McClain County, OK is an important part of the state’s political landscape. As a county with a population of over 166,000 people, it has an impact on state and national politics. The current local political landscape is mostly dominated by conservative values, although a few progressive candidates have managed to gain some traction in recent years. There are several locally elected positions such as board of education members, sheriff, district attorney and county commissioners who make decisions for the entire county. Additionally, there are representatives for McClain County in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and Oklahoma Senate that all work together to shape the politics here in McClain County. Local elections often focus on issues such as education reform, property taxes and job growth within the county. Although each candidate has their own individual views on these issues, they all share a common goal of making life better for those living in McClain County.
The political climate in McClain County, OK is very conservative.
In McClain County, OK 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McClain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 18.6%.
McClain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McClain County, OK is very conservative.
Oklahoma City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
McClain, 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 McClain County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 560 contributions totaling $28,314 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 503 contributions totaling $74,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)