The 2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma was held on November 8, 2016. The Republican Party’s nominee, television personality Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence won the election. The Libertarian Party candidate, Gary Johnson, became the first third-party candidate to achieve ballot access in Oklahoma since 2000.
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The 2016 United States presidential election in Oklahoma was held on November 8, 2016. The Republican Party’s nominee, television personality Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence won the election. The Libertarian Party candidate, Gary Johnson, became the first third-party candidate to achieve ballot access in Oklahoma since 2000. Oklahoma has been a Republican-leaning state since 1952, and a Republican stronghold since 1980.
Trump won all five congressional districts. Clinton made gains in heavily populated Oklahoma County, its surrounding suburban counties, and Tulsa County. The state would prove to be Gary Johnson’s fourth strongest state with 5. 75% of the popular vote after New Mexico, North Dakota and Alaska. Clinton’s vote percentage of 28. 9% is the worst for a Democratic candidate in Oklahomasince George McGovern’s 24% in the 1972 election.
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