of Sayre is relatively small, the political environment in the town is important and active. Sayre has local City Council members who are responsible for maintaining and updating city ordinances as well as providing services to the community. They meet regularly to discuss issues related to city infrastructure, safety, and other matters important to the town's residents. Additionally, there are many organizations that represent various interests in Sayre and provide citizens with resources such as voter registration information and support for their favorite candidates. The biggest political issue impacting Sayre is economic development, which the local government works hard to promote through incentives to businesses looking to open up shop in the town. By working together, citizens of Sayre have been able to create a vibrant culture and economy despite its size.
The political climate in Sayre, OK is strongly conservative.
Beckham County, OK is very conservative. In Beckham County, OK 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beckham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 13.2%.
Beckham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sayre, OK is strongly conservative.
Beckham County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Elk City 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.
Sayre, 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 Sayre, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $3,080 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $4,090 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)