- Lead
- 636
- Total
- 18,238
- vs nation
- R+2.0
Oklahoma 79th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 161
- Total
- 14,713
- vs nation
- R+5.6
- Lead
- 2,162
- Total
- 14,575
- vs nation
- R+16.9
- Lead
- 4,014
- Total
- 14,756
- vs nation
- R+31.1
- Lead
- 3,990
- Total
- 16,444
- vs nation
- R+31.5
- Lead
- 6,184
- Total
- 17,782
- vs nation
- R+32.3
- Lead
- 4,615
- Total
- 15,331
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 3,232
- Total
- 14,422
- vs nation
- R+30.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+3.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,7502024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,155 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 12.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,0402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+11.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 84, OK · twin score 96.1
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 79th 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
55.7%
2,674 votes · D+11.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 54.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
79.3%
9,176 votes · R+61.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 75.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,588votes
47.1% of the vote · R+3.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 7,076 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
11,983votes
67.4% of the vote · R+34.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 11,629 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
John W. Davis1924
+4.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+20.8 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +1.5 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+40.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.6 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +37.9 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 | 43.8%5,133 | 56.2%6,599 | 11,732 |
Oklahoma 79th State House District sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 61.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 3.5 points.
A population of 39,750, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,040 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 84 and State House District 100.
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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