Latimer, OK County is a small town located in the southeastern part of Oklahoma. It is home to a population of over 5,000 people and its local government is led by elected officials who are responsible for making sure the community is well-kept and maintained. The county is divided into three townships: Latimer, Grant, and Wilburton. These townships are represented by local political candidates who decide on important issues such as zoning regulations, taxation rates, and public safety initiatives. Local political candidates are also responsible for listening to the needs of their constituents and addressing them in a timely manner. Therefore, these candidates must be knowledgeable about all aspects of politics in order to understand the needs of their constituents and create solutions that will benefit everyone in Latimer County.
The political climate in Latimer County, OK is very conservative.
In Latimer County, OK 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Latimer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.9%.
Latimer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Latimer 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.
Latimer, Oklahoma: d 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 Latimer County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 103 contributions totaling $4,194 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $5,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)