The small town of Spavinaw, OK is a quiet community located in Mayes County. The politics of this tight-knit area are driven by its local residents, who come together to make decisions that impact their community. Local elections bring out the voters to choose their representatives for the city council and mayor’s office. Issues such as taxes, water supply, infrastructure and zoning are of great importance in this rural area as they affect not only the citizens but also the businesses and schools within it. Residents take an active role in government by attending public meetings and engaging with their elected officials on important topics. Despite being a smaller town, Spavinaw has an engaged citizenry that is willing to make sure that the issues that matter most to them are effectively addressed at all levels.
The political climate in Spavinaw, OK is strongly conservative.
Mayes County, OK is very conservative. In Mayes County, OK 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mayes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.7% to 21.5%.
Mayes county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spavinaw, OK is strongly conservative.
Mayes 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.
Spavinaw, 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 Spavinaw, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)