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1876–2024
Custer County, Oklahoma
Custer County·Oklahoma

Custer County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Oklahoma's most Republican-leaning counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Custer County, Oklahoma · Jeffrey Beall · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+53
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
28,259
2024 ACS
Most similar
Noble County
OK · similarity 1.00
12 precincts · 10,168 votes cast
Trump · R+53
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−53.2%
2,2797,69310,168
2020R
−53.2%
2,3698,06010,691
2016R
−54.3%
2,1047,82610,541
2012R
−51.9%
2,3597,4469,805
2008R
−49.3%
2,6607,84210,502
2004R
−47.3%
2,8017,83910,640
2000R
−35.0%
3,1156,5279,743
1996R
−7.0%
4,0274,7239,879
1992R
−15.6%
3,5405,36211,694
1988R
−28.9%
3,6976,73510,527
1984R
−50.2%
2,7008,19110,940
1980R
−35.1%
3,0086,4699,854
1976R
−2.6%
4,5974,8479,546
1972R
−50.8%
2,2987,2679,780
1968R
−23.8%
2,7174,7098,362
1964D
+14.1%
4,4643,3627,826
1960R
−29.6%
2,7435,0507,793
1956R
−16.0%
3,0264,1827,208
1952R
−27.4%
3,2265,6678,893
1948D
+28.5%
4,6182,5687,186
1944D
+7.9%
3,9283,3497,302
1940D
+14.8%
4,6123,4198,071
1936D
+36.0%
5,0932,3867,525
1932D
+59.2%
6,5731,6848,257
1928R
−38.7%
1,9954,5766,674
1924D
+1.1%
2,4732,4095,629
1920R
−16.3%
2,2713,2245,838
1916D
+6.7%
1,7711,5073,916
1912D
+2.0%
1,7741,6934,008
1908D
+3.9%
1,7211,5793,648
1904
No data
1900
No data
1896
No data
1892
No data
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Italian
0.5%
African American
2.3%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
28.7%
Other Christian
15.5%
Methodist
11.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.4%
Mainline Protestant
4.4%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 25.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Custer County, anchored by Weatherford in western Oklahoma's wheat-belt corridor, has delivered Republican presidential margins above 50 points in recent cycles, reflecting the deep-red lean common to rural Great Plains communities.

The Republican margin in Custer County reached its widest at fifty-four points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was fifty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Custer County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $59,738, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 28,259 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Noble County and Habersham County.