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1876–2024
Kay County, Oklahoma
Kay County·Oklahoma

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

One of Oklahoma's most reliably Republican counties, by a wide margin

18762024·38 elections
Kay County, Oklahoma · Smallchief · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+49
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
43,625
2024 ACS
Most similar
Rusk County
TX · similarity 1.00
30 precincts · 16,913 votes cast
Trump · R+49
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−49.4%
4,13612,48316,913
2020R
−51.0%
4,04012,83417,249
2016R
−50.2%
3,73812,17216,803
2012R
−42.6%
4,62711,49916,126
2008R
−41.6%
5,46313,23018,693
2004R
−40.7%
5,95714,12120,078
2000R
−31.1%
6,12211,76818,162
1996R
−14.7%
6,8829,74119,514
1992R
−10.8%
6,6439,11522,828
1988R
−23.8%
7,75112,64620,564
1984R
−46.6%
6,04416,73122,911
1980R
−38.3%
6,44915,00422,337
1976R
−13.9%
9,37112,44122,086
1972R
−59.1%
4,24617,24421,984
1968R
−31.1%
6,03112,75121,591
1964R
−3.2%
11,29612,03323,329
1960R
−29.5%
8,24915,15623,405
1956R
−29.5%
8,07114,83722,908
1952R
−32.5%
8,38216,46024,842
1948D
+6.0%
10,1198,98219,101
1944R
−4.6%
8,6569,49818,242
1940D
+3.5%
10,72510,00320,884
1936D
+27.7%
11,8466,67118,649
1932D
+37.2%
12,8415,88418,725
1928R
−53.0%
4,19613,82918,161
1924R
−9.3%
6,0497,39214,448
1920R
−13.2%
4,5465,95910,736
1916R
−2.7%
2,3402,4825,318
1912R
−2.4%
2,3802,5085,267
1908R
−4.5%
2,5112,7545,410
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
1.6%
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
21.3%
Other Christian
17.4%
Methodist
12.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.5%
Mainline Protestant
4.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 29.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kay County, anchored by Ponca City and its oil-industry roots, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting a rural, energy-sector workforce that tilts heavily toward the GOP.

The Republican margin in Kay County reached its widest at fifty-nine points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was forty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Kay County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,423, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 43,625 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 Rusk County and Geneva County.