- Lead
- 2,661
- Total
- 13,406
- vs nation
- D+21.3
Oklahoma 87th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,868
- Total
- 14,099
- vs nation
- D+15.9
- Lead
- 586
- Total
- 13,136
- vs nation
- D+2.4
- Lead
- 1,075
- Total
- 13,097
- vs nation
- R+12.1
- Lead
- 1,222
- Total
- 14,174
- vs nation
- R+15.9
- Lead
- 3,813
- Total
- 14,703
- vs nation
- R+23.5
- Lead
- 2,802
- Total
- 12,078
- vs nation
- R+23.7
- Lead
- 1,902
- Total
- 11,951
- vs nation
- R+24.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+19.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,9142024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,386 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 9.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,7212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 43.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.5 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 93, OK · twin score 93.1
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 87th 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
68.5%
2,874 votes · D+37.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 67.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
74.2%
8,286 votes · R+50.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 70.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,266votes
58.6% of the vote · D+20.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,838 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
9,258votes
63.0% of the vote · R+25.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 8,464 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
+37.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+12.3 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +35.1 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+27.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.8 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · +26.4 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%5,887 | 48.5%5,554 | 11,441 |
Oklahoma 87th State House District sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 50.8 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 19.8 points.
A population of 39,914, a 43% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,721 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 93 and State House District 92.
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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