The McAlester, OK Metro Area has an active local political system with a wide range of elected representatives and organizations. The city is home to several state senators, representatives, and the county board of commissioners. In addition, there are a variety of committees, boards, and organizations dedicated to promoting civic engagement and advocating for public policy that benefits the area's residents. Despite its small population size of just over 20 thousand people, the Metro Area has a diverse set of opinions and interests that can often be heard in its local politics. There are a number of initiatives underway to improve the quality of life in the region, such as improving infrastructure and developing economic opportunities for its citizens. All these efforts are helping make this region an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in McAlester Metro Area is very conservative.
In McAlester Metro Area 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the McAlester metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 21.0%.
The McAlester metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McAlester 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.
McAlester, 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 McAlester Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 242 contributions totaling $22,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 271 contributions totaling $44,324 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)