The Duncan, OK Metro Area has an active political climate with a wide range of interests represented. At the county level, residents have elected representatives to serve on the Stephens County Board of Commissioners and the Stephens County Election Board. In addition, Duncan is home to a lively city government with representatives from several different wards making decisions for their constituents. On the state level, there are senators and representatives who represent Duncan in Oklahoma's State Legislature, which is responsible for passing laws and proposing budgets that affect all Oklahomans. On the national stage, Duncan is part of Oklahoma's Third Congressional District, which has one representative in Congress. The Duncan Metro Area is also home to many local political organizations which work together to advocate for the best interests of its citizens.
The political climate in Duncan Metro Area is very conservative.
In Duncan Metro Area 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Duncan metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.7% to 16.6%.
The Duncan metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Duncan 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.
Duncan, 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 Duncan Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 302 contributions totaling $16,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 588 contributions totaling $132,460 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)