Stephens County, Oklahoma is a small county located in the south-central part of the state. The politics of Stephens County are determined by its citizens, who come together to discuss and vote on issues that affect the county. Currently, local government is largely controlled by Republicans, with most of the elected officials holding conservative values and views. However, candidates from both major political parties do run for office every election cycle and have the opportunity to make their case to voters in Stephens County. Despite being a largely Republican area, Stephens County does embrace diversity when it comes to political beliefs, allowing residents to choose which candidate best represents their values.
The political climate in Stephens County, OK is very conservative.
In Stephens County, OK 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stephens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.6%.
Stephens county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stephens County, OK is very conservative.
Duncan 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.
Stephens, 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 Stephens County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 302 contributions totaling $16,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 588 contributions totaling $132,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)