- Lead
- 85
- Total
- 18,612
- vs nation
- D+1.0
Oklahoma 70th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 512
- Total
- 19,416
- vs nation
- R+1.8
- Lead
- 1,783
- Total
- 19,806
- vs nation
- R+11.1
- Lead
- 4,114
- Total
- 18,890
- vs nation
- R+25.6
- Lead
- 3,944
- Total
- 21,066
- vs nation
- R+26.0
- Lead
- 6,674
- Total
- 21,768
- vs nation
- R+28.2
- Lead
- 4,885
- Total
- 18,739
- vs nation
- R+26.6
- Lead
- 3,306
- Total
- 17,768
- vs nation
- R+27.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+0.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 38,8362024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,856 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 13.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,6572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 85, OK · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 70th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1908–2024 · 30 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
57.9%
3,482 votes · D+16.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 57.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
78.1%
10,867 votes · R+58.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 73.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,703votes
50.0% of the vote · D+2.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,042 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
14,221votes
65.3% of the vote · R+30.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 13,850 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
William J. Bryan1908
+11.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.1 · U.S. R+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +8.6 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+35.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+13.4 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +35.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | R | 43.7%5,014 | 56.3%6,447 | 11,461 |
District 70 stands out in a heavily Republican state by delivering a D+2.6 presidential margin in 2020, signaling a competitive urban or suburban pocket where neither coalition can take the outcome for granted.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 58.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.5 points.
A population of 38,836, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,657 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 85 and State House District 22.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Oklahoma 70th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/40070/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.