- Lead
- 23,606
- Total
- 37,780
- vs nation
- R+61.0
Oklahoma 43rd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 22,135
- Total
- 35,425
- vs nation
- R+66.9
- Lead
- 19,523
- Total
- 32,133
- vs nation
- R+62.8
- Lead
- 14,899
- Total
- 28,037
- vs nation
- R+57.0
- Lead
- 14,892
- Total
- 29,996
- vs nation
- R+56.9
- Lead
- 12,123
- Total
- 28,781
- vs nation
- R+39.7
- Lead
- 5,997
- Total
- 23,725
- vs nation
- R+25.8
- Lead
- 1,099
- Total
- 22,668
- vs nation
- R+13.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+62.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 83,1142024 5-year
- Population density
- 67 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,243 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $72,5792024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+73.6 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62.5 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 20, OK · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 43rd State Senate 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. Roosevelt1932
86.8%
11,481 votes · D+73.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Harry S. Truman, 1948 · 78.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
80.4%
30,388 votes · R+62.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 80.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
11,481votes
86.8% of the vote · D+73.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 11,169 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
30,388votes
80.4% of the vote · R+62.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 28,464 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
+58.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+33.1 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · +55.8 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+66.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +62.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 16.6%5,254 | 83.4%26,355 | 31,609 |
District 43 recorded an R+62.5 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most partisan-skewed state legislative districts in the country. Its rural Oklahoma geography and sparse population density reinforce that consistency cycle over cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 73.6 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 62.5 points in 2020. The 2024 margin was 62.5 points.
A population of 83,114, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $72,579 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 20 and State Senate District 23.
The state-senate 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 43rd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/40043/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.