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1876–2024
Ellis County, Oklahoma
Ellis County·Oklahoma

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

One of Oklahoma's most reliably Republican corners of the Panhandle plains

18762024·38 elections
Ellis County, Oklahoma · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+77
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
3,683
2024 ACS
Most similar
Woods County
OK · similarity 1.00
7 precincts · 1,812 votes cast
Trump · R+77
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−76.6%
1971,5851,812
2020R
−81.5%
1621,6881,873
2016R
−79.7%
1551,6111,827
2012R
−74.9%
2261,5751,801
2008R
−70.5%
2821,6271,909
2004R
−62.0%
3951,6852,080
2000R
−51.9%
4681,5132,013
1996R
−23.6%
6191,0901,996
1992R
−20.7%
5941,0722,307
1988R
−28.3%
7861,4222,244
1984R
−53.6%
5621,8812,460
1980R
−52.8%
5611,9082,550
1976R
−6.3%
1,2561,4292,746
1972R
−59.9%
4732,0592,648
1968R
−41.7%
5331,6012,560
1964R
−12.9%
1,1201,4522,572
1960R
−49.2%
7092,0852,794
1956R
−35.1%
9201,9162,836
1952R
−56.5%
7172,5833,300
1948R
−3.5%
1,4201,5222,942
1944R
−27.4%
1,1041,9393,051
1940R
−13.2%
1,6572,1623,836
1936D
+30.4%
2,4931,3243,847
1932D
+43.9%
2,7951,0893,884
1928R
−26.7%
1,1221,9533,110
1924R
−20.1%
8791,4993,078
1920R
−31.2%
8451,7863,012
1916R
−0.9%
9609832,563
1912R
−16.3%
9181,3732,793
1908R
−4.1%
1,2601,3792,874
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
0.8%
Polish
0.6%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
35.7%
Methodist
19.8%
Other Christian
8.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.7%
Mainline Protestant
3.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 22.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ellis County's sparse, ranch-driven economy and overwhelmingly rural demography have produced some of the widest presidential margins in Oklahoma, with the 2024 result exceeding 76 points in favor of the Republican nominee.

The Republican margin in Ellis County reached its widest at eighty-one points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Ellis County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,016, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,683 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 Woods County and Wheeler County.