Kiowa, Oklahoma is an unincorporated community located in Kiowa County. The town has no political representation of its own, and is instead part of a larger county council that covers the entirety of Kiowa County. The county council is responsible for making most of the major decisions concerning local government and is led by several county commissioners who are elected by the people of Kiowa County. This includes approving budgets, setting tax rates, and managing other aspects of local government. The county council also serves as a forum for citizens to discuss issues related to their community and to make their voices heard in the decision-making process. Additionally, Kiowa residents may vote for state representatives and senators who also have influence over local policies. With a strong sense of civic pride and involvement from the citizens, politics in Kiowa, Oklahoma ensures that the town's best interests are being taken into consideration when it comes to making important decisions that affect the town's future.
The political climate in Kiowa, OK is strongly conservative.
Pittsburg County, OK is very conservative. In Pittsburg County, OK 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pittsburg county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 21.0%.
Pittsburg county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kiowa, OK is strongly conservative.
Pittsburg County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
McAlester 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.
Kiowa, 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 Kiowa, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $30 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)