Sallisaw, Oklahoma is a small town located in eastern Oklahoma with a population of approximately 8,000 people. The local political scene is composed of the city council, which is responsible for legislative decisions and overseeing the mayor. The Mayor is chosen through an election process every four years and is the executive leader of Sallisaw鈥檚 government. Council members are elected by district and serve two-year terms. Currently, the Republican Party dominates local politics in Sallisaw, having held the majority in recent elections. Although there are numerous political campaigns and candidate races in Sallisaw each year, voter turnout tends to be low due to the town鈥檚 small population. As such, those that participate have a direct influence on the outcome of each election cycle.
The political climate in Sallisaw, OK is moderately 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
Sallisaw, OK is moderately 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.
Sallisaw, 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 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 Sallisaw, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,059 contributions totaling $56,160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 240 contributions totaling $21,354 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)