The small town of Akins, Oklahoma is a tight-knit community populated with friendly people. The politics in Akins are largely driven by local values and beliefs. In recent years, city council meetings have grown increasingly focused on the well-being of the citizens of Akins. Issues like public safety, infrastructure repairs, and access to quality education are given top priority in local politics. Locals come together to discuss how these concerns can be addressed in order to improve life in the area. Although each resident may have their own views on certain political issues, they all share a common goal: to create a safe, welcoming environment for everyone in Akins to live and thrive.
The political climate in Akins, OK is very 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
Akins, OK is very 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.
Akins, 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 Akins, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 377 contributions totaling $24,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $16,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)