Atoka, OK is a small town located in southeastern Oklahoma. Politics in Atoka operate at the local level with city council members and a mayor serving on the governing board of the municipality. The current mayor of Atoka is Robin Boyd, who was elected in 2018 to serve a three-year term ending in 2021. The city council consists of five members, all of whom are elected by citizens at large. These council members hold regular meetings to discuss community issues such as infrastructure development, public safety measures, economic growth initiatives, and budgeting. Additionally, residents are given the opportunity to voice their opinions on political matters through public input sessions during these meetings. As a whole, politics in Atoka are focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens and promoting prosperity throughout the community.
The political climate in Atoka, OK is strongly conservative.
Atoka County, OK is very conservative. In Atoka County, OK 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atoka county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.6% to 14.2%.
Atoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atoka, OK is strongly conservative.
Atoka County, Oklahoma 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.
Atoka, 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 Atoka, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $7,328 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $81,194 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $781 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)