Thomas, OK is a small town located in Custer County. While it does not have a large population, the people of Thomas take their politics seriously. Local elections are very important and the local candidates are highly involved in the community. Voters take their civic responsibilities to the polls seriously, making sure that they are well informed about each candidate’s platform and policy proposals. The candidates for local office actively involve themselves in issues that concern Thomas residents such as economic development, public safety, and education. Although elections may be contentious at times, the people of Thomas ultimately come together to make the best decisions for their community.
The political climate in Thomas, OK is strongly conservative.
Custer County, OK is very conservative. In Custer County, OK 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.2%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thomas, OK is strongly conservative.
Custer County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Weatherford 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.
Thomas, 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 Thomas, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $3,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)