Lake Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 35% of adults in Lake Creek typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lake Creek, ~5% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~65% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lake Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lake Creek leans more Republican than 12 of 24 neighbors.
Lake Creek runs about 25 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Why Lake Creek leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Lake Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 11% of adults in Lake Creek hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Oklahoma average of 21%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Lake Creek, OK sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Lake Creek looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lake Creek is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 5% of homes in Lake Creek have more than one occupant per room, above 86% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Lake Creek have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Granite, OK R+75
- Lone Wolf, OK R+67
- Willow, OK R+75
- Moravia, OK R+77
- Lugert, OK R+69
- Retrop, OK R+78
- Mangum, OK R+62
- Sentinel, OK R+79
- Carter, OK R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Doyon, ND R+47
- Pickwick, MS R+34
- White, MI R+15
- Rowena, GA Even
- Marlboro, ME D+6
- Mandeville, WV R+60
- East Stanwood, WA R+23
- Mc Coy, CO Even
- Felton, AR D+7
- Moccasin, CA R+41
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Oklahoma State Election Board, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.