Sayre is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Sayre typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sayre, ~6% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sayre compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sayre is the least Republican-leaning.
Sayre runs about 17 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sayre. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+81) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+61), a spread of about 21 points.
Why Sayre 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 Sayre, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Sayre hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Oklahoma average of 21%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Sayre runs against that pattern.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Sayre, OK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Sayre looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sayre is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 47%, about 8 points below the Oklahoma average of 55%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Sayre report food insecurity, above 92% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 75% of adults in Sayre have completed high school, below 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Texola, OK R+72
- Delhi, OK R+78
- Retrop, OK R+78
- Elk City, OK R+67
- Grimes, OK R+83
- Moravia, OK R+77
- Erick, OK R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pulaski, NY R+28
- Corral City, TX R+36
- Bowling Green, MO R+52
- Chelsea, OK R+56
- Eldorado, IL R+49
- Wewahitchka, FL R+69
- Ronan, MT R+20
- Bear Valley Springs, CA R+38
- Vonore, TN R+62
- Douglass Hills, KY D+6
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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.