akashic
1876–2024
Washington County, Oklahoma
Washington County·Oklahoma

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

One of Oklahoma's most reliably Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Washington County, Oklahoma · David Marshall · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
53,326
2024 ACS
Most similar
Bradley County
TN · similarity 1.00
26 precincts · 23,174 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−47.7%
5,79316,83623,174
2020R
−48.0%
5,79017,07623,501
2016R
−48.5%
5,04815,82522,224
2012R
−47.8%
5,53215,66821,200
2008R
−44.6%
6,30816,45722,765
2004R
−41.4%
6,86216,55123,413
2000R
−34.4%
6,64413,78820,744
1996R
−23.5%
6,73211,60520,694
1992R
−20.1%
6,59311,34223,663
1988R
−35.2%
6,97114,61321,713
1984R
−55.0%
5,47619,04324,667
1980R
−45.6%
5,85416,56323,503
1976R
−35.4%
6,89814,56021,670
1972R
−61.9%
3,65816,34720,500
1968R
−39.8%
4,64112,81220,544
1964R
−18.2%
8,57112,38220,953
1960R
−42.9%
5,47913,70019,179
1956R
−38.6%
5,52912,48818,017
1952R
−29.0%
6,23811,33417,572
1948R
−4.6%
5,5086,03611,544
1944R
−12.4%
5,0906,53311,641
1940R
−7.7%
6,2897,34713,676
1936D
+8.8%
6,2025,20111,429
1932D
+18.6%
6,8634,71311,576
1928R
−47.5%
2,5637,2589,877
1924R
−13.2%
3,4874,5798,300
1920R
−18.3%
2,8054,1057,099
1916D
+2.9%
1,8391,7273,925
1912D
+2.5%
1,5611,4773,385
1908R
−3.9%
1,4091,5283,067
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
1.9%
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
29.3%
Baptist
26.6%
Methodist
12.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.1%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 16.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washington County, anchored by Bartlesville, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red political alignment common to northeastern Oklahoma's smaller metropolitan areas.

The Republican margin in Washington County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Washington County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,162, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 53,326 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 Bradley County and Pulaski County.