- Lead
- 17,971
- Total
- 31,403
- vs nation
- D+58.7
Oklahoma 48th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 18,380
- Total
- 31,867
- vs nation
- D+53.2
- Lead
- 15,494
- Total
- 28,340
- vs nation
- D+52.6
- Lead
- 14,437
- Total
- 27,895
- vs nation
- D+47.9
- Lead
- 15,649
- Total
- 30,375
- vs nation
- D+44.2
- Lead
- 11,812
- Total
- 28,970
- vs nation
- D+43.2
- Lead
- 10,146
- Total
- 24,243
- vs nation
- D+41.3
- Lead
- 10,852
- Total
- 24,862
- vs nation
- D+35.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+57.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 84,0932024 5-year
- Population density
- 935 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 89.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $49,6092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 28.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 47.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81.2 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 28, MS · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Oklahoma 48th 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
90.5%
10,668 votes · D+81.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 89.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
43.2%
7,777 votes · D+11.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 38.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
24,696votes
77.5% of the vote · D+57.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 24,280 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
8,579votes
29.6% of the vote · D+40.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 7,967 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
+95.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+69.5 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +92.9 pts
Republican
George H. W. Bush1992
−28.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+34.2 · U.S. D+5.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −34.5 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%12,402 | 48.5%11,701 | 24,103 |
Oklahoma 48th State Senate District sits in the Southern Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.2 points in 1936. The 2024 margin was 57.2 points.
A population of 84,093, a 29% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,609 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 28 and State Senate District 12.
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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