Cleveland, OK is a rural town located in the eastern part of Oklahoma. It has an estimated population of 2,000 people. The local politics of Cleveland are quite different from those of larger cities due to its small size and rural location. The city operates under the mayor-council form of government and is served by five council members who serve four-year terms. The mayor holds executive authority over the city and works alongside the council to address the needs of its citizens. Elections for mayor and council members are held every four years in November with both partisan and nonpartisan races available. Local politicians focus on issues that affect the everyday lives of residents such as public safety, infrastructure, economic development, and quality of life initiatives such as community events and festivals.
The political climate in Cleveland, OK is strongly conservative.
Pawnee County, OK is very conservative. In Pawnee County, OK 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pawnee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.6% to 20.1%.
Pawnee county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cleveland, OK is strongly conservative.
Pawnee County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Tulsa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cleveland, 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 Cleveland, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,094 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $7,079 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)