Poteau, OK is a city in Le Flore County, Oklahoma with a population of 8,529 according to the 2018 US Census. The political landscape of Poteau is mainly Republican. Local elections are often competitive and draw large numbers of voters. The current mayor is Jack Arnold who has been in office since 2016. He has strong support from the community and is running for re-election in 2020. The city council consists of six members, all of whom were elected in 2019. All members have focused on creating a better quality of life for the people of Poteau, with initiatives ranging from economic development to infrastructure improvements. Local campaigns focus on the issues that matter most to Poteau's citizens including education, health care, public safety and more. Many candidates also work hard to reach out to local residents through door-to-door campaigning and social media outreach so they can better understand what's important to their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 74953 (Poteau, OK) is very conservative.
Le Flore County, OK is very conservative. In Le Flore County, OK 17.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Flore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.9% to 17.5%.
Le Flore county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74953 (Poteau, OK) is very conservative.
Poteau, Oklahoma is very conservative.
Le Flore 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.
Poteau, 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 74953 (Poteau)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $8,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $9,844 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)