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1876–2024
Dewey County, Oklahoma
Dewey County·Oklahoma

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

One of Oklahoma's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Dewey County, Oklahoma · David Benbennick · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+80
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,360
2024 ACS
Most similar
Stephens County
TX · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 2,215 votes cast
Trump · R+80
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−80.1%
2091,9842,215
2020R
−81.0%
2142,1242,359
2016R
−77.5%
2221,9652,248
2012R
−71.2%
3011,7922,093
2008R
−68.6%
3461,8572,203
2004R
−63.7%
4081,8432,251
2000R
−45.4%
5991,6072,220
1996R
−15.8%
8161,1792,301
1992R
−14.3%
8451,2442,782
1988R
−22.7%
9631,5432,551
1984R
−51.6%
6642,0982,777
1980R
−38.8%
8261,9432,876
1976D
+11.0%
1,5401,2302,825
1972R
−52.6%
6262,1062,816
1968R
−26.1%
7731,5082,821
1964D
+5.9%
1,6171,4383,055
1960R
−32.3%
1,0822,1153,197
1956R
−13.4%
1,4481,8963,344
1952R
−33.7%
1,2812,5833,864
1948D
+15.7%
2,0491,4943,543
1944R
−9.0%
1,8082,1663,987
1940R
−4.4%
2,3912,6135,038
1936D
+23.3%
2,9801,8464,863
1932D
+57.2%
3,8551,0514,906
1928R
−34.5%
1,1752,4863,804
1924R
−11.9%
1,1261,5393,464
1920R
−22.1%
9951,7383,358
1916D
+7.2%
9927962,711
1912R
−0.4%
1,0751,0862,953
1908R
−4.9%
1,0751,2102,780
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Baptist
31.6%
Other Christian
28.5%
Methodist
17.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 5.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dewey County recorded an R+80.1 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in the state. Its sparse, ranching-dominated landscape and population of under 5,000 reflect a rural Great Plains demographic that has shifted heavily toward Republican candidates over recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Dewey County reached its widest at eighty-one points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was eighty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Dewey County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $62,569, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,360 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 Stephens County and Wheeler County.