McCurtain County, Oklahoma is a vibrant and diverse community located in the southeastern corner of the state. Politically, the county is mainly conservative, with Republicans dominating the local offices. The current elected officials include two State Representatives, George Faught and Josh West, as well as State Senator Micheal Bergstrom. The County Commissioners are also Republican and include Jimmie Argo, Harold Johnson, Cody McEntire, David Robinson and Gail Schaffer. At the local level, voters have chosen to elect members from both parties to serve on the McCurtain County Board of Education and town councils. In recent years there have been a few initiatives in McCurtain County to reduce taxes and increase economic development for small businesses. These efforts have been supported by both sides of the aisle who understand that a healthy economic environment will benefit all residents living in the county.
The political climate in McCurtain County, OK is very conservative.
In McCurtain County, OK 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McCurtain county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.7% to 16.2%.
McCurtain county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McCurtain 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.
McCurtain, 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 McCurtain County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 234 contributions totaling $13,429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $39,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)