Perkins, OK is a small city located in Payne County. The city has a Mayor-Council form of government and the current mayor is Amy Jo Delk. Perkins City Council consists of five members that are elected for three-year terms. The Council meets twice each month to discuss and review local issues such as economic development, public safety, and infrastructure improvement. The City also works closely with state agencies to provide services to the citizens of Perkins like road maintenance, water quality management, and public health initiatives. As a result of these efforts, the community enjoys a strong economy, safe streets, and quality public services. The citizens of Perkins take an active role in local politics by voting in local elections and attending meetings to voice their opinions on important issues. Overall, politics in Perkins are well managed and the city is continuing to develop into a great place to live.
The political climate in Perkins, OK is moderately conservative.
Payne County, OK is moderately conservative. In Payne County, OK 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Payne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 36.8%.
Payne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perkins, OK is moderately conservative.
Payne County, Oklahoma is moderately conservative.
Stillwater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Perkins, 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 Perkins, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $2,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $4,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)