The politics in the Enid, OK Metro Area are diverse and multifaceted. Home to over 50,000 residents, Enid is a bustling metropolitan area with highly active citizens who take part in making decisions that impact their own lives and those of their neighbors. Local elections for city council, school board, and other positions are held regularly to ensure that citizens have representation in their local government. Additionally, the state legislature works diligently on behalf of the citizens of Enid to ensure that they are receiving fair representation in state-wide initiatives and policies. The people of Enid take pride in their city and strive to be active participants in the betterment of their community through political engagement.
The political climate in Enid Metro Area is very conservative.
In Enid Metro Area 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Enid metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.7% to 21.9%.
The Enid metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Enid 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.
Enid, 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 Enid Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 794 contributions totaling $30,247 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 758 contributions totaling $335,243 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)