Atoka, Oklahoma County is a rural area located in the southeastern part of the state. It has a population of around 10,000 people and spans about 520 square miles. As such, there are few obstacles to local politics here and most decisions tend to be made by small groups of elected officials. The county is governed by an elected Board of County Commissioners that serves four-year terms. Local issues are typically handled at the county level through ordinances or resolutions created by the commissioners. Additionally, all residents have the opportunity to vote on various ballot measures throughout the year as well as elect representatives for state office every two years. With a relatively low population base, Atoka County residents tend to take their political involvement very seriously and are highly engaged with their local representatives on both sides of the aisle.
The political climate in Atoka County, OK is very conservative.
In Atoka County, OK 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Atoka county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.6% to 14.2%.
Atoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atoka County, OK is very conservative.
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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.
Atoka, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Atoka County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $5,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $42,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $614 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)