The town of Ballou, OK is a rural community located in the southeastern part of the state. The population is small, but the people of Ballou have a strong sense of community and are passionate about their local politics. Local political candidates in Ballou often focus on issues that are important to the town's residents, such as improving infrastructure, increasing access to healthcare and education, and promoting economic development. The political atmosphere in Ballou is often contentious and heated due to the diversity of opinions held by its citizens. Despite this tension however, everyone works together to ensure that their voices can be heard and that their views can be represented in local government.
The political climate in Ballou, OK is strongly conservative.
Mayes County, OK is very conservative. In Mayes County, OK 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mayes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.7% to 21.5%.
Mayes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ballou, OK is strongly conservative.
Mayes 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.
Ballou, 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 Ballou, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $6,228 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $14,273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)