Wakita, Oklahoma is a small town located in the south-central part of the state. It is home to a close-knit community that values its local politics. While not much is known about the candidates running for political office in Wakita, the citizens of the town take pride in having an active role in their local government. The town holds regular elections where voters can choose people they feel are best suited to represent their interests and concerns on city council or other boards and committees. Being such a small town, Wakita's politics are usually focused on local issues such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development. However, certain issues can be brought up at meetings between residents and representatives of all levels of government from local to state officials. A sense of unity is often found among Wakita's citizens when it comes to engaging in these important conversations about how best to preserve the small-town charm that makes Wakita such a special place.
The political climate in Wakita, OK is strongly conservative.
Grant County, OK is very conservative. In Grant County, OK 12.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.6%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wakita, OK is strongly conservative.
Grant 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.
Wakita, 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 Wakita, 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)