Bell, OK is located in Pittsburg County and is home to a small population of about 1,200 people. The community is proud to have a government that works for the citizens and strives to ensure their voices are heard. On the local level, Bell has a city council which consists of five members who are elected by the citizens of Bell every four years. In addition, each year residents of Bell get to vote on local initiatives and referendums that affect how their city is run. The city also has an active mayor who works closely with the council members to ensure that the needs of all residents are met. As such, the politics in Bell can be seen as collaborative and focused on bringing positive change to its citizens.
The political climate in Bell, OK is moderately conservative.
Adair County, OK is very conservative. In Adair County, OK 19.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 19.5%.
Adair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bell, OK is moderately conservative.
Adair 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.
Bell, 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 Bell, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $14,690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $979 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $21,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)