The Shawnee, OK Metro Area has a long history of political involvement and activism. The region is served by the Pottawatomie County government, which provides essential services including healthcare, public safety, and infrastructure. The county is led by an elected board of commissioners, who serve staggered terms of four years each. The area is also represented at the state level by members of the Oklahoma Legislative Assembly in both the State House and Senate. On the national level, Shawnee falls within Oklahoma’s 4th Congressional District, which has been represented since 2017 by Republican Tom Cole. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous local community groups and organizations that advocate for political causes that are important to residents of Shawnee and its surrounding communities.
The political climate in Shawnee Metro Area is very conservative.
In Shawnee Metro Area 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Shawnee metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.8% to 25.8%.
The Shawnee metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shawnee 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.
Shawnee, 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 Shawnee Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 651 contributions totaling $59,433 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 589 contributions totaling $152,055 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)