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1876–2024
Cleveland County, Oklahoma
Cleveland County·Oklahoma

Cleveland County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

Home to OU's flagship campus, yet trending steadily Republican

18762024·38 elections
Cleveland County, Oklahoma · Michael Barera · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+15
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
300,047
2024 ACS
Most similar
Oldham County
KY · similarity 1.00
105 precincts · 119,294 votes cast
Trump · R+15
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−14.9%
49,43267,225119,294
2020R
−14.1%
49,82766,677119,778
2016R
−21.7%
38,82962,538109,450
2012R
−25.9%
34,77159,11693,887
2008R
−24.0%
39,68164,749104,430
2004R
−31.8%
34,00765,72099,727
2000R
−25.7%
27,79247,39376,171
1996R
−14.9%
26,03836,45769,783
1992R
−13.8%
24,40435,56180,629
1988R
−24.2%
22,06736,31358,933
1984R
−44.0%
16,51242,80659,705
1980R
−33.0%
14,53631,17850,401
1976R
−4.7%
20,05422,09843,281
1972R
−39.1%
11,12625,77737,518
1968R
−14.9%
8,61712,44625,774
1964D
+9.1%
11,5999,65621,255
1960R
−18.5%
6,3979,29215,689
1956R
−12.9%
5,9877,76613,753
1952R
−13.7%
6,1908,14914,339
1948D
+28.2%
6,5563,67110,227
1944D
+17.9%
5,2403,6428,903
1940D
+23.6%
5,9333,6609,650
1936D
+40.6%
6,3042,6439,022
1932D
+52.3%
5,9691,8687,837
1928R
−23.7%
2,2913,7386,093
1924D
+23.3%
2,8411,6725,008
1920D
+2.3%
2,3972,2834,985
1916D
+26.8%
1,7538853,235
1912D
+18.6%
1,4719382,865
1908D
+11.5%
1,4371,0923,006
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
3.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
15.2%
Baptist
14.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.1%
Methodist
4.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cleveland County anchors Norman and the University of Oklahoma, giving it a younger, more educated profile than most of rural Oklahoma — yet it still delivered a 14.9-point Republican margin in 2024, reflecting the state's broader partisan realignment.

The Republican margin in Cleveland County reached its widest at forty-four points in 1984. The margin in 2024 was fifteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cleveland County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,068, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 300,047 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Oldham County and Forsyth County.