- Lead
- 7,649
- Total
- 16,833
- vs nation
- D+46.9
Oklahoma 97th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,856
- Total
- 17,099
- vs nation
- D+41.5
- Lead
- 6,786
- Total
- 15,350
- vs nation
- D+42.1
- Lead
- 6,794
- Total
- 14,600
- vs nation
- D+42.7
- Lead
- 7,340
- Total
- 15,906
- vs nation
- D+38.9
- Lead
- 5,933
- Total
- 14,689
- vs nation
- D+42.8
- Lead
- 5,091
- Total
- 12,288
- vs nation
- D+40.9
- Lead
- 5,456
- Total
- 12,599
- vs nation
- D+34.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+45.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 39,5572024 5-year
- Population density
- 485 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 81.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $55,5812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 31.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 47.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+80.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 59, AL · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 97th 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
90.4%
5,398 votes · D+80.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 89.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
43.4%
3,962 votes · D+10.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 38.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
12,278votes
71.8% of the vote · D+45.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 12,058 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
4,422votes
25.9% of the vote · D+45.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 4,409 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
James M. Cox1920
+95.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+68.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +92.0 pts
Republican
George H. W. Bush1992
−28.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+34.0 · U.S. D+5.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −34.1 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%5,834 | 48.5%5,504 | 11,338 |
Oklahoma 97th State House District sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 80.9 points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.4 points.
A population of 39,557, a 32% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,581 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 59 and State House District 2.
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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