Mayes County, OK is located in northeastern Oklahoma. It is home to a variety of communities and local politics that impact the lives of its residents. Local politics involve the county government, school boards, and city councils at the town level. The mayor of each municipality is chosen through an election process and serves as the leader of his or her community. Mayors are responsible for proposing and executing ordinances that are beneficial to their citizens, managing the budget, hiring personnel, addressing concerns of residents, and setting policy for key issues such as education, public health, public safety, economic development, zoning regulations, and environmental quality. The County Commissioners play an important role in local politics by approving budgets for various departments within Mayes County's government structure. Each commissioner represents a specific district within the county and has a vote on matters that are decided by the commission. Additionally, school boards are elected every two years to ensure that educational needs are addressed in each district throughout Mayes County. All these entities work together to create better opportunities for all citizens living in Mayes County.
The political climate in 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
Mayes 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.
Mayes, 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 Mayes County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 268 contributions totaling $39,319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $60,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)