Osage County in Oklahoma is a part of the Tulsa metropolitan area and has a strong political climate. The county's government is based on the representative democracy system, with an elected board of county commissioners who are responsible for setting policies for the community and managing the daily operations. These officials are elected to four-year terms by a majority vote of Osage County residents. Local political candidates come from numerous parties and backgrounds, all vying for a chance to represent their constituents in Osage County. In addition to local elections, citizens of Osage County also take part in national and state politics. Every two years when National Elections occur, they join together to cast their ballots for those running for President as well as U.S Congress representatives. At the state level, Osage County residents vote on state legislative representatives, who create laws that govern Oklahoma residents. By participating in politics at both local and national levels, Osage County residents make their voices heard throughout America.
The political climate in Osage County, OK is very conservative.
In Osage County, OK 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Osage county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.2%.
Osage county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Osage County, OK is very conservative.
Tulsa Metro Area is strongly 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.
Osage, 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 Osage County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $18,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $52,147 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)