Shady Grove is a small town located in McIntosh County, Oklahoma. The town does not have its own government but is governed by the county’s commissioners and county council. Elections are held every two years, when citizens can vote for their preferred candidates to represent them at the local level. The population of Shady Grove is small but the town has an active and engaged political community. Residents often gather to discuss current events and discuss ways to improve the quality of life for the entire area. Local organizations such as churches, schools, and businesses also take part in politics by encouraging their members to get involved with local elections and stay informed about important issues that affect Shady Grove’s future.
The political climate in Shady Grove (McIntosh County), OK is strongly conservative.
McIntosh County, OK is very conservative. In McIntosh County, OK 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McIntosh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.4%.
McIntosh county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shady Grove (McIntosh County), OK is strongly conservative.
McIntosh 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.
Shady Grove (McIntosh County), Oklahoma: d 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 Shady Grove (McIntosh County), OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $18,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)