The small town of Drowning Creek, OK is nestled in the rural countryside near the Ozark Mountains. Despite its seclusion, Drowning Creek is a politically active community with plenty of vibrant local politics. In the mayoral race, incumbent Mayor Joe Jones is running against newcomer Maggie Blythe. Local residents have been engaged in heated debates on which candidate's platform and policies will best serve their town. The issues discussed range from education funding to infrastructure improvements. Additionally, the two candidates have different approaches to dealing with Drowning Creek's economic development and job growth prospects. Both candidates are passionate about protecting their town's resources and ensuring its future stability. The upcoming election has engaged the entire town in a spirited conversation about their future and what kind of leadership they want for their beloved home of Drowning Creek, OK.
The political climate in Drowning Creek, 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
Drowning Creek, 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.
Drowning Creek, 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 Drowning Creek, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $5,544 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)