- Lead
- 3,137
- Total
- 15,453
- vs nation
- R+18.8
Oklahoma 81st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,090
- Total
- 15,699
- vs nation
- R+24.1
- Lead
- 4,332
- Total
- 15,383
- vs nation
- R+30.3
- Lead
- 5,937
- Total
- 15,285
- vs nation
- R+42.7
- Lead
- 6,500
- Total
- 16,606
- vs nation
- R+46.4
- Lead
- 8,892
- Total
- 17,546
- vs nation
- R+48.2
- Lead
- 6,898
- Total
- 14,288
- vs nation
- R+48.8
- Lead
- 5,551
- Total
- 13,910
- vs nation
- R+48.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+20.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,1432024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,610 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,8412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 71.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+10.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+68.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 83, OK · twin score 94.9
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 81st 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
54.6%
2,273 votes · D+10.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 53.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.4%
11,819 votes · R+68.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 80.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,053votes
38.6% of the vote · R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,964 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
13,219votes
75.3% of the vote · R+50.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 12,082 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
+11.0pts D vs U.S.
Place R+14.2 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +7.8 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+48.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.3 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · +48.4 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 | D | 51.5%5,773 | 48.5%5,446 | 11,219 |
Oklahoma 81st State House District sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 10.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 68.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.3 points.
A population of 39,143, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,841 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 83 and State House District 39.
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.
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