Carter, OK County is situated in southeastern Oklahoma and has a population of around 4,500. Politically, the county leans conservative and has traditionally been home to Republican candidates for local office. Elections here regularly feature debates about issues such as taxes, healthcare, gun rights and economic development, with all local political candidates aiming to gain the support of the community. The current Mayor of Carter is Ernie Ward who was elected in 2016 and is a staunch advocate for community education initiatives. He is also supportive of increasing the county’s infrastructure through better roads and public transportation systems to make daily commutes easier for its citizens. Carter prides itself on encouraging civic engagement from its residents at all levels of government.
The political climate in Carter County, OK is very conservative.
In Carter County, OK 22.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 22.9%.
Carter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carter County, OK is very conservative.
Ardmore 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.
Carter, 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 Carter County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 554 contributions totaling $33,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 495 contributions totaling $116,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $235 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)