Why is Oklahoma so Republican?

[Libertas Vel Mors]

Oklahoma is not Southern. Oklahoma is not Southern. Oklahoma is not Southern.

With that being said, let's have a brief chuckle at this:

I think there's a persuasive argument to be made otherwise.



Oklahoma party registration as of January 2018, by MB298 on Wikipedia

Basically, Oklahoma has registered moderate Democrats then, so people like Inhofe and Lankford can be defeated, Stitt shouldn't even been elected governor.

> moderate

“Moderate” in the way Storm Thurmond was, sure.

[cg41386]

Oklahoma is not Southern. Oklahoma is not Southern. Oklahoma is not Southern.

With that being said, let's have a brief chuckle at this:

Oklahoma is defined as Southern by the Census Bureau, and it is very Southern culturally in many ways.

[MarkD]

Its a white southern state thats extremely Evangelical and relies on oil/gas for its economy.

This is the correct answer. And it's concise.

[perpetual_cynic]

Oklahoma is a rural, white state with no humongous population centers. The largest population centers being Tulsa and Oklahoma City, which are low density, spread-outh metro areas. Eastern Oklahoma is historically Demcoratic, but has hopped onto the GOP bandwagon, because most federal Democrats are too liberal for their taste.