- Lead
- 4,112
- Total
- 17,008
- vs nation
- R+22.7
Oklahoma 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,068
- Total
- 17,271
- vs nation
- R+28.0
- Lead
- 4,322
- Total
- 15,605
- vs nation
- R+29.8
- Lead
- 4,513
- Total
- 13,169
- vs nation
- R+38.1
- Lead
- 4,908
- Total
- 14,364
- vs nation
- R+41.4
- Lead
- 5,817
- Total
- 12,649
- vs nation
- R+43.5
- Lead
- 4,494
- Total
- 10,308
- vs nation
- R+44.1
- Lead
- 3,537
- Total
- 10,076
- vs nation
- R+43.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,7162024 5-year
- Population density
- 564 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 70.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $105,5972024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 66.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+15.1 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 39, OK · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 96th 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
57.1%
1,747 votes · D+15.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 55.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
81.5%
8,262 votes · R+65.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 78.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,399votes
37.1% of the vote · R+23.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,307 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
10,467votes
60.6% of the vote · R+23.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 10,419 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
+16.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+9.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +12.6 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+44.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+43.6 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · +43.6 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%5,857 | 48.5%5,526 | 11,383 |
With a 2020 presidential margin of R+23.6, District 96 reflects the broader rightward lean of rural Oklahoma, where low population density and agricultural economies have correlated with consistent Republican margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 15.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 65.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 24.2 points.
A population of 39,716, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $105,597 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 39 and State House District 82.
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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Oklahoma 96th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/40096/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.