State Election Board numbers show President-elect Donald Trump nearly matched Mitt Romney’s 2012 popularity in Oklahoma.
That beat Tulsa County Democratic Party Chair Jo Glenn's election-night prediction.
"If you remember, Mitt Romney got 65 percent of the vote against Barack Obama in 2012. Donald Trump's not going to get anywhere near that," Glenn said.
In taking the state's seven electoral votes, Trump had 65.3 percent of Oklahoma voters’ support. Four years ago, 66.8 percent were for Mitt Romney. Voting in Oklahoma was up by more than 100,000 people this election cycle, however, and Trump got nearly 57,000 more actual votes than Romney did.
Senator Jim Inhofe had it right about Trump at the GOP watch party on election night.
"No, he wasn't my choice. I don't think he's the first choice of anyone, but he is now," Inhofe said.
Trump received more than 60 percent of the vote in all categories. He got 66 percent of votes cast on Election Day, 60 percent of those on mail-in absentee ballots and 63 percent of in-person absentee votes.
Trump's strongest support came from Cimarron County, where 89 percent of voters chose him.
Meanwhile, Oklahomans' support of the Democratic nominee dropped off, with Hillary Clinton getting just shy of 29 percent. President Obama got 33 percent in 2012. Clinton's strongest support was in Oklahoma County, where 41 percent of voters were with her.
Libertarian Gary Johnson took nearly 6 percent of this election’s votes.
