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1876–2024
Mayes County, Oklahoma
Mayes County·Oklahoma

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

Cherokee Nation headquarters anchors a county that votes overwhelmingly Republican

18762024·38 elections
Mayes County, Oklahoma · U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
39,604
2024 ACS
Most similar
Nowata County
OK · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 17,374 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−57.5%
3,52913,51417,374
2020R
−55.1%
3,58112,74916,626
2016R
−51.7%
3,42311,55515,717
2012R
−33.3%
4,8239,63714,460
2008R
−28.1%
5,74910,23415,983
2004R
−17.9%
6,9339,94616,879
2000R
−3.7%
6,6187,13214,001
1996D
+8.3%
6,3775,26813,308
1992D
+6.5%
6,4325,44515,171
1988D
+4.5%
6,6916,11512,901
1984R
−24.8%
5,1548,58513,838
1980R
−10.4%
5,3446,63312,358
1976D
+11.0%
6,2985,04011,419
1972R
−46.7%
2,6567,53510,454
1968R
−14.7%
2,8554,2609,546
1964D
+13.2%
5,4214,1579,578
1960R
−16.5%
3,7215,1948,915
1956R
−10.9%
3,7604,6778,437
1952R
−10.2%
3,8374,7048,541
1948D
+19.1%
4,2012,8547,055
1944D
+0.1%
3,8303,8227,671
1940D
+5.5%
4,0573,6317,709
1936D
+18.6%
3,9202,6906,623
1932D
+47.2%
4,4441,5966,040
1928R
−16.2%
2,1613,0045,214
1924R
−1.5%
2,2462,3174,888
1920R
−10.0%
1,9872,4474,597
1916D
+11.4%
1,5741,2293,031
1912D
+11.7%
1,3911,0772,682
1908D
+7.3%
1,1861,0212,255
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
29.4%
Other Christian
17.4%
Methodist
4.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Home to Tahlequah, capital of the Cherokee Nation, Mayes County sits in Oklahoma's Ozark foothills with a Native American population above 20 percent — yet it has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 50 points in recent cycles.

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

Mayes County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,305, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 39,604 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 Nowata County and Craig County.