Walters, Oklahoma is a small town with a population of approximately 4,000 people located in Cotton County. It has a rich history and local politics are an integral part of the town’s culture. The city is managed by an elected Mayor and six Council members who form the Walters City Council. This group works together to address issues that affect the community such as infrastructure development, public safety, and recreation. They also provide leadership by setting goals and creating policies that foster economic growth and create opportunity for all residents. They also work with State and Federal representatives to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met. Residents of Walters can participate in local politics by electing city officials who will represent them at Council meetings and other important decisions.
The political climate in Walters, 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
Walters, 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.
Walters, 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 Walters, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $1,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)