2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma Last updated August 17, 2025
2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma Turnout 68.11 [ 1] County results Congressional district results Precinct results Trump
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Clinton
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
No Votes
Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color Treemap of the popular vote by county The 2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Oklahoma voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party 's nominee, businessman Donald Trump , and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . Oklahoma has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College. [ 2]
Oklahoma has been a Republican-leaning state since 1952 , and a Republican stronghold since 1980 . Trump subsequently carried the state with 65.3% of the vote, while Clinton received 28.9%. [ 3] Considered a safe Republican state, Oklahoma has voted Republican in fifteen of the last sixteen elections. It was also one of two states where Trump won every county, the other being West Virginia . This also marked the fourth consecutive election in which the Republican candidate carried every county in the state. [ 4]
Gary Johnson , the Libertarian Party candidate, became the first third-party candidate to achieve ballot access in Oklahoma since 2000 . He received 5.75% of the vote, the highest percentage for a third party in the state since Ross Perot 's campaign in 1996 . He was also the only third-party candidate to successfully file for ballot access in Oklahoma.
Primary elections Democratic primary Results
Oklahoma Democratic primary, March 1, 2016 Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total Bernie Sanders 174,228 51.88% 21 1 22 Hillary Clinton 139,443 41.52% 17 1 18 Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) 7,672 2.28% Keith Judd 4,386 1.31% Michael Steinberg 4,171 1.24% Star Locke (withdrawn) 3,458 1.03% Rocky De La Fuente 2,485 0.74% Uncommitted — 0 2 2 Total 335,843 100% 38 4 42 Source: [ 5] [ 6]
Republican primary 2016 Oklahoma Republican presidential primary Results by county
Ted Cruz
30-40%
40–50%
50–60%
Donald Trump
30–40%
40–50%
Marco Rubio
30-40%
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot: [ 7]
Oklahoma Republican primary, March 1, 2016 Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count Bound Unbound Total Ted Cruz 158,078 34.37% 15 0 15 Donald Trump 130,267 28.32% 14 0 14 Marco Rubio 119,633 26.01% 12 0 12 Ben Carson 28,601 6.22% 0 0 0 John Kasich 16,524 3.59% 0 0 0 Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 2,091 0.45% 0 0 0 Rand Paul (withdrawn) 1,666 0.36% 0 0 0 Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) 1,308 0.28% 0 0 0 Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 610 0.13% 0 0 0 Chris Christie (withdrawn) 545 0.12% 0 0 0 Rick Santorum (withdrawn) 375 0.08% 0 0 0 Lindsey Graham (withdrawn) 224 0.05% 0 0 0 Unprojected delegates: 2 0 2 Total: 459,922 100.00% 43 0 43 Source: The Green Papers
General election Predictions The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Oklahoma as of Election Day.
Results Chart of popular vote
