- Lead
- 5,218
- Total
- 24,108
- vs nation
- D+23.1
Oklahoma 46th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,372
- Total
- 24,337
- vs nation
- D+17.6
- Lead
- 2,316
- Total
- 23,279
- vs nation
- D+7.9
- Lead
- 735
- Total
- 22,375
- vs nation
- R+0.6
- Lead
- 656
- Total
- 24,480
- vs nation
- R+4.6
- Lead
- 2,560
- Total
- 24,152
- vs nation
- R+8.1
- Lead
- 1,500
- Total
- 19,933
- vs nation
- R+8.0
- Lead
- 172
- Total
- 19,889
- vs nation
- R+9.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 82,1602024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,327 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 35.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $52,2142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 41.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 17.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 30, OK · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 46th 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. Roosevelt1936
75.3%
5,665 votes · D+50.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 73.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
68.0%
11,996 votes · R+38.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 63.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,460votes
59.4% of the vote · D+22.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 14,294 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
13,356votes
55.3% of the vote · R+10.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 12,275 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
+53.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +52.6 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
+15.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+38.1 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1980 · +12.9 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%12,117 | 48.5%11,432 | 23,549 |
Oklahoma Senate District 46 tilts modestly Democratic in presidential races, a notable outlier in a state that leans heavily the other direction. Its urban core anchors a constituency that diverges sharply from surrounding rural districts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 38.1 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 21.6 points.
A population of 82,160, a 41% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,214 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 30 and State Senate District 44.
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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