Okarche, Oklahoma is a small rural town located in Canadian County. The town has a long history as a farming and ranching community, with a population of just over 1,200 people. It is home to several churches and businesses, including the Hamburger King restaurant which has been in operation since 1957. Politically, Okarche is part of the Republican-leaning Canadian County which tends to be quite conservative. The county consistently votes for Republican candidates in statewide elections and maintains a strong Republican majority in its local government. In recent years, Okarche has seen several local political races that have featured Republican candidates for office. These races have been fiercely contested due to the deep divide between conservatives and liberals that exists within the county. Although these races can be quite spirited, they generally result in positive outcomes for the community as most voters are motivated by their desire to see progress and improvement within Okarche and surrounding areas.
The political climate in Zip 73762 (Okarche, OK) is very conservative.
Kingfisher County, OK is very conservative. In Kingfisher County, OK 13.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kingfisher county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 13.2%.
Kingfisher county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 73762 (Okarche, OK) is very conservative.
Okarche, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Kingfisher County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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Oklahoma is very conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Okarche, 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 73762 (Okarche)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $14,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $238 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)