Cherokee, Oklahoma is located in Alfalfa County and is a small rural town with a population of around 950 people. Despite its size, the politics of Cherokee are an important part of the town's culture. The city has a mayor and four city council members who serve two-year terms. These representatives make decisions that affect the local community such as public safety, infrastructure repairs, and other essential services. Additionally, Cherokee citizens also exercise their right to vote on various state and federal elections. By participating in local politics, Cherokee residents can ensure their voices are heard in the decision-making process when it comes to choosing their elected officials that will represent them at the state and national level.
The political climate in Cherokee, OK is strongly conservative.
Alfalfa County, OK is very conservative. In Alfalfa County, OK 10.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 87.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Alfalfa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 87.4% to 10.3%.
Alfalfa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cherokee, OK is strongly conservative.
Alfalfa 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.
Cherokee, 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 Cherokee, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $2,001 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $5,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)