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 astate in theSouth Central region of theUnited States .[ 1] Since it joined the United States in 1907,[ 2] Oklahoma has participated in 29presidential elections . It was initially granted sevenelectoral votes ,[ 3] gaining three following the1910 census .[ 4] It was given an additional vote in the1930 census ,[ 5] which it later lost in the1940 census .[ 5] The state's electoral votes were reduced to eight in the1950 census [ 6] before returning to its original seven following the2000 census .[ 7]
In the1960 election , Republican candidatesRichard Nixon andHenry C. Lodge won Oklahoma.[ 8] However, electorHenry D. Irwin decided to cast afaithless vote forHarry F. Byrd andBarry Goldwater . An amendment to theConstitution of Oklahoma had been passed earlier to allow political parties to select their own electors. However, the amendment did not go effect until 1964. In 1961, the state passed a law that would invalidate any votes cast by and issue a fine to faithless electors.[ 9]
Oklahoma initially was strongly Democratic, with Democratic candidates winning the state's electoral votes 9 out of 11 times between 1908-1948, but it has come to be considered a safelyred state . Republicans have won every single county in Oklahoma since the2004 presidential election .[ 10] The last Democrat to win the state wasLyndon B. Johnson in his1964 landslide victory .[ 11] [ 12] Oklahoma was last considered aswing state during the presidential campaigns of Southern Democratic Governors ofJimmy Carter (1976 and1980 ) andBill Clinton (1992 and1996 ).[ 13]
Republicans have won the White House without winning Oklahoma only twice:William Howard Taft in1908 andCalvin Coolidge in1924 . Democrats have won without the state seven times, most recently inJoe Biden's victory in2020 .
Presidential elections [ edit ] Key for parties 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. Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % Candidate Votes % William Jennings Bryan (D) 122,363 47.99%William Taft (R)‡ 110,474 43.33%Eugene Debs (S) 21,734 8.52%7 Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 119,156 46.95%William Taft (R) 90,786 35.77%Eugene Debs (S) 41,674 16.42%10 Woodrow Wilson (D)‡ 148,113 50.65%Charles Evans Hughes (R) 97,233 33.25%Allan L. Benson (S) 45,190 15.45%10 Warren G. Harding (R) ‡ 243,831 50.11%James M. Cox (D) 217,053 44.61%Eugene Debs (S) 25,726 5.29%10 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 Herbert Hoover (R)‡ 394,046 63.72%Al Smith (D) 219,174 35.44%Norman Thomas (S) 3,924 0.63%10 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 516,468 73.30%Herbert Hoover (R) 188,165 26.70%–
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11 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 501,069 66.83%Alf Landon (R) 245,122 32.69%Norman Thomas (S) 2,221 0.30%11 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)‡ 474,313 57.41%Wendell Willkie (R) 348,872 42.23%Roger Babson (PRO) 3,027 0.37%10 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 Harry S. Truman (D)‡ 452,782 62.75%Thomas E. Dewey (R) 268,817 37.25%–
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10 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 518,045 54.59%Adlai Stevenson (D) 430,939 45.41%–
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8 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ 473,769 55.13%Adlai Stevenson (D) 385,581 44.87%–
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8 Richard Nixon (R)[ b] 533,039 59.02%John F. Kennedy (D) ‡ 370,111 40.98%–
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8 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡ 519,834 55.75%Barry Goldwater (R) 412,665 44.25%–
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8 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 449,697 46.66%Hubert Humphrey (D) 301,658 31.30%George Wallace (AI) 191,731 19.89%8 Richard Nixon (R) ‡ 759,025 71.78%George McGovern (D) 247,147 23.37%John G. Schmitz (AI) 23,728 2.24%8 Gerald Ford (R) 545,708 49.87%Jimmy Carter (D) ‡ 532,442 48.66%Eugene McCarthy (I) 14,101 1.29%8 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 695,570 59.33%Jimmy Carter (D) 402,026 34.29%Ed Clark (LI) 13,828 1.18%8 Ronald Reagan (R) ‡ 861,530 68.61%Walter Mondale (D) 385,080 30.67%David Bergland (LI) 9,066 0.72%8 George H. W. Bush (R) ‡ 678,367 58.24%Michael Dukakis (D) 483,423 41.50%Ron Paul (LI) 2,985 0.26%8 George H. W. Bush (R) 592,929 42.65%Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 473,066 34.02%Ross Perot (I) 353,741 23.01%8 Bob Dole (R) 582,315 48.22%Bill Clinton (D) ‡ 488,105 40.42%Ross Perot (RE) 130,788 10.83%8 George W. Bush (R) ‡ 744,337 60.31%Al Gore (D) 474,276 38.43%Pat Buchanan (RE) 9,014 0.73%8 George W. Bush (R)‡ 959,792 65.57%John Kerry (D) 503,966 34.43%–
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7 John McCain (R) 960,165 65.65%Barack Obama (D)‡ 502,496 34.35%–
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7 Mitt Romney (R) 891,325 66.77%Barack Obama (D)‡ 443,547 33.30%–
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7 Donald Trump (R)‡ 949,136 65.32%Hillary Clinton (D) 420,375 28.93%Gary Johnson (LI) 83,481 5.75%7 Donald Trump (R) 1,020,280 65.37%Joe Biden (D)‡ 503,890 32.29%Jo Jorgensen (LI) 24,731 1.58%7 Donald Trump (R)‡ 1,036,213 66.16%Kamala Harris (D) 499,599 31.90%Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (I) 16,020 1.02%7
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