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Alabama
Party timeline · 1820–2024
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Swing timeline · Alabama
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 12 flips across 51 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 29
Rep 16
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Rep Trump | Harris 772,412 34.1% | Trump 1,462,616 64.6% | None | 690,204 30.5 pts | R +5.0 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Rep Trump | Biden 849,624 36.6% | Trump 1,441,170 62.0% | Jo Jorgensen 25,176 · 1.1% | 591,546 25.5 pts | D +2.3 since 2016 |
| 20161 | Rep Trump | Clinton 729,547 34.4% | Trump 1,318,255 62.1% | Gary Johnson 44,467 · 2.1% | 588,708 27.7 pts | R +5.5 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Rep Romney | Obama 795,696 38.4% | Romney 1,255,925 60.5% | None | 460,229 22.2 pts | R +0.6 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Rep McCain | Obama 813,479 38.7% | McCain 1,266,546 60.3% | None | 453,067 21.6 pts | D +4.0 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Rep Bush | Kerry 693,933 36.8% | Bush 1,176,394 62.5% | None | 482,461 25.6 pts | R +10.7 since 2000 |
| 20002 | Rep Bush | Gore 692,611 41.6% | Bush 941,173 56.5% | None | 248,562 14.9 pts | R +8.0 since 1996 |
| 19963 | Rep Dole | Clinton 662,165 43.2% | Dole 769,044 50.1% | None | 106,879 7.0 pts | R +0.2 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Rep Bush | Clinton 690,080 40.9% | Bush 804,283 47.6% | Ross Perot 183,109 · 10.8% | 114,203 6.8 pts | D +12.5 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 549,506 39.9% | Bush 815,576 59.2% | None | 266,070 19.3 pts | D +3.0 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 551,899 38.3% | Reagan 872,849 60.5% | None | 320,950 22.3 pts | R +21.0 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 636,730 47.4% | Reagan 654,192 48.8% | John B. Anderson 16,481 · 1.2% John Rarick 15,010 · 1.1% | 17,462 1.3 pts | R +14.4 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 659,170 55.7% | Ford 504,070 42.6% | None | 155,100 13.1 pts | D +63.8 since 1972 |
| 19724,5 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 219,1084 21.8% | Nixon 728,7014 72.4% | John G. Schmitz 11,918 · 1.2%4 | 509,593 50.7 pts | R +55.4 since 1968 |
| 19686,7 | AI Wallace | Humphrey 196,5796 18.7% | Nixon 146,9236 14.0% | George Wallace 691,425 · 65.9%6 | 494,846 47.1 pts | D +43.6 since 1964 |
| 19648,9 | Rep Goldwater | electors 210,7328 30.5% | Goldwater 479,0858 69.5% | None | 268,353 38.9 pts | R +54.0 since 1960 |
| 196010,11 | Ind Byrd Byrd 6 (unpledged electors), Kennedy 5 | unpledged) 324,05010 56.8% | Nixon 237,98110 41.7% | None | 86,069 15.1 pts | R +2.0 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Dem Stevenson Stevenson 10, Jones 1 (faithless elector) | Stevenson 280,844 56.5% | Eisenhower 195,694 39.4% | None | 85,150 17.1 pts | R +12.4 since 1952 |
| 1952 | Dem Stevenson | Stevenson 275,075 64.6% | Eisenhower 149,231 35.0% | None | 125,844 29.5 pts | No Dem–Rep pair to compare |
| 194812 | Dixie Thurmond | No Democrat named | Dewey 40,93012 19.0% | Strom Thurmond 171,443 · 79.7%12 | 130,513 60.7 pts | No Dem–Rep pair to compare |
| 1944 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 198,918 81.3% | Dewey 44,540 18.2% | None | 154,378 63.1 pts | R +7.8 since 1940 |
| 1940 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 250,726 85.2% | Willkie 42,184 14.3% | None | 208,542 70.9 pts | R +2.7 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 238,196 86.4% | Landon 35,358 12.8% | None | 202,838 73.6 pts | D +2.9 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 207,910 84.8% | Hoover 34,675 14.2% | None | 173,235 70.7 pts | D +67.9 since 1928 |
| 1928 | Dem Smith | Smith 127,797 51.3% | Hoover 120,725 48.5% | None | 7,072 2.8 pts | R +38.0 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Dem Davis | Davis 112,966 67.8% | Coolidge 45,005 27.0% | Robert M. La Follette 8,084 · 4.9% | 67,961 40.8 pts | D +4.9 since 1920 |
| 192013 | Dem Cox | Cox 159,96513 67.3% | Harding 74,55613 31.4% | None | 85,409 35.9 pts | R +19.2 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 98,811 76.4% | Hughes 27,491 21.3% | Allan L. Benson 1,916 · 1.5% | 71,320 55.2 pts | R +6.5 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 82,439 69.9% | Taft 9,731 8.3% | Theodore Roosevelt 22,689 · 19.2% Eugene V. Debs 3,029 · 2.6% | 59,750 50.7 pts | D +14.4 since 1908 |
| 190814 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 74,37414 71.6% | Taft 25,30514 24.4% | Thomas E. Watson 1,565 · 1.5%14 Eugene V. Debs 1,399 · 1.3%14 | 49,069 47.3 pts | R +5.0 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Dem Parker | Parker 79,857 72.8% | Roosevelt 22,472 20.5% | Thomas E. Watson 5,051 · 4.6% | 57,385 52.3 pts | D +26.2 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 97,131 60.9% | McKinley 55,512 34.8% | Wharton Barker 4,178 · 2.6% John G. Woolley 2,762 · 1.7% | 41,619 26.1 pts | R +12.9 since 1896 |
| 189615 | Dem Bryan | Bryan 130,30715 67.3% | McKinley 54,73715 28.3% | John M. Palmer 6,462 · 3.3%15 Joshua Levering 2,147 · 1.1%15 | 75,570 39.0 pts | R +16.4 since 1892 |
| 189216 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 138,13816 59.3% | Harrison 9,19716 4.0% | James B. Weaver 85,181 · 36.6%16 | 52,957 22.8 pts | D +20.3 since 1888 |
| 1888 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 117,320 67.4% | Harrison 56,197 32.3% | None | 61,123 35.1 pts | D +13.1 since 1884 |
| 188417 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 92,97317 60.6% | Blaine 59,14417 38.5% | None | 33,829 22.0 pts | R +0.7 since 1880 |
