Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic73.5%1,330TrumpRepublican24.0%435OtherAll other candidates2.4%44
D+49.5
Lead
895
Total
1,809
vs nation
D+50.9
BidenDemocratic73.9%1,359TrumpRepublican23.7%435OtherAll other candidates2.4%45
D+50.2
Lead
924
Total
1,839
vs nation
D+45.8
ClintonDemocratic71.5%1,168TrumpRepublican23.3%380OtherAll other candidates5.3%86
D+48.2
Lead
788
Total
1,634
vs nation
D+46.1
ObamaDemocratic74.6%1,207RomneyRepublican25.4%410OtherAll other candidates0.0%0
D+49.3
Lead
797
Total
1,617
vs nation
D+45.4
ObamaDemocratic72.7%1,249McCainRepublican26.4%454OtherAll other candidates0.9%15
D+46.3
Lead
795
Total
1,718
vs nation
D+39.0
KerryDemocratic65.6%1,038BushRepublican34.4%544OtherAll other candidates0.0%0
D+31.2
Lead
494
Total
1,582
vs nation
D+33.7
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+49.5MIT Election Lab
Population
3,9282024 5-year
Population density
727 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
5.4 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$59,8612024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
28.8%2024 5-year
Black
49.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
15.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+50.2 in 2020MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
64.7%1,822 participants ÷ 2,815 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+10.5 ptsVolatile
Drop-off vs state
-4.3 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
54.2%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%
43.7%
50.3%
20042008201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,822
2,815 ± 365
64.7%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,430
2,842 ± 363
50.3%
Audited
E/D
1,846
3,036 ± 367
60.8%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
1,401
3,206 ± 342
43.7%
Audited
E/D
1,657
3,058 ± 222
54.2%
Audited
E/A
1,617
2,682
60.3%
Derived
—
1,718
2,905
59.1%
Derived
—
1,582
3,128 extrapolated
50.6%
Derived
—
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
presidential history
Party record book
Spencer, OK · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
74.6%
1,207 votes · D+49.3
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 73.9%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
34.4%
544 votes · D+31.2
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 26.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
1,359votes
73.9% of the vote · D+50.2
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 1,330 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
544votes
34.4% of the vote · D+31.2
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 454 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
+50.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+49.5 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +46.1 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
−33.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+31.2 · U.S. R+2.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −39.0 pts
presidential primaries
Nominating contests
Spencer · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, the county containing Spencer — Spencer’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Spencer, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Spencer sits on Oklahoma City's eastern edge with a population that is roughly 60% Black, making it a demographic outlier in a state that votes heavily Republican at the statewide level, though municipal races here follow their own patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.2 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 49.5 points.
A population of 3,928, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,861 describe the city.
In 2024, Spencer, Oklahoma voted Democratic by 49.5 points (D+49.5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,809 votes cast, 1,330 went Democratic and 435 went Republican.
How many people live in Spencer, Oklahoma?
Spencer, Oklahoma has a population of 3,928 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Spencer, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Spencer, Oklahoma is $59,861 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Spencer, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Spencer, Oklahoma from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
