Friendship, Oklahoma is a small town located in the southwestern corner of the state. Although relatively unknown to many, Friendship is home to an active political climate. The town has a mayor and city council who work together to create policy and regulations that benefit the local community. The mayor and council members are elected every two years by the residents of Friendship, ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to local politics. Additionally, Friendship also sends representatives to higher levels of government such as the state legislature and Congress. These representatives work hard to make sure that the interests of Friendship's residents are taken into account when legislating at these higher levels. All in all, politics plays an important role in the life of Friendship and its citizens.
The political climate in Friendship, OK is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, OK is very conservative. In Jackson County, OK 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Friendship, OK is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Altus Metro Area 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.
Friendship, 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 Friendship, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $11,057 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 268 contributions totaling $108,931 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)