Laverne, OK is a small town in northwest Oklahoma with a population of roughly 1,400 people. Politically speaking, the town has an active local government that focuses on providing citizens with quality services. The town is divided into four wards and each ward elects two representatives to serve on the city council. The mayor and recorder are elected at-large by all registered voters of Laverne. In addition, two additional City Council Members are appointed by the Mayor to make up the seven-member board. All members of the City Council work together in making decisions for the betterment of their community. Every two years, citizens have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates who will be responsible for creating legislation that impacts the community in a positive manner.
The political climate in Laverne, OK is strongly conservative.
Harper County, OK is very conservative. In Harper County, OK 9.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 89.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harper county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 89.2% to 9.1%.
Harper county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Laverne, OK is strongly conservative.
Harper 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.
Laverne, 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 Laverne, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 50 contributions totaling $1,020 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $3,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)