Carter, OK is a small rural town that is governed by local government officials. These include the mayor and city council members, who are elected every four years by the citizens of Carter. The current mayor is Charlene White, and the five city council members are Martha Owens, Mark Hayes, Chelsea Jones, Peter Scott and Tom Anderson. These individuals work together to ensure that the town runs smoothly and provides its citizens with essential services such as fire protection, public works projects and access to medical care. They also work with state representatives on issues that affect the area such as education funding and local infrastructure projects. Carter is a place where residents look out for each other and come together for community events such as barbecues in the park or parades down Main Street. It's also an active political center where residents can voice their opinions to their elected leaders in order to make sure their needs are addressed.
The political climate in Carter, OK is strongly conservative.
Beckham County, OK is very conservative. In Beckham County, OK 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beckham county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 13.2%.
Beckham county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carter, OK is strongly conservative.
Beckham County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Elk City 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.
Carter, 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 Carter, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $86 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $3 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)