The small town of Winchester, OK has a rich political history. Although the population is small, the citizens are very passionate about their local politics. The city's government is composed of an elected mayor and five council members who serve four-year terms. Each year candidates must run in an election to gain one of these positions. Local citizens play an important role in choosing their representatives by voting for the candidate they feel will best represent their interests. All candidates must abide by the same set of rules, regulations and laws in order to be successful at gaining votes from the community. In recent elections, citizens have focused on issues such as taxation, education reform and economic development. Winchester’s future depends on the decisions made by its leaders and their ability to represent the interests of all its citizens.
The political climate in Winchester, OK is very conservative.
Okmulgee County, OK is very conservative. In Okmulgee County, OK 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Okmulgee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.4%.
Okmulgee county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winchester, OK is very conservative.
Okmulgee County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Tulsa 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.
Winchester, 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 Winchester, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $2,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)