United States presidential elections in Alabama explained

State:Alabama
Number Of Elections:51
Voted Democratic:29
Voted Republican:16
Voted Dem Rep:1
Voted Other:2
Voted Winning:27
Voted Losing:24

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alabama, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1819, Alabama has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy.

A socially conservative Deep South state, Alabama was dominated by the Democratic Party for most of its history, voting almost exclusively Democratic from the founding of the party in the 1820s until the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Since the 1980s, the state has become heavily Republican, like most of the south.

Notably, Alabama has also almost always voted for the same presidential candidate as neighboring Mississippi. In more than two hundred years of presidential elections, they have supported the same candidate in all but one; the election of 1840, when Mississippi voted for William Henry Harrison and Alabama for Martin Van Buren (in 1868, only Alabama participated, as Mississippi had not yet been readmitted to the Union).

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2024[1] Donald Trump1,457,70464.58Kamala Harris769,39134.09Robert F. Kennedy Jr12,0260.539RFK was still on ballot despite dropping out months earlier
2020[2] 849,624 36.57 Donald Trump 1,441,170 62.03 — 9
2016[3] Donald Trump 1,318,255 62.08 729,547 34.36 — 9
2012[4] 795,696 38.36 Mitt Romney 1,255,925 60.55 — 9
2008[5] 813,479 38.74 John McCain 1,266,546 60.32 — 9
2004[6] George W. Bush 1,176,394 62.46 693,933 36.84 — 9
2000[7] George W. Bush 941,173 56.48 692,611 41.57 — 9
1996[8] 662,165 43.16 Bob Dole 769,044 50.12 92,149 6.01 9
690,080 40.88 George H. W. Bush 804,283 47.65 183,109 10.85 9
George H. W. Bush 815,576 59.17 549,506 39.86 — 9
Ronald Reagan 872,849 60.54 551,899 38.28 — 9
Ronald Reagan 654,192 48.75 636,730 47.45 16,481 1.23 9
Jimmy Carter 659,170 55.73 504,070 42.61 — 9
Richard Nixon 728,701 72.43 256,923 25.54 — 9
146,923 13.99 196,579 18.72 George Wallace 691,425 65.86 10
no ballots Barry Goldwater 479,085 69.45 210,732 30.55 10 Johnson did not appear on the ballot.
John F. Kennedy 318,303 56.41 237,981 42.18 Harry F. Byrd
(unpledged Democratic Electors) 		324,050 57.43 11 Electoral votes split: five Kennedy and six unpledged (Byrd).
195,694 39.39 Adlai Stevenson II 280,844 56.52 20,323 4.09 11 electoral vote split: 11 to Stevenson, 1 to Jones (faithless elector)
149,231 35.02 Adlai Stevenson II 275,075 64.55 — 11
no ballots 40,930 19.04 Strom Thurmond 171,443 79.75 11 Truman did not appear on the ballot.
Franklin D. Roosevelt 198,918 81.28 44,540 18.2 — 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 250,726 85.22 42,184 14.34 — 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 238,136 86.38 35,358 12.82 — 11
Franklin D. Roosevelt 207,910 84.74 34,675 14.13 — 11
120,725 48.49 Al Smith 127,797 51.33 — 12
45,005 27.01 John W. Davis 112,966 67.81 8,084 4.85 12
74,556 31.37 James M. Cox 159,965 67.31 Parley P. Christensen——12
Woodrow Wilson 99,409 76.04 28,662 21.92 — 12
Woodrow Wilson 82,438 69.89 22,680 19.23 9,807 8.31 12
25,561 24.31 William Jennings Bryan 74,391 70.75 — 11
22,472 20.66 Alton B. Parker 79,797 73.35 — 11
55,612 34.82 William Jennings Bryan 97,129 60.82 — 11
55,673 28.61 William Jennings Bryan 130,298 66.96 — 11
Grover Cleveland 138,135 59.40 9,184 3.95 84,984 36.55 11
57,177 32.66 Grover Cleveland 117,314 67.00 — 10
Grover Cleveland 92,736 60.37 59,444 38.69 — 10
56,350 37.10 Winfield S. Hancock 91,130 59.99 4,422 2.91 10
68,708 40.02 Samuel J. Tilden 102,989 59.98 — 10
Ulysses S. Grant 90,272 53.19 79,444 46.81 — 10
Ulysses S. Grant 76,667 51.3 72,921 48.7 — 8
1864 n/a n/a n/a n/a — n/a n/a n/a No vote due to secession.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincolnno ballots—Stephen A. Douglas13,61815.1John C. Breckinridge48,66954.0John Bell27,83530.99

Elections from 1828 to 1856

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Buchanan 46,739 62.08 no ballots — 28,552 37.92 9 Frémont did not appear on the ballot
Franklin Pierce 26,881 60.89 15,061 34.12 — — 9
30,482 49.43 Lewis Cass 31,173 50.56 — — 9
James K. Polk 37,401 58.99 26,002 41.01 — 9
28,518 45.62 Martin Van Buren 33,996 54.38 — 7
Martin Van Buren 20,638 55.34 16,658 44.66 various 7
Andrew Jackson 14,286 99.97 5 0.03 — — 7
Andrew Jackson 16,736 89.89 1,878 10.09 — 5

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" Andrew Jackson 9,429 69.32 2,422 17.80 96 0.71 1,656 12.17 5

Election of 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all electoral votes (including Alabama's three electoral votes) except one vote in New Hampshire. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of vice president. Alabama had its electors chosen not by the people, but by the State House and Senate. George W. Philips, Henry Minor and John Scott were selected by the legislature and all three men voted for James Monroe.

1820 United States presidential election in Alabama[9]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic-RepublicanGeorge W. Philips6329.72%1
Democratic-RepublicanHenry Minor6229.25%1
Democratic-RepublicanJohn Scott5626.42%1
Democratic-RepublicanJames S. Walker3114.62%0
Totals212100.00%3

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alabama Votes Alabama Secretary of State . 2024-11-10 . www2.alabamavotes.gov.
  2. Web site: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. November 15, 2020.
  3. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  6. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  7. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  8. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
  9. Web site: 1820 Presidential General Election Results - Alabama . 22 June 2018 . A New Nation Votes.

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