- Lead
- 694
- Total
- 13,011
- vs nation
- R+3.9
Oklahoma 72nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,275
- Total
- 11,140
- vs nation
- D+16.0
- Lead
- 1,275
- Total
- 9,476
- vs nation
- D+11.4
- Lead
- 1,164
- Total
- 9,382
- vs nation
- D+8.6
- Lead
- 1,528
- Total
- 10,716
- vs nation
- D+7.0
- Lead
- 1,284
- Total
- 11,278
- vs nation
- D+13.8
- Lead
- 1,653
- Total
- 9,898
- vs nation
- D+16.2
- Lead
- 1,959
- Total
- 9,592
- vs nation
- D+11.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+5.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,6022024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,013 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 39.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $47,3672024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 43.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 26.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+77.3 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+24.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 71, OK · twin score 92.4
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 72nd 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
William J. Bryan1908
86.5%
128 votes · D+74.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1912 · 85.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
61.5%
3,863 votes · R+24.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 54.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,547votes
58.8% of the vote · D+20.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · 6,281 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,759votes
51.9% of the vote · R+5.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 4,997 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
+83.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+74.3 · U.S. R+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · +66.0 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1968
+4.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+5.0 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +3.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Anchored in Tulsa's urban core, this district delivers some of the widest Democratic presidential margins in the state, reflecting a dense, diverse electorate that consistently breaks from Oklahoma's statewide pattern.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 77.3 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 24.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 25.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.3 points.
A population of 39,602, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $47,367 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 71 and State House District 78.
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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