The small town of Hardesty, OK, is located in Texas County and is home to just over 500 people. Despite its size, the local politics in Hardesty are quite active and contested. Elections for mayor and city council members are held regularly, with a handful of candidates vying for each position. The town has a strong sense of community spirit and all political issues are discussed openly. Issues often center around economic development and infrastructure improvements such as road improvements, water lines and sewer systems. Residents take great pride in their town and strive to make it the best it can be.
The political climate in Zip 73944 (Hardesty, OK) is very conservative.
Texas County, OK is very conservative. In Texas County, OK 16.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Texas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.6% to 16.2%.
Texas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73944 (Hardesty, OK) is very conservative.
Hardesty, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Texas County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Guymon 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.
Hardesty, 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 73944 (Hardesty)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)