Despite record-breaking voter registration, turnout this year was lower than the previous two presidential elections in Oklahoma.

Just 64% of Oklahoma voters cast ballots this year compared to 69% in 2020 and 68% in 2016. Donald Trump carried every county in the state for a third time and won by a larger margin than the previous two presidential elections. Trump won with 66% of the vote in the state compared to 31% for Kamala Harris, according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board. 

In 2020, Trump won Oklahoma with 65% of the vote to Joe Biden’s 32%. Trump won 65% of Oklahoma’s votes in 2016 compared to Hillary Clinton’s 28%. 

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The number of Oklahomans registered to vote surpassed 2.4 million this year — higher than any other election cycle since 2000, when the Oklahoma State Election Board began tracking pre-election voter registration. 

The figures show the Republican Party has continued to grow more dominant in Oklahoma. More than 52% of registered voters in Oklahoma are now Republican, while 26% are Democrats.

In 2020, 50% of registered voters were Republican and 33% were Democrats. Republicans made up 45% of registered voters in 2016 and Democrats made up 39%.

Though the turnout this year was smaller, more votes were cast than in any other general election in Oklahoma state history, according to Oklahoma election results archives.

All 77 Oklahoma counties voted for Trump for the third-consecutive cycle. Oklahoma County was the closest to flipping, though Trump’s support there grew from 2020. Trump picked up 143,520 votes (49.71%) this year, slightly outpacing his performance there in 2020 when he garnered 49.21% of the county’s votes.

No Oklahoma County has voted for the Democratic nominee since 2000 when nine counties – Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, and Ottawa – voted in favor of Al Gore over George Bush.

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Oklahoma sees lower voter turnout, but is redder than ever in  2024

by Maddy Keyes, The Frontier
November 6, 2024

<h1>Oklahoma sees lower voter turnout, but is redder than ever in  2024</h1> <p class="byline">by Maddy Keyes, The Frontier <br />November 6, 2024</p> <p class=”has-drop-cap”>Despite record-breaking voter registration, turnout this year was lower than the previous two presidential elections in Oklahoma.</p> <p><a href=”https://results.okelections.gov/OKER/?elecDate=20241105″>Just 64%</a> of Oklahoma voters cast ballots this year compared to 69% in 2020 and 68% in 2016. Donald Trump carried every county in the state for a third time and won by a larger margin than the previous two presidential elections. Trump won with 66% of the vote in the state compared to 31% for Kamala Harris, according to unofficial results from the Oklahoma State Election Board.&nbsp;</p> <p>In 2020, Trump won Oklahoma with 65% of the vote to Joe Biden’s 32%. Trump won 65% of Oklahoma’s votes in 2016 compared to Hillary Clinton’s 28%.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><em>Sign up to get text message updates when we publish a story</em></strong></p> <p>The number of Oklahomans registered to vote <a href=”https://oklahoma.gov/elections/newsroom/2024/november/oklahoma-voter-registration-numbers-surpass-2-4-million-ahead-of.html”>surpassed 2.4 million</a> this year — higher than any other election cycle since 2000, when the Oklahoma State Election Board began tracking pre-election voter registration.&nbsp;</p> <p>The figures show the Republican Party has continued to grow more dominant in Oklahoma. More than 52% of registered voters in Oklahoma are now Republican, while 26% are Democrats.</p> <p>In 2020, 50% of registered voters were Republican and 33% were Democrats. Republicans made up 45% of registered voters in 2016 and Democrats made up 39%. </p> <p>Though the turnout this year was smaller, more votes were cast than in any other general election in Oklahoma state history, according to Oklahoma election results archives.</p> <p>All 77 Oklahoma counties voted for Trump for the third-consecutive cycle. Oklahoma County was the closest to flipping, though Trump’s support there grew from 2020. Trump picked up 143,520 votes (49.71%) this year, slightly outpacing his performance there in 2020 when he garnered 49.21% of the county’s votes.</p> <p>No Oklahoma County has voted for the Democratic nominee since 2000 when nine counties – Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Okmulgee, and Ottawa – voted in favor of Al Gore over George Bush.</p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/oklahoma-sees-lower-voter-turnout-but-is-redder-than-ever-in-2024/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.readfrontier.org">The Frontier</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.readfrontier.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-favicon.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://www.readfrontier.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=26071&amp;ga4=289643089" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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