The town of Butler, OK is a small rural community in Custer County. Despite its size, the town is full of political activity and local candidates. Every election cycle, residents of Butler come out in large numbers to support their chosen candidates for mayor and city council members. All local elections are non-partisan, meaning that all party affiliations do not appear on the ballot. This allows citizens to make decisions based solely on their own values and beliefs when it comes to the qualifications of a particular candidate. The people of Butler take their voting seriously, and have been known to turn out in droves during election season as they strive to maintain an active political presence within their community.
The political climate in Butler town (Custer County), 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
Butler town (Custer County), 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.
Butler town (Custer County), 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 Butler town (Custer County), OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $416 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $1,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)