Selman is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 46% of adults in Selman typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Selman, ~5% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Selman compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Selman leans more Republican than 3 of 7 neighbors.
Selman runs about 30 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Why Selman 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 Selman, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Selman live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Oklahoma average of 18%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Selman are family households, above 92% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Selman, 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 Selman looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Selman 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 9% of homes in Selman have more than one occupant per room, above 96% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Selman sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Buffalo, OK R+78
- Plainview, OK R+76
- Fort Supply, OK R+76
- Freedom, OK R+75
- May, OK R+81
- Laverne, OK R+82
- Rosston, OK R+82
- Protection, KS R+77
- Woodward, OK R+58
- Sitka, KS R+73
Cities with Similar Populations
- Huffton, SD R+59
- Guernewood Park, CA D+37
- Jacob, IL R+52
- Arnheim, MI R+23
- Santa Rita, MT R+65
- Saukum, MS R+4
- Caskie, VA R+39
- Seger, PA R+52
- White Pines, CA R+18
- Keewaydin, PA R+63
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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.