- Lead
- 950
- Total
- 18,605
- vs nation
- D+6.6
Oklahoma 85th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,060
- Total
- 18,785
- vs nation
- D+1.2
- Lead
- 672
- Total
- 18,828
- vs nation
- R+5.7
- Lead
- 2,849
- Total
- 18,423
- vs nation
- R+19.3
- Lead
- 3,123
- Total
- 20,035
- vs nation
- R+22.9
- Lead
- 6,550
- Total
- 20,394
- vs nation
- R+29.7
- Lead
- 4,863
- Total
- 16,724
- vs nation
- R+29.6
- Lead
- 3,585
- Total
- 16,432
- vs nation
- R+30.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+5.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,8302024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,825 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 14.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $81,6592024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 9.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 70, OK · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 85th 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
65.8%
3,661 votes · D+32.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 64.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
76.6%
12,041 votes · R+55.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 73.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,655votes
51.4% of the vote · D+5.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 9,531 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
13,472votes
66.1% of the vote · R+32.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 12,312 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
+30.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+5.4 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +28.7 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+32.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.7 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · +31.7 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%5,874 | 48.5%5,542 | 11,416 |
Oklahoma 85th State House District sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 55.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.1 points.
A population of 39,830, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $81,659 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 70 and State House District 97.
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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