Shawnee, Oklahoma is a vibrant and diverse city in Pottawatomie County. It is home to a variety of businesses, educational institutions, recreational activities, and cultural attractions. The city has a strong sense of community and civic involvement that allows its residents to make an impact on local politics. Residents have many opportunities for active involvement from attending public meetings to running for office themselves. There are multiple political parties represented in the city, including the Democratic Party and Republican Party. Local elections are held every two years and candidates often focus their platforms on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, quality education systems, environmental sustainability, and social justice. Other local organizations like civic associations also work to engage citizens in political conversations in order to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions about their city’s future.
The political climate in Shawnee, OK is moderately conservative.
Pottawatomie County, OK is very conservative. In Pottawatomie County, OK 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawatomie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Pottawatomie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shawnee, OK is moderately conservative.
Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Shawnee Metro Area 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.
Shawnee, 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 Shawnee, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 628 contributions totaling $57,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 564 contributions totaling $149,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)