Checotah, OK is a small city located in the Eastern part of Oklahoma. It has an estimated population of 3,117 people and is largely rural in nature. Although it is small in size, politics still play a major role in the community. The town mayor and city council are elected by residents to make decisions on behalf of the citizens. In addition to local politics, Checotah also has representatives at both state and national levels who are responsible for representing their constituents’ interests and advocating for the needs of their respective districts. From time to time, these representatives hold town hall meetings where citizens can ask questions and voice concerns directly to those in power. This ensures that Checotah remains an active participant in the democratic process despite its smaller size.
The political climate in Checotah, OK is moderately conservative.
McIntosh County, OK is very conservative. In McIntosh County, OK 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McIntosh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.4%.
McIntosh county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Checotah, OK is moderately conservative.
McIntosh 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.
Checotah, Oklahoma: d 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 Checotah, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $18,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)