Blaine County, Oklahoma is a rural county located in the south-central region of the state. It is closely connected to its neighboring counties and has a long history of close political ties. Blaine County has traditionally had a strong Republican base, with Republicans dominating local offices. The current county commissioner, John Smith, is a Republican who was elected in 2018. Additionally, most of the members of the Blaine County Board of Commissioners are also Republican. The local representatives in the Oklahoma Legislature reflect this same ideological divide, with most elected officials being from the GOP. Despite this trend, every year there are competitive races for both local and state offices that attract attention from all sides of the political spectrum. Even though it may seem like Blaine County is politically one-sided, there are still opportunities for residents to get involved and make their voices heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Blaine County, OK is very conservative.
In Blaine County, OK 17.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blaine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.4% to 17.6%.
Blaine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blaine 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.
Blaine, 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 Blaine County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $1,527 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $30,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)