2016 Oklahoma General Election Story

A head to head comparison of the Oklahoma 2016 General Election gives an idea of the breakdown of the voters.

Donald Trump received 947,136 (65%) votes beating Hillary Clinton who gained 420,375 (29%) by 528,761 votes in Oklahoma.

Donald Trump won 77 counties whereas Hillary Clinton won no counties in the total of the 77 counties in the state of Oklahoma.

2016 Oklahoma (OK) Primary vs. General Elections Counties Won

In the Primary, Sanders won 45 counties. Cruz won 29 counties, Clinton won 2 counties with Trump winning only 1 county in a 4-way matchup. However, Clinton won nothing while Trump won all 77 counties in the General Elections of the state of Oklahoma.

2016 Oklahoma Primary vs. General Elections with regards to Percentage (%) votes and Total Votes Won

On a head to head count with the total votes between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the Primary and General Elections, percentage (%) vote shift difference is a 21% increment for Donald Trump in the Presidential Elections as opposed to a 21% decrease for Hillary Clinton. These margins are represented as 818,995 vote increment for Donald Trump and  281,037 vote increment for Hillary Clinton at the General Elections.

2016 General Election Hillary Clinton Popular Vote Count Contributed by Oklahoma

In the 2016 General Elections, 153,177,325 total number of votes were casted. Hillary Clinton got 65,849,971 (65.8 Million) over Donald Trump’s 62,984,405 (62.9 Million). She won the popular vote by 4,077,691 (4 Million). Her 420,375 votes at Oklahoma represent a 0.6% of her overall popular votes count. The remaining 49 states contributed to the remaining  65,429,596 (99.7%) popular votes victory.

Top 15 Counties in Primary vs. General Elections

These 15 counties play an important role in these Primary elections. If a candidate, can get a sizable majority in bigger counties (Like Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Cleveland), it becomes very difficult to win majorities in the smaller counties without voter outreach and increased voter participation in them.

Top 15 Vote Comparisons in Primary vs. General Elections

Tulsa and Oklahoma, which are the biggest counties voted in favour of Donald Trump giving him a  85,090 vote advantage out of those counties. The remaining top13 counties that voted in favour of Trump gave him win margins ranging between 7K and 28K. Clinton was not able to register a win in any of the major or large counties. Her minority votes were no match for Trump’s win margins. This made Donald Trump gain an upper hand on Oklahoma.

Related References: 2016 Oklahoma Primary Election Story, 2020 Oklahoma Primary Election Story