The Stillwater, OK Metro Area is represented politically by a variety of elected officials. On the state level, Stillwater is part of Oklahoma’s 45th district and is home to House Representative Marcus McEntire and State Senator Julie Daniels. On the federal level, Stillwater falls within the 5th Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Kendra Horn. Municipal-level politics in Stillwater are managed by an active and engaged City Council which consists of Ward 1 representatives Logan Hines and Chris Story, Ward 2 representatives Jim O’Bryan Jr. and Paul Crockett, along with Mayor Will Joyce. The city council holds meetings regularly in order to review policy proposals or discuss issues important to the community. Furthermore, there are several local organizations that work to ensure the political engagement of citizens in Stillwater as well as an active Chamber of Commerce which seeks to promote economic growth in the area.
The political climate in Stillwater Metro Area is moderately conservative.
In Stillwater Metro Area 36.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Stillwater metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 36.8%.
The Stillwater metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stillwater Metro Area is moderately 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.
Stillwater, 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 Stillwater Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,093 contributions totaling $181,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $119,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)