Trump (65.3%) Clinton (28.9%) Johnson (5.75%) By county County Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Gary Johnson Margin Total # % # % # % # % Adair 4,787 73.50% 1,382 21.22% 344 5.28% 3,405 52.28% 6,513 Alfalfa 1,933 85.61% 216 9.57% 109 4.82% 1,717 76.04% 2,258 Atoka 4,084 81.39% 795 15.84% 139 2.77% 3,289 65.55% 5,018 Beaver 1,993 88.85% 176 7.85% 74 3.30% 1,817 81.00% 2,243 Beckham 6,308 83.53% 960 12.71% 284 3.76% 5,348 70.82% 7,552 Blaine 2,884 76.03% 711 18.75% 198 5.22% 2,173 57.28% 3,793 Bryan 10,478 75.83% 2,804 20.29% 536 3.88% 7,674 55.54% 13,818 Caddo 6,482 69.34% 2,420 25.89% 446 4.77% 4,062 43.45% 9,348 Canadian 39,986 72.34% 11,674 21.12% 3,618 6.54% 28,312 51.22% 55,278 Carter 13,752 74.20% 4,002 21.59% 780 4.21% 9,750 52.61% 18,534 Cherokee 9,994 60.61% 5,456 33.09% 1,040 6.30% 4,538 27.52% 16,490 Choctaw 4,206 77.52% 1,067 19.66% 153 2.82% 3,139 57.86% 5,426 Cimarron 963 89.25% 71 6.58% 45 4.17% 892 82.67% 1,079 Cleveland 62,538 57.14% 38,829 35.48% 8,083 7.38% 23,709 21.66% 109,450 Coal 1,898 79.12% 411 17.13% 90 3.75% 1,487 61.99% 2,399 Comanche 19,183 58.91% 11,463 35.20% 1,918 5.89% 7,720 23.71% 32,564 Cotton 2,054 78.94% 424 16.30% 124 4.76% 1,630 62.64% 2,602 Craig 4,283 74.04% 1,252 21.64% 250 4.32% 3,031 52.40% 5,785 Creek 21,575 74.84% 5,841 20.26% 1,414 4.90% 15,734 54.58% 28,830 Custer 7,826 74.24% 2,104 19.96% 611 5.80% 5,722 54.28% 10,541 Delaware 11,826 75.25% 3,311 21.07% 579 3.68% 8,515 54.18% 15,716 Dewey 1,965 87.41% 222 9.88% 61 2.71% 1,743 77.53% 2,248 Ellis 1,611 88.18% 155 8.48% 61 3.34% 1,456 79.70% 1,827 Garfield 16,009 73.74% 4,397 20.25% 1,304 6.01% 11,612 53.49% 21,710 Garvin 8,253 78.26% 1,855 17.59% 438 4.15% 6,398 60.67% 10,546 Grady 17,316 77.70% 3,882 17.42% 1,088 4.88% 13,434 60.28% 22,286 Grant 1,827 83.01% 288 13.08% 86 3.91% 1,539 69.93% 2,201 Greer 1,482 78.16% 323 17.04% 91 4.80% 1,159 61.12% 1,896 Harmon 715 73.18% 225 23.03% 37 3.79% 490 50.15% 977 Harper 1,318 87.93% 134 8.94% 47 3.13% 1,184 78.99% 1,499 Haskell 3,701 78.11% 882 18.62% 155 3.27% 2,819 59.49% 4,738 Hughes 3,388 74.86% 961 21.23% 177 3.91% 2,427 53.63% 4,526 Jackson 5,969 76.47% 1,473 18.87% 364 4.66% 4,496 57.60% 7,806 Jefferson 1,910 81.28% 365 15.53% 75 3.19% 1,545 65.75% 2,350 Johnston 3,093 76.98% 786 19.56% 139 3.46% 2,307 57.42% 4,018 Kay 12,172 72.44% 3,738 22.25% 893 5.31% 8,434 50.19% 16,803 Kingfisher 5,156 84.10% 786 12.82% 189 3.08% 4,370 71.28% 6,131 Kiowa 2,596 74.32% 767 21.96% 130 3.72% 1,829 52.36% 3,493 Latimer 3,100 76.43% 797 19.65% 159 3.92% 2,303 56.78% 4,056 LeFlore 13,362 77.59% 3,250 18.87% 609 3.54% 10,112 58.72% 17,221 Lincoln 10,854 77.39% 2,430 17.33% 741 5.28% 8,424 60.06% 14,025 Logan 13,633 71.83% 4,248 22.38% 1,098 5.79% 9,385 49.45% 18,979 Love 2,922 77.12% 735 19.40% 132 3.48% 2,187 57.72% 3,789 McClain 13,169 78.12% 2,894 17.17% 795 4.71% 10,275 60.95% 16,858 McCurtain 8,656 80.70% 1,802 16.80% 268 2.50% 6,854 63.90% 10,726 McIntosh 5,505 69.13% 2,123 26.66% 335 4.21% 3,382 42.47% 7,963 Major 2,948 86.53% 310 9.10% 149 4.37% 2,638 77.43% 3,407 Marshall 4,206 76.58% 1,096 19.96% 190 3.46% 3,110 56.62% 5,492 Mayes 11,555 73.52% 3,423 21.78% 739 4.70% 8,132 51.74% 15,717 Murray 4,175 75.52% 1,087 19.66% 266 4.82% 3,088 55.86% 5,528 Muskogee 15,043 62.12% 7,977 32.94% 1,196 4.94% 7,066 29.18% 24,216 Noble 3,715 76.16% 901 18.47% 262 5.37% 2,814 57.69% 4,878 Nowata 3,321 78.38% 742 17.51% 174 4.11% 2,579 60.87% 4,237 Okfuskee 2,800 71.01% 943 23.92% 200 5.07% 1,857 47.09% 3,943 Oklahoma 141,569 51.68% 112,813 41.18% 19,560 7.14% 28,756 10.50% 273,942 Okmulgee 8,944 64.12% 4,385 31.44% 620 4.44% 4,559 32.68% 13,949 Osage 12,577 66.31% 5,597 29.51% 792 4.18% 6,980 36.80% 18,966 Ottawa 7,631 71.38% 2,584 24.17% 475 4.45% 5,047 47.21% 10,690 Pawnee 4,729 74.31% 1,344 21.12% 291 4.57% 3,385 53.19% 6,364 Payne 16,651 59.98% 8,788 31.66% 2,321 8.36% 7,863 28.32% 27,760 Pittsburg 12,753 73.84% 3,711 21.49% 807 4.67% 9,042 52.35% 17,271 Pontotoc 10,431 70.33% 3,637 24.52% 763 5.15% 6,794 45.81% 14,831 Pottawatomie 17,848 70.12% 6,015 23.63% 1,589 6.25% 11,833 46.49% 25,452 Pushmataha 3,581 79.88% 748 16.69% 154 3.43% 2,833 63.19% 4,483 Roger Mills 1,547 87.95% 151 