Ardmore, OK · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Carter County, Oklahoma. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Ardmore, OK, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Where a cell reads All others, no named candidate led — the source’s residual bucket did. That bucket holds every name past the ones the contest itemises, including candidates who had withdrawn but still drew votes. It is a total, not a person, so it carries no candidate colour.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+34.4
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+54.7
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 20 points more Republican than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Ardmore, OK in Ardmore, OK: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+236
2012
−81
2013
+406
2014
+46
2015
−138
2016
−250
2017
−222
2018
−126
2019
−120
2021
+388
2022
+273
2023
+307
2024
+179
2025
−266
Ardmore anchors Carter County in southern Oklahoma, a region where the Chickasaw Nation's substantial enrolled population adds a distinct demographic layer to an otherwise rural, oil-patch electorate that has trended heavily Republican in recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 54.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.7 points.
A population of 48,555, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,723 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Shawnee, OK and Ponca City, OK.
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In 2024, Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma voted Republican by 54.7 points (R+54.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 19,488 votes cast, 4,277 went Democratic and 14,945 went Republican.
When did Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma?
Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma has a population of 48,555 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma?
Median household income in Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma is $60,723 — below the national median of $80,734. The Oklahoma state median is $65,039.
What is the political history of Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Ardmore, OK, Oklahoma from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
