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Oklahoma

One in five people in Oklahoma who took the quiz scored libertarian, about the same as the country. One in 63 voted that way. Here is what the count says about Oklahoma, what the state has changed, and who is doing the work.

19.4%
of quiz takers hold libertarian positions4,379 people with a Oklahoma ZIP, January to October 2024, margin ±1.2 points
1.6%
voted Libertarian2020 presidential, 24,731 of 1.6 million votes
20of 50
on the state score52.3 of 100 from five published parts

How Oklahoma scores

52.3 of 100, rank 20 of 50. Five parts, each turned into a 0 to 100 mark and weighted as shown. The method page has the formulas.

Personal freedom Cato rank 32 of 50, 202337weight 25
Economic freedom Cato rank 24 of 50, 202353weight 25
Civil forfeiture law Institute for Justice grade D, 202525weight 10
Quiz takers who hold libertarian positions 19.4% of 4,379, pulled toward the national 18.9% for sample size, then ranked against the other states68weight 25
Voted Libertarian for president 1.58% in 2020, ranked against the other states70weight 15

Wins on the ledger, 0 for Oklahoma, are listed below and left out of the score, because the ledger records what we have checked, not everything that happened.

Where Oklahoma lands

Quiz takers in the state against quiz takers everywhere, by type. The bar is the state; the line is the country.

Libertarian19.4%
Moderate44.7%
Progressive21.7%
Conservative8.5%
Authoritarian5.7%

United States, same window. These are quiz takers, not a sample of residents. The current quiz version cannot be shown by state until ZIP capture, which stopped in January 2026, is restored.

How free is Oklahoma

Eight measures, each from its publisher, each with the year it was measured.

Overall freedom rank23 of 50Cato, 2023
Economic freedom rank24Cato, 2023
Personal freedom rank32Cato, 2023
Education freedom ranknot ranked
Civil forfeiture gradeDInstitute for Justice, 2025
Right to workYesNRTW, 2024
Concealed carryConstitutionalUSCCA, 2025
CannabisMedicalNCSL, 2025

What Oklahoma changed

Every entry is a real change in what the government forbids or requires, one an ordinary person could feel the next day, with sources. Partial wins say so.

Nothing on the ledger for Oklahoma yet. That is a gap in monitoring as much as in outcomes. Report a win.

Who is doing the work in Oklahoma

Advocates for Self-Government, which publishes this site, works in every state. Other national groups take cases and run programs everywhere. Say who you are and what you care about to sort the whole directory.

Cato InstitutePublic policy research across every issue on this site, with a sponsors program and internships.National
Reason FoundationPolicy research on transportation, pensions, drug policy, criminal justice and education, and publisher of Reason magazine.National
Institute for JusticePublic-interest law firm that litigates occupational licensing, civil forfeiture, eminent domain, school choice and free speech cases at no cost to the client.National
Who are you, and what do you care about?Find your people in Oklahoma

Count Oklahoma

The state's count grows one booth and one classroom at a time. Three ways to add to it.