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In Oklahoma, where voting officials received funding from a Mark Zuckerberg-related organization, Democrat support rose 25.6% from 2016 to 2020.

In 2020, Joe Biden secured 48% of 292,046 votes, compared to the 41% earned by Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Support for Trump increased in Oklahoma 6.9% in 2020.

Oklahoma was one of 43 Oklahoma areas where voting officials received money from the progressive Centre for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). A $350 million donation from Facebook founder Zuckerberg and his wife provided funding for the grants.

Grants from the organization, ranging from $5,000 to $19 million, were given to voting officials in exchange for specific conditions being followed. This included strategically targeting voters, creating ballots and developing what are known as “cure letters” to correct ballots at risk of being thrown out for discrepancies in signatures.

Democrat support across Oklahoma areas that received funding from the CTCL rose 22.8% in 2020 from 2016.

Such support rose 6.1% in Oklahoma areas that didn’t receive any funding from the CTCL.

The Republican Party earned 6.9% more votes in Oklahoma districts assisted by the CTCL, compared to 5.1% in counties without similar funding.

The influx of private money on such a large scale was criticized throughout the contentious 2020 election.

The CTCL was sued by Louisiana’s Attorney General in October 2021 “to prevent the injection of unregulated private money...and protect the integrity of elections in the State.” The lawsuit wasn’t allowed to proceed by a State judge.

Criticism of the CTCL also stemmed from favoring “predominantly Democratic counties” and even gave them a headstart to apply for funding, according to emails obtained through Right-to-Know requests.

“Mark Zuckerberg is providing nearly as much money to this year’s election administration as the federal government,” Phil Kline with the Amistad Project said in a late October 2020 press release.

The US government, in the run-up to the 2020 election, was criticized for underfunding the electoral process at a critical time.

Area	Received CTCL Funding?	% Change in Republican Support	% Change in Democratic Support
Adair	Yes	16.7	0.4
Atoka	Yes	11.6	-3.8
Beaver	Yes	-1.3	8
Beckham	Yes	7.3	9.2
Blaine	Yes	8.7	-3.2
Caddo	Yes	8.2	10.3
Canadian	Yes	8.9	43.4
Cherokee	Yes	12.3	10.5
Cimarron	Yes	0.7	-1.4
Cleveland	Yes	6.6	28.3
Coal	Yes	10.2	-91.7
Comanche	Yes	9	19.9
Cotton	Yes	3.1	-7.3
Craig	Yes	9.4	-93
Delaware	Yes	14.6	4.9
Garfield	Yes	6	11.9
Grant	Yes	4.9	-2.8
Greer	Yes	8.3	1.5
Harmon	Yes	4.5	-21.3
Harper	Yes	0.7	189.4
Haskell	Yes	12.5	-11.2
Hughes	Yes	14.4	-4.4
Jackson	Yes	7.1	11.7
Jefferson	Yes	6.1	-12.6
Kingfisher	Yes	7.1	8.7
Kiowa	Yes	3	-8.9
Le Flore	Yes	13.9	1.5
Lincoln	Yes	10.7	7.4
Logan	Yes	14.5	28.4
Marshall	Yes	16.3	478.9
McClain	Yes	16.1	23.8
McCurtain	Yes	9.6	3.1
Murray	Yes	10.5	6.3
Noble	Yes	2.9	11.3
Okfuskee	Yes	9.2	-5
Oklahoma	Yes	2.5	25.6
Pottawatomie	Yes	13.4	20.9
Pushmataha	Yes	12.1	-10.7
Roger Mills	Yes	5.3	11.3
Rogers	Yes	10.1	21.3
Sequoyah	Yes	11.3	-0.8
Tulsa	Yes	4.4	24.1
Woodward	Yes	4.2	15.1
Alfalfa County	No	2.3	7.4
Bryan County	No	17.8	18.5
Carter County	No	6.9	11.7
Choctaw County	No	11.7	1.4
Creek County	No	8	12.6
Custer County	No	3	12.6
Dewey County	No	8.1	-3.6
Ellis County	No	4.8	4.5
Garvin County	No	7.6	0.5
Grady County	No	7.1	6.7
Johnston County	No	11.3	-6.1
Kay County	No	5.4	8.1
Latimer County	No	10.9	-4.4
Love County	No	13.1	-3.3
Major County	No	-76.6	-88.9
Mayes County	No	131.6	68.7
McIntosh County	No	-46.6	-40.7
Muskogee County	No	9.9	0.6
Nowata County	No	8.7	-4
Okmulgee County	No	8.1	-0.6
Osage County	No	12.3	7.2
Ottawa County	No	12	3.9
Pawnee County	No	11.4	1.4
Payne County	No	7	24.1
Pittsburg County	No	8.6	1.5
Pontotoc County	No	3.6	13.2
Seminole County	No	7.1	3.8
Stephens County	No	9.7	2.2
Texas County	No	-2.5	4.2
Tillman County	No	6.8	-9.1
Wagoner County	No	13.7	25.9
Washington County	No	7.9	14.7
Washita County	No	6	1.7
Woods County	No	1.6	13.2