Snake Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Snake Creek typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Snake Creek, ~10% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Snake Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Snake Creek leans more Republican than 27 of 43 neighbors.
Snake Creek runs about 11 points more Republican than Oklahoma as a whole.
Why Snake 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 Snake Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Snake Creek hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Oklahoma average of 21%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Snake Creek are family households, above 79% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Snake Creek, OK sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Snake Creek looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 22% of adults in Snake Creek report food insecurity, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Snake Creek sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Locust Grove, OK R+54
- Cedar Crest, OK R+57
- Teresita, OK R+50
- Murphy, OK R+65
- Rose, OK R+60
- Salina, OK R+56
- Peggs, OK R+52
- Sportsmen Acres, OK R+57
- Mazie, OK R+60
- Kenwood, OK R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lorenz Park, NY Even
- Millers Mills, NY R+46
- Johnstown, WV R+58
- Montario Point, NY R+43
- Wade, MS R+87
- Warsaw, ND R+64
- Warrick, MT R+37
- Warren, NY R+39
- Mountain Park, NM R+31
- Schwer, IL R+68
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.