Manchester, Oklahoma is a small rural town located in the northeastern part of the state. It is a politically conservative area with traditional values and beliefs that carry over to its local politics. The town has a Mayor-Council form of government, with the Mayor elected at large and members of the council elected from four wards within the town limits. Elections are held every two years for the mayor and council positions, along with municipal judgeships and school board offices. Political issues in Manchester often focus on improving infrastructure, developing economic growth initiatives, maintaining accessible services such as sewer, water, police protection, public safety and fire protection for its citizens. Residents of Manchester have an active interest in local politics and often come out to participate in political events such as debates or candidate forums to hear what their representatives have to offer.
The political climate in Manchester, OK is strongly conservative.
Grant County, OK is very conservative. In Grant County, OK 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.6%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manchester, OK is strongly conservative.
Grant 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.
Manchester, 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 Manchester, 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 8 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)