8.58% 61 3.47% 1,396 79.37% 1,759 Rogers 30,913 75.65% 7,902 19.34% 2,047 5.01% 23,011 56.31% 40,862 Seminole 5,613 69.84% 2,071 25.77% 353 4.39% 3,542 44.07% 8,037 Sequoyah 10,888 75.42% 3,061 21.20% 488 3.38% 7,827 54.22% 14,437 Stephens 14,182 79.21% 3,086 17.24% 636 3.55% 11,096 61.97% 17,904 Texas 4,621 79.95% 858 14.84% 301 5.21% 3,763 65.11% 5,780 Tillman 1,944 71.84% 657 24.28% 105 3.88% 1,287 47.56% 2,706 Tulsa 144,258 58.39% 87,847 35.56% 14,949 6.05% 56,411 22.83% 247,054 Wagoner 23,005 73.50% 6,723 21.48% 1,572 5.02% 16,282 52.02% 31,300 Washington 15,825 71.21% 5,048 22.71% 1,351 6.08% 10,777 48.50% 22,224 Washita 3,854 83.22% 588 12.70% 189 4.08% 3,266 70.52% 4,631 Woods 2,947 80.34% 522 14.23% 199 5.43% 2,425 66.11% 3,668 Woodward 6,347 83.57% 873 11.49% 375 4.94% 5,474 72.08% 7,595 Totals 949,136 65.32% 420,375 28.93% 83,481 5.75% 528,761 36.39% 1,452,992
Swing by county Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +5-7.5%
Democratic — +2.5-5%
Democratic — +0-2.5%
Republican — +0-2.5%
Republican — +2.5-5%
Republican — +5-7.5%
Republican — +7.5-10%
Republican — +10-12.5%
Republican — +12.5-15%
Republican — +>15%
Trend relative to the state by county Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +5-7.5%
Democratic — +2.5-5%
Democratic — +0-2.5%
Republican — +0-2.5%
Republican — +2.5-5%
Republican — +5-7.5%
Republican — +7.5-10%
Republican — +10-12.5%
Republican — +12.5-15%
Republican — +>15%
By congressional district Trump won all five congressional districts. [ 17]
Analysis The Republican Party candidate, Donald Trump, carried Oklahoma with a victory margin of 36.39%. While Trump improved over Mitt Romney 's 2012 vote total and victory margin, his vote percentage of 65.3% was down from Romney's 66.8%, making 2016 the first time since 1992 the Republican's vote percentage decreased from the previous election. Hillary Clinton's vote percentage of 28.9% is the worst for a Democratic candidate in Oklahoma since George McGovern 's 24% in the 1972 election . In terms of margin of victory, this is the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee Walter Mondale in 1984 . Clinton however, did make gains in heavily populated Oklahoma County , its surrounding suburban counties, and Tulsa County . In Oklahoma County, Clinton reduced a 16.66% advantage for Romney into a 10.5% advantage for Trump, while Trump was held below the 60% mark in Tulsa. [ 18] Gary Johnson's total was more than twice what was needed to preserve recognized status for the Libertarian Party in the state, meaning that in 2018 the LP will be the first alternative party on the ballot for a gubernatorial election since the Reform Party in 1998 . [ 19]
With 65.32% of the popular vote, Oklahoma would prove to be Trump's third strongest state in the 2016 election after Wyoming and West Virginia. [ 20] His win in the 2nd Congressional District was the second best of the five congressional districts in Oklahoma that he won, and he also carried the critical Native American vote in the state[ citation needed ] Native American state of Sequoyah ). The state would also prove to be Gary Johnson's fourth strongest state with 5.75% of the popular vote after New Mexico , North Dakota and Alaska .
Slates of electors Republican: David Oldham, Teresa Lyn Turner, Mark Thomas, Bobby Cleveland , Lauree Elizabeth Marshall, Charles W. Potts, George W. Wiland Jr
Libertarian: Erin Adams, Mikel Dillon, Joel Britt Dixon, Rex L. Lawhorn, Ephriam Zachary Knight, Craig A. Dawkins, Mark C. DeShazo
Democrat: Marq Lewis, Bill John Baker, Mark Hammons, Betty McElderry, W. A. Drew Edmondson , Jeannie McDaniel, Rhonda Walters [ 21]
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