Wagoner County is located in the northeastern corner of Oklahoma. It is home to a population of 75,128 people, according to the 2010 census. The county seat is Wagoner and the county government is headed by elected officials. The county has various political parties represented including Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and Libertarians. Residents of the county are active in local political issues and participate in elections for city and public offices such as Mayor, City Council members, County Commissioners Court members, School Board members, and other administrative positions. Residents have access to their representatives through town hall meetings held throughout the year. There are also several organizations that provide support for citizens' involvement in politics such as local Chambers of Commerce, youth groups and volunteer organizations. Through these outlets citizens have an opportunity to voice their opinions on issues that affect them locally as well as at state and federal levels.
The political climate in Wagoner County, OK is very conservative.
In Wagoner County, OK 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wagoner county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.0%.
Wagoner county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wagoner 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.
Wagoner, 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 Wagoner County, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 667 contributions totaling $48,163 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 769 contributions totaling $139,192 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)