November 8, 2016 2020 → 7 0 420,375 83,481 Date 8 November 2016 | Turnout 67.91% 949,136 420,375 65.3% 28.9% | |
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Oklahoma voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
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On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Oklahoma voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for President. Registered members of each party could only vote in their party's primary, while independent voters could only vote in the Democratic primary.
Donald Trump won the election in Oklahoma with 65.3% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 28.9% of the vote. Considered a safe Republican state, Oklahoma has voted Republican in fifteen of the last sixteen elections. It was also one of two states where Donald Trump won every county, the other being West Virginia. This also marked the fourth consecutive election in which the Republican candidate carried every county in the state.
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party candidate, became the first third party candidate to achieve ballot access in Oklahoma since 2000. He received 5.75% of the vote, the highest percentage for a third party in the state since Ross Perot in 1996.
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Twelve candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
Results by County
Final results by county from the Oklahoma State Election Board.