United States presidential elections in Oklahoma
Since it first joined the United States in 1907,[1] Oklahoma has participated in 29 presidential elections. It was initially granted seven electoral votes,[2] gaining three following the 1910 census.[3] It was given an additional vote in the 1930 census[4] which it lost in the 1940 census.[4] It went down to eight votes in the 1950 census[5] before returning to its original seven following the 2000 census.[6]
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Number of elections | 29 |
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Voted Democratic | 10 |
Voted Republican | 19 |
Voted other | 0 |
Voted for winning candidate | 20 |
Voted for losing candidate | 9 |
In the 1960 election the state was won by Republican candidates Richard Nixon and Henry C. Lodge.[7] 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 fines to faithless electors.[8]
While the state initially went back and forth between voting Democrat and Republican, more recently the state has been considered a safe red state. Republicans having won every single county since the 2004 presidential election, the state was Donald Trump's third largest margin of victory in 2016.[9] The last time a Democrat won the state was during Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide victory.[10]
Republicans have won the election without winning the state only twice, William H. Taft in 1908 and Calvin Coolidge in 1924. Democrats have won without the state eight times, the most recent example being Joe Biden in 2020.
Presidential elections
edit 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)
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John W. Kern (D) | 122,363 | 47.99% | William Taft (R)‡ | 110,474 | 43.3% | 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 | 5.3% | 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 | 63.72% | 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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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 | 55.57% | Claude A. Watson (PRO) | 1,663 | 0.23% | 10 | |||||
Thomas E. Dewey (R) | 452,782 | 62.75% | Harry S. Truman (D) ‡ | 268,817 | 37.25% | –
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ | 518,045 | 54.59% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 430,939 | 45.41% | –
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Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) ‡ | 473,769 | 55.13% | Adlai Stevenson (D) | 385,581 | 44.87% | –
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Richard Nixon (R)[b] | 533,039 | 59.02% | John F. Kennedy (D) ‡ | 370,111 | 40.98% | –
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Lyndon B. Johnson (D) ‡ | 519,834 | 55.75% | Barry Goldwater (R) | 412,665 | 44.25% | –
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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 | 41.5% | Ron Paul (LI) | 2,985 | 0.26% | 8 | |||||
George H. W. Bush (R) | 592,929 | 42.65% | Bill Clinton (D) ‡ | 473,066 | 34% | 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 | 65.6% | John Kerry (D) | 503,966 | 34.43% | –
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John McCain (R) | 959,745 | 65.64% | Barack Obama (D)‡ | 502,294 | 34.36% | –
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Mitt Romney (R) | 889,372 | 66.77% | Barack Obama (D)‡ | 442,647 | 33.23% | –
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Donald Trump (R)‡ | 949,136 | 65.3% | 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 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ For purpose of this list, other candidates are defined as those who were in third place in Oklahoma. A third party did not qualify every single year.
- ^ A faithless elector voted for Harry F. Byrd for president and Barry Goldwater for vice president.[7]
References
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- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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.
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- ^ "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.
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