Hobart, Oklahoma is a small town located in Kiowa County. The town has a long history of being actively involved in local politics, with many residents taking an active part in the decision-making process. Local elections are held every two years and are often hotly contested, with citizens engaging in vigorous debate about the issues that matter to them most. The current mayor of Hobart is Hilary Raynor, who has been in office since 2017 and is running for reelection this year. In addition to the mayor, there are six city council members who serve four year terms. The council makes important decisions such as setting the budget and passing ordinances that impact the lives of citizens. Issues like taxes, infrastructure development, education funding, and public safety often come up during these discussions.
The political climate in Hobart, OK is moderately conservative.
Kiowa County, OK is very conservative. In Kiowa County, OK 20.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kiowa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.4%.
Kiowa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hobart, OK is moderately conservative.
Kiowa 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.
Hobart, 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 Hobart, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,951 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)