Thackerville, Oklahoma is a small rural town located in Love County with a population of 1,621. The local politics are managed by the city council, who are elected to represent the citizens and make decisions which affect their daily lives. The mayor is the head of the council and is elected for a term of two years. Members of the city council are elected on a partisan basis for four-year terms. Every year, new candidates run for office in order to make sure that the views and needs of the community are being met. Some important issues that have been addressed by recent city councils include finding ways to support small businesses, creating recreational activities for children and teens, and improving infrastructure such as streets and public transportation. In addition, Thackerville also has several county governments that provide services such as law enforcement and courts. These local politicians strive to create an environment where everyone feels comfortable and safe while also promoting economic growth.
The political climate in Thackerville, OK is very conservative.
Love County, OK is very conservative. In Love County, OK 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Love county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.1% to 17.4%.
Love county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thackerville, OK is very conservative.
Love 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.
Thackerville, 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 Thackerville, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)