Oklahoma

House Districts: 5
Voting Age Population
  2002:    2,611,000
  2000:    2,531,000
  1998:    2,463,000
1990:    2,308,578
Redistricting, 2001-2002
  Divided

Presidential Vote
2000:   Gore 38, Bush 60, Nader 0
1996:   Clinton 41, Dole 48, Perot 11
1992:   Clinton 34, Bush 43, Perot 23
U.S. House: 4 GOP, 1 Dem
Seat Changes '02: 1 (-1R)
Facts in Focus:
Oklahoma 1982 to 2002

How Oklahoma Ranked in 2002
Democracy Index: 25^th Margin of Victory: 15^th Landslide Index: 11^th	Seats-to-Votes Distortion: 36^th Representation Index: 30^th Voter Participation: 22^nd
For definitions of terms, please see this report's glossary page.

2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

Democracy Index
24.4

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Voter Turnout
38.4%

Representation Index
24.6%

Wasted Votes
35.9%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
9.4 / 62.6

Drop-Off Voters
3.3%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
29.7%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
55-39-6

Seats for (R�D�O%)
80-20-0

Seat Changes
1 (-1R)

High % Turnout, District
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Low % Turnout, District
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1992 1994 1996 1998 2000

Democracy Index
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26.8

30.8

34.7

Voter Turnout
55%

40%

49%

35%

42.9%

Representation Index
34.3%

26.3%

29.9%

21.9%

28.7%

Wasted Votes
38%

35%

39%

37%

35%

% of Wasted R / D Votes
52 / 28

7 / 69

0 / 100

0 / 100

11.6 / 68.1

Drop-Off Voters
8.2%

2.6%

2.2%

1.7%

11.8%

Avg. Margin Of Victory
26%

34%

24%

26%

36.8%

Votes for (R�D�O%)
40�60�1

57�38�5

61�37�2

63�37�1

64.5�30.9�4.4

Seats for (R�D�O%)
33�67�0

83�17�0

100�0�0

100�0�0

83�17�0

Seat Changes
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3

1

0

1

High % Turnout, District
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45 (5)

55 (5)

39 (5)

51.5 (1)

Low % Turnout, District
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40 (6)

46 (6)

34 (6)

41.5 (6)

Results 2002-2010 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010

U.S. House (R�D)
4-1

Landslide Index
60.0%

Scale of Competitiveness

Tight: < 5
0

Competitive: 5-10
1

Comfortable: 10-20
1

Landslide: 20-40
1

No Contest: 40+
2

Uncontested
1

Incumbents

Total Running / Total Seats
4 / 5

Re-Election / Total Incumbent
4 / 4

Landslide / Total Incumbent
3 / 4

R. Landslide / R. Incumbent
2 / 3

D. Landslide / D. Incumbent
1 / 1

Untouchable Repeat Landslide
2

Uncontested Primary
1

Elected Women
0

Elected Minorities
0

Results 1992-2000	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000
U.S. House (R-D)	2�4	5�1	6�0	6�0	6�0
Landslide Index	50%	67%	50%	83%	83.3%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	1	1	0	0	0
Competitive: 5-10	1	1	1	0	1
Opportunity: 10-20	1	0	2	1	1
Landslide: 20-40	1	1	1	5	3
No Contest: 40+	2	2	2	0	1
Uncontested	0	1	0	0	1
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	5 / 6	3 / 6	5 / 6	6 / 6	5 / 6
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	5 / 5	3 / 3	5 / 5	6 / 6	5 / 5
Landslide / Total Incumbent	3 / 5	3 / 3	3 / 5	5 / 6	5 / 5
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	0 / 1	2 / 2	3 / 5	5 / 6	5 / 5
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	3 / 4	1 / 1	NA	NA	NA
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	3	1	3	3	5
Uncontested Primary	3	2	5	6	2
Elected Women	0	0	0	0	0
Elected Minorities	0	1B	1B	1B	1B

Results 1982-1990	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990
U.S. House (R-D)	1�5	1�5	2�4	2�4	2�4
Landslide Index	83%	67%	83%	83%	83%
Scale of Competitiveness
Tight: < 5	0	1	0	1	0
Competitive: 5-10	1	0	0	0	0
Opportunity: 10-20	0	1	1	0	1
Landslide: 20-40	2	1	0	1	2
No Contest: 40+	3	3	4	2	3
Uncontested	0	0	1	2	0
Incumbents
Total Running / Total Seats	6 / 6	6 / 6	5 / 6	6 / 6	5 / 6
Re-Election / Total Incumbent	6 / 6	6 / 6	5 / 5	6 / 6	5 / 5
Landslide / Total Incumbent	5 / 6	4 / 6	5 / 5	5 / 6	4 / 5
R. Landslide / R. Incumbent	1 / 1	1 / 1	1 / 1	2 / 3	1 / 2
D. Landslide / D. Incumbent	4 / 5	3 / 5	4 / 4	3 / 3	3 / 3
Untouchable Repeat Landslide	3	4	4	5	3
Uncontested Primary	5	4	2	2	4
Elected Women	0	0	0	0	0
Elected Minorities	0	0	0	0	0

Facts in Focus for Oklahoma 1982 to 2002
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