Vian, Oklahoma is a small rural town located in southeastern Oklahoma. It is home to a diverse population of approximately 1,400 people. While the town is not at the center of state or national politics, it does have its own local government. The mayor is elected every two years and is responsible for presiding over city council meetings and approving budgets. The Vian City Council consists of five members from wards throughout the city who are elected to four-year terms and are tasked with setting policy for the municipality. They work together to create ordinances, authorize expenditures, and approve city projects. Additionally, Vian residents have access to representation in state politics by electing representatives for the Senate and House of Representatives. All political candidates for Vian must adhere to campaign finance laws in order to ensure fair elections.
The political climate in Vian, OK is moderately conservative.
Sequoyah County, OK is very conservative. In Sequoyah County, OK 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sequoyah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 19.7%.
Sequoyah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vian, OK is moderately conservative.
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Fort Smith 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.
Vian, 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 Vian, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $3,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $63,849 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $899 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)