United States presidential elections in Alabama

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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.

Number of elections51
Voted Democratic29
Voted Republican16
Voted Democratic-Republican1
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Presidential elections in Alabama
Map of the United States with Alabama highlighted
Number of elections51
Voted Democratic29
Voted Republican16
Voted Democratic-Republican1
Voted other2[a]
Voted for winning candidate27
Voted for losing candidate24
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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

Party percentage vote margin (D+, R−)Year-60-40-200204060801860189019201950198020102040Party percentage vote margin (D+, R−)Results of United States presidential electi...
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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[b]		 Votes Percent Electoral
votes		 Notes
2024[1] Donald Trump 1,462,616 64.57 Kamala Harris 772,412 34.10 – 9
2020[2]Joe Biden849,62436.57Donald Trump1,441,17062.03—9
2016[3]Donald Trump[c]1,318,25562.08Hillary Clinton729,54734.36—9
2012[4]Barack Obama795,69638.36Mitt Romney1,255,92560.55—9
2008[5]Barack Obama813,47938.74John McCain1,266,54660.32—9
2004[6]George W. Bush1,176,39462.46John Kerry693,93336.84—9
2000[7]George W. Bush[c]941,17356.48Al Gore692,61141.57—9
1996[8]Bill Clinton662,16543.16Bob Dole769,04450.12Ross Perot92,1496.019
1992Bill Clinton690,08040.88George H. W. Bush804,28347.65Ross Perot183,10910.859
1988George H. W. Bush815,57659.17Michael Dukakis549,50639.86—9
1984Ronald Reagan872,84960.54Walter Mondale551,89938.28—9
1980Ronald Reagan654,19248.75Jimmy Carter636,73047.45John B. Anderson16,4811.239
1976Jimmy Carter659,17055.73Gerald Ford504,07042.61—9
1972Richard Nixon728,70172.43George McGovern256,92325.54—9
1968Richard Nixon146,92313.99Hubert Humphrey196,57918.72George Wallace691,42565.8610
1964Lyndon B. Johnsonn/an/aBarry Goldwater479,08569.45Unpledged Democratic electors210,73230.5510Johnson did not appear on the ballot.
1960John F. Kennedy318,30356.41Richard Nixon237,98142.18Harry F. Byrd
(unpledged Democratic Electors)		324,05057.4311Electoral votes split: five Kennedy and six unpledged (Byrd).
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower195,69439.39Adlai Stevenson II280,84456.52T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[d]		20,3234.0911Electoral vote split: 11 to Stevenson, 1 to Jones (faithless elector)
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower149,23135.02Adlai Stevenson II275,07564.55—11
1948Harry S. Trumann/an/aThomas E. Dewey40,93019.04Strom Thurmond171,44379.7511Truman did not appear on the ballot.
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt198,91881.28Thomas E. Dewey44,54018.2—11
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt250,72685.22Wendell Willkie42,18414.34—11
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt238,13686.38Alf Landon35,35812.82—11
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt207,91084.74Herbert Hoover34,67514.13—11
1928Herbert Hoover120,72548.49Al Smith127,79751.33—12
1924Calvin Coolidge45,00527.01John W. Davis112,96667.81Robert M. La Follette8,0844.8512
1920Warren G. Harding74,55631.37James M. Cox159,96567.31Parley P. Christensen—— 12
1916Woodrow Wilson99,40976.04Charles E. Hughes28,66221.92—12
1912Woodrow Wilson82,43869.89Theodore Roosevelt22,68019.23William H. Taft9,8078.3112
1908William H. Taft25,56124.31William Jennings Bryan74,39170.75—11
1904Theodore Roosevelt22,47220.66Alton B. Parker79,79773.35—11
1900William McKinley55,61234.82William Jennings Bryan97,12960.82—11
1896William McKinley55,67328.61William Jennings Bryan130,29866.96—11
1892Grover Cleveland138,13559.40Benjamin Harrison9,1843.95James B. Weaver84,98436.5511
1888Benjamin Harrison[c]57,17732.66Grover Cleveland117,31467.00—10
1884Grover Cleveland92,73660.37James G. Blaine59,44438.69—10
1880James A. Garfield56,35037.10Winfield S. Hancock91,13059.99James B. Weaver4,4222.9110
1876Rutherford B. Hayes[c]68,70840.02Samuel J. Tilden102,98959.98—10
1872Ulysses S. Grant90,27253.19Horace Greeley79,44446.81—10
1868Ulysses S. Grant76,66751.3Horatio Seymour72,92148.7—8
1864Abraham Lincolnn/an/aGeorge B. McClellann/an/a—n/aNo vote due to secession.
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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.

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
votes
1860 Abraham Lincoln no ballots — Stephen A. Douglas 13,618 15.1 John C. Breckinridge 48,669 54.0 John Bell 27,835 30.9 9
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Elections from 1828 to 1856

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[b]		 Votes Percent Electoral
votes		 Notes
1856James Buchanan46,73962.08John C. Frémontno ballots—Millard Fillmore28,55237.929Frémont did not appear on the ballot
1852Franklin Pierce26,88160.89Winfield Scott15,06134.12John P. Hale——9
1848Zachary Taylor30,48249.43Lewis Cass31,17350.56Martin Van Buren——9
1844James K. Polk37,40158.99Henry Clay26,00241.01—9
1840William Henry Harrison28,51845.62Martin Van Buren33,99654.38—7
1836Martin Van Buren20,63855.34Hugh Lawson White16,65844.66various[e]7
1832Andrew Jackson14,28699.97Henry Clay50.03William Wirt——7
1828Andrew Jackson16,73689.89John Quincy Adams1,87810.09—5
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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.

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Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Electoral
votes
1824Andrew Jackson9,42969.32John Quincy Adams2,42217.80Henry Clay960.71William H. Crawford1,65612.175
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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.

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1820 United States presidential election in Alabama[9]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic-Republican George W. Philips 63 29.72% 1
Democratic-Republican Henry Minor 62 29.25% 1
Democratic-Republican John Scott 56 26.42% 1
Democratic-Republican James S. Walker 31 14.62% 0
Totals 212 100.00% 3
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Notes

  1. [a]
    George Wallace, 1968; Strom Thurmond, 1948.
  2. [b]
    For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. [c]
    Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. [d]
    Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
  5. [e]
    Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were William Henry Harrison, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Alabama.

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