Lep is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Lep typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lep, ~8% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lep compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lep leans more Republican than 18 of 20 neighbors.
Lep runs about 22 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Why Lep 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 Lep, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Lep are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Lep sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 96% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Lep, OK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Lep looks the way it does
Turnout in Lep sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Webb City, OK R+70
- Shidler, OK R+71
- Carter Nine, OK R+67
- Burbank, OK R+70
- Kaw City, OK R+67
- Little Chief, OK R+65
- Grainola, OK R+71
- Fairfax, OK R+50
- Gray Horse, OK R+62
- Pearsonia, OK R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hickory, OK R+71
- Praha, TX R+66
- Washington, CA D+10
- Shady Pine, OR R+36
- Wartburg, IL R+52
- Fort Necessity, LA R+83
- McMichaels, PA R+13
- McCutcheon, MS D+9
- Severance, KS R+72
- Walters, LA R+82
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.