Dry Creek, OK is a small rural town located in the Midwest of the United States. As with many small towns, politics in Dry Creek are an important part of community life. Politics here are typically focused on local issues concerning education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. The town has a mayor and six city council members who were elected by the people in the town during their most recent election. Residents can regularly attend city council meetings to give input or voice their opinion on various topics and decisions that are made. Additionally, local organizations such as The Dry Creek Chamber of Commerce often hold events and activities to engage the citizens of Dry Creek in their ongoing political dialogue.
The political climate in Dry Creek, OK is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, OK is strongly conservative. In Cherokee County, OK 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cherokee county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.0%.
Cherokee county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dry Creek, OK is strongly conservative.
Cherokee County, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Tahlequah Metro Area is strongly 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.
Dry Creek, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Dry Creek, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $4,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $12,569 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)