Dripping Springs, Oklahoma is a small town located in Stephens County in the southwestern part of the state. Although the population of this small community is not large, it still has a rich political history. The city is part of District 28 in the Oklahoma State Senate and House of Representatives and has several local candidates running for office. Residents of Dripping Springs take their civic duty seriously and have a strong sense of community pride. This can be seen every election cycle as locals come out to vote and show their support by attending events hosted by local candidates. Issues that are important to those living in Dripping Springs include education, jobs, healthcare, public safety, infrastructure, taxes, and environmental preservation. Local candidates focus on these issues when campaigning for elected office in order to make sure the needs and interests of their constituents are heard and taken into account when making decisions.
The political climate in Dripping Springs, OK is strongly conservative.
Delaware County, OK is very conservative. In Delaware County, OK 20.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.6% to 20.1%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dripping Springs, OK is strongly conservative.
Delaware 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.
Dripping Springs, 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 Dripping Springs, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)