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The Oklahoma Democratic Party once dominated state politics for much of Oklahoma history from with its strength in greatest concentrations in Oklahoma's 5th congressional district and the southeastern part of the state. [4] Upon statehood, all but one of the Congressional seats was held by Democrats.
The state has a history of Democratic state government dominance. Oklahoma came into being as a state at the height of the era of Jim Crow Laws and had a Ku Klux Klan presence in the 1920s. Race politics gave way to Democratic political infighting over the New Deal in the 1930s and 1940s and the gradual growth of the Oklahoma Republican Party's
Democratic Party governors of Oklahoma (21 P) Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Oklahoma (51 P) Democratic Party United States senators from Oklahoma (9 P)
Out of the 3,896 delegates heading to Chicago for the Democratic National Convention in August, the Oklahoma Democratic Party is sending 36 "pledged" delegates along with state party officials ...
Republicans have won every single county in Oklahoma since the 2004 presidential election. [10] The last Democrat to win the state was Lyndon B. Johnson in his 1964 landslide victory. [11] [12] Oklahoma was last considered a swing state during the presidential campaigns of Jimmy Carter (1976 and 1980) and Bill Clinton (1992 and 1996). [13]
The popularity of former Governor Charles N. Haskell had strengthened the already strong position of the Oklahoma Democratic Party in the state. In 1910 a new party had appeared in Oklahoma politics, the Socialist Party of America. For the first time in Oklahoma's history, the two major parties were joined by a third party in
The following tables indicate the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Oklahoma: . Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary of State; Attorney General; State Auditor, State Examiner and Inspector, and State Auditor and Inspector
Of voters removed, 46.6% were Republicans, 31.2% were Democrats, 21.4% were independents and 0.79% were Libertarians, according to an Oklahoma Voice analysis.