It wasn't a record, but it was historic.

As county election board officials worked Wednesday to finalize numbers from Tuesday's vote, one thing is certain: Social and politically the 2008 presidential election was historic, but vote-wise it probably was just a good turnout.

"It was about a 71 percent turnout," said county election board secretary Paula Roberts. "We had a total registration of 151,081, with 106,602 voting."

She said the county's record for turnout was set in 1980 during the Jimmy Carter-Ronald Reagan race for president.

But even though Tuesday's vote didn't break records, it was seen as history-making with the election of the first black president: Sen. Barack Obama. Nationwide, Obama captured 349 Electoral College votes to defeat Republican Challenger John McCain, who earned 163.

But Obama didn't do as well locally.

Unofficial election returns show McCain won Cleveland County with 64,730 votes, or about 62 percent. Obama captured 39,673 votes or roughly 38 percent. In McClain County, McCain received 11,184 votes compared to 3,550 for Barack Obama.

Things got even more complicated further down the ticket.

There, voters when back and forth across the political spectrum to choose their public officials.

Countywide, Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe earned 51,274 votes -- 54.70 percent -- to Democrat Andrew Rice's 38,322 votes, or 40.88 percent. The race's Independent candidate, Stephen P. Wallace, captured 4,139 votes.

Additionally, more than 11,291 residents "under voted" in the Senate race, meaning they voted Tuesday, but did not cast a ballot in the Senate contest.

The under vote phenomenon, Roberts said, is common.

"A lot of people come in just to vote for president," she said. "They didn't know about other races or they didn't care about other races."

Other problems, such as the ballot's awkward design also could have contributed to many people's missing the race. "We have had problems like that in the past," she said.

The Inhofe-Rice match-up wasn't the only contest under voted.