Miami, OK is a town located in Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It has a population of about 13,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council system of government. The mayor is elected at large from the citizens of Miami and the city council members are elected to represent each ward within the city limits. The current mayor is Steve Cason and the city council consists of five members who are responsible for making decisions which reflect the best interests of their constituents. Miami also has two state representatives who serve in the Oklahoma House of Representatives. They are Republican Representative Marcus McEntire and Democrat Representative Cyndi Munson. These state representatives help to ensure that Miami's interests both locally and statewide are represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Miami, OK is moderately conservative.
Ottawa County, OK is very conservative. In Ottawa County, OK 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.5%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Miami, OK is moderately conservative.
Ottawa County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Miami 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.
Miami, 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 Miami, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $12,711 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $15,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)