Holdenville, OK is a small city located in Hughes County with a population of 3,000 people. The city has a long history of involvement in local politics, where concerned citizens have been engaging in the democratic process to shape their own community since Oklahoma became a state in 1907. The current mayor, Mary Smith, has been leading the city since 2018 and was elected on a platform of increasing economic development and improving public services for residents. Other local political candidates include Howard Johnson who is running for City Council and Frank Williams who is running for School Board. With elections taking place every few years, Holdenville citizens are actively involved in choosing their leaders and advocating for change they would like to see in their town.
The political climate in Zip 74848 (Holdenville, OK) is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, OK is very conservative. In Hughes County, OK 18.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hughes county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.8% to 18.9%.
Hughes county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 74848 (Holdenville, OK) is strongly conservative.
Holdenville, Oklahoma is strongly conservative.
Hughes County, Oklahoma is very conservative.
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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.
Holdenville, 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 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 74848 (Holdenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $3,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $10,690 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)