United States presidential elections in Oklahoma

Presidential elections in Oklahoma
Number of elections	30
Voted Democratic	10
Voted Republican	20
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	21
Voted for losing candidate	9

Oklahoma is a state in the South Central region of the United States.^[1] Since it first joined the United States in 1907,^[2] Oklahoma has participated in 29 presidential elections. It was initially granted seven electoral votes,^[3] gaining three following the 1910 census.^[4] It was given an additional vote in the 1930 census,^[5] which it later lost in the 1940 census.^[5] The state's electoral votes were reduced to eight votes in the 1950 census^[6] before returning to its original seven following the 2000 census.^[7]

In the 1960 election, Republican candidates Richard Nixon and Henry C. Lodge won Oklahoma.^[8] However, elector Henry D. Irwin decided to cast a faithless vote for Harry F. Byrd and Barry Goldwater. The state later passed a law that would invalidate any votes cast by, and issue a fine to, faithless electors.^[9]

Oklahoma initially vacillated between voting Democrat and Republican, but it has recently come to be considered a safely red state. Republicans having won every single Oklahoma county since the 2004 presidential election.^[10] The last Democrat to win the state was Lyndon B. Johnson in his 1964 landslide victory.^[11]^[12] Oklahoma was last considered a swing state during the presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton.^[13]

Republicans have won the White House without winning Oklahoma only twice: William H. Taft in 1908 and Calvin Coolidge in 1924. Democrats have won without the state eight times, the most recent in Joe Biden's election in 2020.

Presidential elections

**Key for parties**
American Independent Party – (AI) Democratic Party – (D) Independent candidate – (I) Libertarian Party – (LI) Prohibition Party – (PRO) Progressive Party (1924) – (PR) Reform Party – (RE) Republican Party – (R) Socialist Party of America – (S) Note: A double dagger (‡) indicates the national winner. Note: Percentages may not total 100.0%.

