The small town of Gans, OK is located in Sequoyah County and is known for its rural landscape and tight-knit community. While the town has a small population, it still has an active local political scene. Locals take pride in staying informed on issues that affect their town and the surrounding area, and actively participate in elections to make sure their voices are heard. Two main political parties dominate the local political scene: Democrats and Republicans. Both parties have put forth candidates for various local offices over the years, including mayor, city council members, school board members, county commissioners, and more. Residents of Gans take pride in making sure that each candidate is qualified to serve their community well. With a strong sense of civic engagement among locals, politics in Gans continue to be vibrant and important to its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 74936 (Gans, OK) is very conservative.
Sequoyah County, OK is very conservative. In Sequoyah County, OK 19.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sequoyah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 19.7%.
Sequoyah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74936 (Gans, OK) is very conservative.
Gans, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Fort Smith 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.
Gans, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 74936 (Gans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $3,997 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)