Custer County, OK is a rural county located in the southwestern part of the state. It has a small population of just under 10,000 people. Despite its size, politics are an important part of life in Custer County. The county is governed by a three-member county commission which works together to serve the constituents and manage resources within the county. As part of Oklahoma's system of representative government, local elections take place every two years to choose commissioners who will represent Custer County in the State House and Senate. The county also elects two members to sit on the Oklahoma Board of Education, ensuring that Custer County remains represented at all levels of state government.
The political climate in Custer County, OK is very conservative.
In Custer County, OK 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Custer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.4% to 22.2%.
Custer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Custer County, OK is very conservative.
Weatherford 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.
Custer, 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 Custer County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $15,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 354 contributions totaling $55,128 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)