Election results
Year	Winner				Runner-up				Other candidate^[a]				EV	Ref.
Year	Candidate		Votes	%	Candidate		Votes	%	Candidate		Votes	%	EV	Ref.
1908		William Jennings Bryan (D)	122,363	47.99%		William Taft (R)‡	110,474	43.3%		Eugene Debs (S)	21,734	8.52%	7	^[3]
1912		Woodrow Wilson (D)‡	119,156	46.95%		William Taft (R)	90,786	35.77%		Eugene Debs (S)	41,674	16.42%	10	^[4]
1916		Woodrow Wilson (D)‡	148,113	50.65%		Charles Evans Hughes (R)	97,233	33.25%		Allan L. Benson (S)	45,190	15.45%	10	^[14]
1920		Warren G. Harding (R) ‡	243,831	50.11%		James M. Cox (D)	217,053	44.61%		Eugene Debs (S)	25,726	5.3%	10	^[15]
1924		John W. Davis (D)	255,798	48.41%		Calvin Coolidge (R) ‡	226,242	42.82%		Robert M. La Follette (PR)	46,375	8.78%	10	^[16]
1928		Herbert Hoover (R)‡	394,046	63.72%		Al Smith (D)	219,174	35.44%		Norman Thomas (S)	3,924	0.63%	10	^[17]
1932		Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡	516,468	73.30%		Herbert Hoover (R)	188,165	26.70%	–		–	–	11	^[5]
1936		Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡	501,069	66.83%		Alf Landon (R)	245,122	32.69%		Norman Thomas (S)	2,221	0.30%	11	^[18]
1940		Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡	474,313	57.41%		Wendell Willkie (R)	348,872	42.23%		Roger Babson (PRO)	3,027	0.37%	10	^[19]
1944		Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡	401,549	55.57%		Thomas E. Dewey (R)	319,424	44.20%		Claude A. Watson (PRO)	1,663	0.23%	10	^[20]
1948		Harry S. Truman (D)	452,782	62.75%		Thomas E. Dewey (R) ‡	268,817	37.25%	–		–	–	10	^[6]
1952		Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡	518,045	54.59%		Adlai Stevenson (D)	430,939	45.41%	–		–	–	8	^[21]
1956		Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡	473,769	55.13%		Adlai Stevenson (D)	385,581	44.87%	–		–	–	8	^[22]
1960		Richard Nixon (R)^[b]	533,039	59.02%		John F. Kennedy (D) ‡	370,111	40.98%	–		–	–	8	^[23]
1964		Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡	519,834	55.75%		Barry Goldwater (R)	412,665	44.25%	–		–	–	8	^[24]
1968		Richard Nixon (R) ‡	449,697	46.66%		Hubert Humphrey (D)	301,658	31.30%		George Wallace (AI)	191,731	19.89%	8	^[25]
1972		Richard Nixon (R) ‡	759,025	71.78%		George McGovern (D)	247,147	23.37%		John G. Schmitz (AI)	23,728	2.24%	8	^[26]
1976		Gerald Ford (R)	545,708	49.87%		Jimmy Carter (D) ‡	532,442	48.66%		Eugene McCarthy (I)	14,101	1.29%	8	^[27]
1980		Ronald Reagan (R) ‡	695,570	59.33%		Jimmy Carter (D)	402,026	34.29%		Ed Clark (LI)	13,828	1.18%	8	^[28]
1984		Ronald Reagan (R) ‡	861,530	68.61%		Walter Mondale (D)	385,080	30.67%		David Bergland (LI)	9,066	0.72%	8	^[29]
1988		George H. W. Bush (R) ‡	678,367	58.24%		Michael Dukakis (D)	483,423	41.5%		Ron Paul (LI)	2,985	0.26%	8	^[30]
1992		George H. W. Bush (R)	592,929	42.65%		Bill Clinton (D) ‡	473,066	34%		Ross Perot (I)	353,741	23.01%	8	^[31]
1996		Bob Dole (R)	582,315	48.22%		Bill Clinton (D) ‡	488,105	40.42%		Ross Perot (RE)	130,788	10.83%	8	^[32]
2000		George W. Bush (R) ‡	744,337	60.31%		Al Gore (D)	474,276	38.43%		Pat Buchanan (RE)	9,014	0.73%	8	^[33]
2004		George W. Bush (R)‡	959,792	65.6%		John Kerry (D)	503,966	34.43%	–		–	–	7	^[34]
2008		John McCain (R)	959,745	65.64%		Barack Obama (D)‡	502,294	34.36%	–		–	–	7	^[35]
2012		Mitt Romney (R)	889,372	66.77%		Barack Obama (D)‡	442,647	33.23%	–		–	–	7	^[36]
2016		Donald Trump (R)‡	949,136	65.3%		Hillary Clinton (D)	420,375	28.93%		Gary Johnson (LI)	83,481	5.75%	7	^[37]
2020		Donald Trump (R)	1,020,280	65.37%		Joe Biden (D)‡	503,890	32.29%		Jo Jorgensen (LI)	24,731	1.58%	7	^[38]
2024		Donald Trump (R)‡	1,035,219	66.78%		Kamala Harris (D)	499,043	32.19%		Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I)	15,992	1.03%	7	^[12]

Notes

^ For the purposes of this table, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Oklahoma. Some elections did not have a qualified third-party candidate.
^ A faithless elector voted for presidential candidate Harry F. Byrd and vice-presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.^[8]

