The Elk City, OK Metro Area has a strong political landscape that has seen both Republicans and Democrats make their mark. The area is considered a conservative stronghold with a majority of its population voting Republican in recent years. Local elections are often hotly contested races featuring candidates from both major parties vying for office. Over the years, several local politicians from both sides of the aisle have come to prominence in the area, although it can be difficult to keep track of all these individuals. To stay informed on local politics, residents should read up on news sources covering the area and attend political events to get to know their local representatives.
The political climate in Elk City Metro Area is very conservative.
In Elk City Metro Area 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Elk City metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.1% to 13.2%.
The Elk City metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk City 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.
Elk City, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Elk City Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $4,781 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 176 contributions totaling $32,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)