The small town of Paoli, Oklahoma is home to a population of about 1,400 people. Despite its size, the town has an active political landscape with many local issues that are hotly contested. The mayor and the town council members are elected locally and work hard to represent the community’s best interests. There is also an active chamber of commerce that works closely with local businesses to provide resources and support for economic development and growth in the area. Each year, local candidates run for office in order to make positive changes in their communities. These candidates come from all walks of life and bring different perspectives on how to make Paoli a better place to live. They work hard on campaigns and often debate each other over different issues facing the citizens of Paoli. It is through these debates that residents can learn more about their government representatives and decide who will be best suited for office in the coming year.
The political climate in Paoli, OK is strongly conservative.
Garvin County, OK is very conservative. In Garvin County, OK 17.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Garvin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.1%.
Garvin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paoli, OK is strongly conservative.
Garvin 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.
Paoli, 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 Paoli, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $92 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)