Ottawa County, Oklahoma has a strong history of political involvement and activity. As the county seat of Ottawa County, the City of Miami is home to numerous elected officials who represent local citizens in both state and federal government. At the state level, Ottawa County is represented by one representative in both the Oklahoma House of Representatives as well as the Oklahoma Senate. Both these representatives are voted on by local residents every two years. Additionally, Ottawa County is also represented in Congress by a member of the United States House of Representatives. On the local level, there are various city council members for cities such as Miami, Fairland and Quapaw who serve to provide governmental services and ensure that their respective communities remain safe and vibrant places to live. All these local leaders are elected by their constituents on a regular basis.
The political climate in Ottawa County, OK is very conservative.
In Ottawa County, OK 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ottawa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.5%.
Ottawa county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ottawa County, OK is very conservative.
Miami Metro Area 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.
Ottawa, Oklahoma: d 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 Ottawa County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 321 contributions totaling $36,203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 334 contributions totaling $131,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $392 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)