Scraper leans heavily Republican by roughly 50 points: about 25% of voters vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Scraper typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Scraper, ~15% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Scraper compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Scraper leans more Republican than 11 of 44 neighbors.
Politically, Scraper sits close to the rest of Oklahoma.
Why Scraper 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 Scraper, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Scraper are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Scraper sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 86% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Scraper, 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 Scraper looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 23% of adults in Scraper report food insecurity, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Scraper sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 87% of adults in Scraper have completed high school, below 73% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Teresita, OK R+50
- Kansas, OK R+61
- Twin Oaks, OK R+59
- Rose, OK R+60
- Gideon, OK R+48
Cities with Similar Populations
- Dodge, WI R+27
- Yellow Spring, WV R+62
- Polk, MO R+69
- Winston, KY R+58
- Greenleaf, MN R+47
- Port Costa, CA D+36
- Kincheloe, WV R+63
- Harlingen, NJ D+22
- Mentor, IN R+56
- Slonikers Mill, AR R+38
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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.