Who won Alabama in the 2016 presidential election?

Trump (Republican) carried Alabama in 2016, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Alabama have in 2016?

Alabama cast 9 electoral votes in the 2016 presidential election.

Did Alabama vote for the national winner in 2016?

Yes. Alabama backed Donald Trump, who won the presidency that year.

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2016

Alabama: Trump carries 9 EV.

Alabama cast its 9 electoral votes for Trump (Republican). National winner: Donald Trump (Republican) — Alabama voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Alabama, 2016

In 2016, Alabama awarded its 9 electoral votes to Trump of the Republican party. Alabama ended up on the winning side — Donald Trump captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Alabama backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1996. Alabama did not move alone — neighboring Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida broke the same way in 2016. Across the 51 presidential elections Alabama has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (30 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Donald Trump took 304 of the 538 electoral votes, against Hillary Clinton's 227. Though Donald Trump won the Electoral College, Hillary Clinton drew more of the national popular vote — 48.18% to 46.09%.

The 2016 national map

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