Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma is a politically active and vibrant region. It has a long history of political involvement, with strong local organizations and initiatives that have enabled the county to remain proactive in its civic engagement. In addition, the county's representatives at the state and federal level have also made considerable contributions to furthering Pottawatomie County's lively politics. Local elections are regularly hotly contested, with many candidates running for office each election cycle. In addition to this, many citizens are involved in politics by attending public meetings and participating in public discussions about issues affecting their community such as economic development, education reform, fiscal responsibility, public safety and more. The passionate participation of its citizens makes Pottawatomie County’s politics both exciting and an example for other counties to emulate.
The political climate in Pottawatomie County, OK is very conservative.
In Pottawatomie County, OK 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pottawatomie county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
Pottawatomie county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pottawatomie County, OK is very conservative.
Shawnee 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.
Pottawatomie, 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 Pottawatomie County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 651 contributions totaling $59,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 589 contributions totaling $152,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)