References

^ "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
^ "Oklahoma Statehood, November 16, 1907". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Leip, David. "1908 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Leip, David. "1912 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leip, David. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Leip, David. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ "Distribution of Electoral Votes". Maryland.gov. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Agrawal, Nina (December 8, 2016). "All the times in U.S. history that members of the electoral college voted their own way". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ Averill, Dave (June 7, 1992). "Tale of Oklahoma's Bolting Presidential Elector". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "Oklahoma 2020 election results". CNN. November 24, 2020. Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Levy, Micheal (August 9, 2024). "United States presidential election of 1964". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Archived from the original on August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Oklahoma Election Results 2024". NBC News. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
^ "Who will win Oklahoma?". The Hill. October 2, 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
^ Leip, David. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on February 27, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ "General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 4, 1952. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 13, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
^ Leip, David. "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "Elections of 1968 General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 5, 1968. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "Elections of 1972 General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 7, 1972. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2024.
^ "Elections of 1976 General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 2, 1976. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 4, 1980. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 15, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 6, 1984. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "Elections of 1988 General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 8, 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "Elections of 1992 General Elections" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "President and Vice President of the United States General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 5, 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "President and Vice President of the United States General Election — November 7, 2000" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 7, 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
^ "2004 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. May 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
^ "Election Results 2008". New York Times. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
^ "Oklahoma Election 2012: Live Results". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
^ "Oklahoma Election 2016: Live Results". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
^ "Oklahoma State Elections Board". Ok Elections. Archived from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[14] For the purposes of this table, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Oklahoma. Some elections did not have a qualified third-party candidate.

[24] A faithless elector voted for presidential candidate Harry F. Byrd and vice-presidential candidate Barry Goldwater.^[8]

[regdiv-1] "Census Regions and Divisions of the United States" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 3, 2024.

[2] "Oklahoma Statehood, November 16, 1907". National Archives. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[fixed?-3] Leip, David. "1908 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[Done-4] Leip, David. "1912 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[first?-5] Leip, David. "1932 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[50c-6] Leip, David. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[7] "Distribution of Electoral Votes". Maryland.gov. Archived from the original on September 22, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[Faithless-8] Agrawal, Nina (December 8, 2016). "All the times in U.S. history that members of the electoral college voted their own way". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[1992Bio-9] Averill, Dave (June 7, 1992). "Tale of Oklahoma's Bolting Presidential Elector". Tulsa World. Archived from the original on August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[10] "Oklahoma 2020 election results". CNN. November 24, 2020. Archived from the original on August 21, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[11] Levy, Micheal (August 9, 2024). "United States presidential election of 1964". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Archived from the original on August 5, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[renamed_from_2024_on_20241105210424-12] "Oklahoma Election Results 2024". NBC News. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

[13] "Who will win Oklahoma?". The Hill. October 2, 2024. Retrieved 2024-10-03.

[15] Leip, David. "1916 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[16] Leip, David. "1920 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[17] Leip, David. "1924 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[18] Leip, David. "1928 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on September 25, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[19] Leip, David. "1936 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 23, 2024.

[20] Leip, David. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[21] Leip, David. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on February 27, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[22] "General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 4, 1952. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[23] Leip, David. "1956 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 13, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[25] Leip, David. "1960 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 22, 2024.

[26] Leip, David. "1964 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[27] "Elections of 1968 General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 5, 1968. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[28] "Elections of 1972 General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 7, 1972. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved August 21, 2024.

[29] "Elections of 1976 General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 2, 1976. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[30] "General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 4, 1980. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 15, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[31] "General Election Presidential Electors" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 6, 1984. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[32] "Elections of 1988 General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 8, 1988. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 11, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[:Result1992-33] "Elections of 1992 General Elections" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[34] "President and Vice President of the United States General Election" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 5, 1996. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 13, 2024. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[35] "President and Vice President of the United States General Election — November 7, 2000" (PDF). Oklahoma.gov. November 7, 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved August 20, 2024.

[36] "2004 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). Federal Election Commission. May 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 2, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[37] "Election Results 2008". New York Times. December 9, 2008. Archived from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[38] "Oklahoma Election 2012: Live Results". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[39] "Oklahoma Election 2016: Live Results". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on August 26, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

[:2020Result-40] "Oklahoma State Elections Board". Ok Elections. Archived from the original on August 23, 2024. Retrieved August 17, 2024.

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