| 188018 | Dem Hancock | Hancock 90,68718 59.9% | Garfield 56,17818 37.1% | James B. Weaver 4,642 · 3.1%18 | 34,509 22.8 pts | D +2.9 since 1876 |
| 187619 | Dem Tilden | Tilden 102,00219 59.9% | Hayes 68,23019 40.1% | None | 33,772 19.8 pts | D +26.2 since 1872 |
| 187220,21 | Rep Grant | Greeley 79,44420 46.8% | Grant 90,27220 53.2% | None | 10,828 6.4 pts | R +3.5 since 1868 |
| 186822 | Rep Grant | Seymour 72,08622 48.6% | Grant 76,36622 51.4% | None | 4,280 2.9 pts | First sourced year |
| 186023 | S-Dem Breckinridge | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185624 | Dem Buchanan | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185225 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184826 | Dem Cass | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184427 | Dem Polk | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184028 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183629 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183230 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182831 | Dem Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182432 | D-R Jackson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182033 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2016 The source reports 21,712 write-in votes on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
- 2000 The source reports 25,896 votes under the label 'Independent' on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
- 1996 The source reports 95,030 votes under the label 'Independent' on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
- 1972 Schmitz's electors appeared on the Alabama ballot under the Conservative label (ballot fact, not printed in the table).
- 1972 The official table notes: Others 37,815: footnote 1, 'National Democrat Party.' The American Independent figure 6,903 is printed on Alabama's line but is Alaska's: Alaska's line has no figure in that column, Alaska's printed total 95,219 = 32,967 + 55,349 + 6,903, and Alabama's printed total 1,006,093 = 219,108 + 728,701 + 8,551 + 11,918 + 37,815 without it. It is transcribed under Alaska.
- 1968 Humphrey's figure is the combined vote of the Democratic and National Democratic parties of Alabama.
- 1968 The official table notes: Democrat figure: footnote 1, 'Total vote for the Democratic and National Democratic Parties.' Others 10,960: footnote 2, 'Alabama Independent Party.'
- 1964 Johnson was not on Alabama's ballot; the Democratic figure is the vote for unpledged Democratic electors.
- 1964 The official table notes: The Democrat figure is printed without comment; Johnson was not on Alabama's ballot (the Democratic slate was unpledged).
- 1960 Alabama's Democratic slate had 11 electors: 5 pledged to Kennedy and 6 unpledged, who later voted for Harry F. Byrd. The figure is the vote for that slate, which the official table does not split.
- 1960 The official table notes: Alabama's Democratic column is the vote for the Democratic slate of 11 electors, of whom 5 were pledged to Kennedy and 6 were unpledged (the 6 later voted for Harry F. Byrd). The table gives one figure for the slate and does not split it. Others column: 1,485 Independent Afro-American Party (footnote 1).
- 1948 Truman had no electors on Alabama's ballot.
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1908 The official table's state total (103,809) is 6 more than the tickets it lists; the difference is counted under other candidates.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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Era of Good Feelings
1820
Monroe
National: James Monroe · D-R
Era of Good Feelings1824
Jackson
National: John Quincy Adams · D-R
Second Party System1828
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1832
Jackson
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1836
Van Buren
National: Martin Van Buren · Dem
Second Party System1840
Van Buren
National: William Henry Harrison · Whig
Second Party System1844
Polk
National: James K. Polk · Dem
Second Party System1848
Cass
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Pierce
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Buchanan
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Breckinridge
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1868
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Tilden
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Hancock
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
Bryan
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Parker
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Bryan
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Cox
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Davis
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Smith
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Thurmond
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Stevenson
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Byrd
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Goldwater
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Wallace
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Bush
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Dole
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Bush
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
McCain
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
Romney
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
Trump
National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Trump
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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