Temple, Oklahoma is a small city located in Cotton County. It has a relatively small population of around 1,000 people and is home to a few local businesses. Politically, Temple follows the majority of Oklahoma trends with most residents typically voting Republican in elections. Though there are several local candidates that run for office, most of them have ties to larger statewide political parties. For example, the last mayor of Temple was a member of the Republican Party and had previously been involved with other state-level campaigns. The primary focus for political campaigns in Temple tend to involve issues such as improving public services or fighting for better education opportunities within the county.
The political climate in Temple, OK is strongly conservative.
Cotton County, OK is very conservative. In Cotton County, OK 15.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cotton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.3% to 15.3%.
Cotton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Temple, OK is strongly conservative.
Cotton County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Lawton Metro Area is moderately 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.
Temple, 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 Temple, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)