Shady Grove is a small town located in Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It has a population of approximately 500 people and is known for its rural charm and friendly folks. The town is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, where the mayor serves as the head of government and six council members are elected to serve four year terms and represent different parts of the town. The current mayor of Shady Grove is Linda Smith. The council works together with local residents to ensure that the needs of their community are met. In addition to the Mayor-Council form of government, Shady Grove also has various types of county and state offices that serve their citizens in various ways. These include sheriff's office, county commissioner's office, school board, district court judge, county health department, fire department and many more. As a small community in rural Oklahoma, politics in Shady Grove often involves listening to local citizens and understanding their needs before making decisions. This allows for an informed electorate to have an impact on governing decisions at both the local and state levels.
The political climate in Shady Grove (Cherokee County), 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
Shady Grove (Cherokee County), 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.
Shady Grove (Cherokee County), 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 Shady Grove (Cherokee County), OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,324 contributions totaling $382,458 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 331 contributions totaling $51,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)