The small city of Checotah, Oklahoma is located in McIntosh County and has a population of approximately 3,100. This rural town is governed by a mayor-council system and their current mayor is Dennis Bailey. While relatively quiet politically, the citizens of Checotah are active in advocating for the needs and interests of their community. In recent years, they have been successful in securing funds from the state government for downtown revitalization projects, added public safety resources to help reduce crime, and worked to maintain local roads and infrastructure. In addition to having a local chamber of commerce to promote economic development and support businesses, citizens also participate in annual events such as the Labor Day Festival which celebrates the history of the area. With its close-knit community feeling combined with proactive involvement from its citizens, Checotah remains an example of how rural towns can be successful in achieving their goals.
The political climate in Zip 74426 (Checotah, OK) is strongly conservative.
McIntosh County, OK is very conservative. In McIntosh County, OK 24.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McIntosh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.4%.
McIntosh county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74426 (Checotah, OK) is strongly conservative.
Checotah, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
McIntosh County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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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.
Checotah, Oklahoma: d 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 74426 (Checotah)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $18,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $336 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)