Johnston, OK County is a rural area with a population of around 7,000 people. It has its own local government which consists of three elected commissioners and a county clerk who are responsible for overseeing the county's operations. The county also has its own school system, police department, fire department, and other local services. In terms of politics, Johnston County is definitely a Republican stronghold in Oklahoma and votes overwhelmingly for the GOP in state and national elections. Local candidates representing the Republican Party are often well-known and respected in the community.
The political climate in Johnston County, OK is very conservative.
In Johnston County, OK 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Johnston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.4%.
Johnston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnston 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.
Johnston, 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 Johnston County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $2,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $24,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $345 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)