2024 United States presidential election in Alabama

Alabama participated, alongside the 49 other US states and Washington, D.C., in the 2024 United States presidential election on November 5, 2024. Alabama chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Alabama has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.

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2024 United States presidential election in Alabama

Alabama voted for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump (representing neighboring Florida), by a comfortable margin in the election, with him winning the state by 30.47%. This was the largest Republican win in the state since (/wiki/1972UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninAlabama), against the backdrop of Richard Nixon's 49-state landslide re-election. Prior to the election, all major news organizations marked Alabama a safe red state.

Turnout noticeably fell, with Harris receiving over 70,000 fewer votes than Biden, while Trump increased his raw vote total by over 20,000. Harris had the lowest vote share of any Democratic nominee in Alabama since 1972, slightly less than Hillary Clinton’s 34.36% in (/wiki/2016UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninAlabama).

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The Alabama Democratic primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

<table><thead><tr><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>Delegates</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Joe Biden (incumbent)</td><td>168,080</td><td>89.50</td><td>52</td></tr><tr><td>Dean Phillips</td><td>8,442</td><td>4.50</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uncommitted</td><td>11,283</td><td>6.01</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>187,805</td><td>100%</td><td>52</td></tr></tbody></table>

Republican primary

The Alabama Republican primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

<table><thead><tr><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>Percentage</th><th>Actual delegate count</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Bound</td><td>Unbound</td><td>Total</td></tr><tr><td>Donald Trump</td><td>499,147</td><td>83.20%</td><td>50</td><td>0</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>Nikki Haley</td><td>77,989</td><td>13.00%</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Uncommitted</td><td>9,807</td><td>1.63%</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)</td><td>8,452</td><td>1.41%</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)</td><td>1,864</td><td>0.31%</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Chris Christie (withdrawn)</td><td>1,442</td><td>0.24%</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>David Stuckenberg</td><td>752</td><td>0.13%</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Ryan Binkley</td><td>509</td><td>0.08%</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>Total:</td><td>599,962</td><td>100.00%</td><td>50</td><td>0</td><td>50</td></tr></tbody></table>

General election

2024 United States presidential election in Alabama

On April 9, 2024, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen informed the Democratic National Committee that state law would not permit certification in time to include President Biden on the November ballot, as the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) was to take place days after the state deadline of August 15. The following month, legislation was approved extending the deadline to August 23, one day after the conclusion of the DNC, allowing Biden to appear on the ballot. In early August, after Vice President Kamala Harris replaced Biden in the race, Democrats held a virtual convention to nominate Harris, a process then formalized at the DNC convention. The day after the convention's conclusion, the Alabama Democratic Party filed paperwork to ensure Harris's inclusion on the Alabama ballot in November.

Voting laws

A study by the Center for Election Innovation & Research in July 2024 found that Alabama is one of only three remaining states (along with Mississippi and New Hampshire) to offer no early in-person voting option for the 2024 general election. The state also requires an eligible reason to vote by mail.

In August 2024, Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen announced a process for purging 3,251 registered Alabama voters and referred them to the state attorney general’s office for criminal prosecution. In September 2024, the Department of Justice sued Alabama for violating the National Voter Registration Act. In October 2024, district judge Anna Manasco ruled in favor of the Department of Justice, ordering the state to restore the voter registrations. Alabama secretary of state’s chief of staff Clay Helms testified that 2,000 of the purged voters were legally registered citizens.

Predictions

<table><thead><tr><th>Source</th><th>Ranking</th><th>As of</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Cook Political Report</td><td>Solid R</td><td>December 19, 2023</td></tr><tr><td>Inside Elections</td><td>Solid R</td><td>April 26, 2023</td></tr><tr><td>Sabato's Crystal Ball</td><td>Safe R</td><td>June 29, 2023</td></tr><tr><td>Decision Desk HQ/The Hill</td><td>Safe R</td><td>December 14, 2023</td></tr><tr><td>CNalysis</td><td>Solid R</td><td>December 30, 2023</td></tr><tr><td>CNN</td><td>Solid R</td><td>January 14, 2024</td></tr><tr><td>The Economist</td><td>Safe R</td><td>June 12, 2024</td></tr><tr><td>538</td><td>Solid R</td><td>June 11, 2024</td></tr><tr><td>RCP</td><td>Solid R</td><td>June 26, 2024</td></tr><tr><td>NBC News</td><td>Safe R</td><td>October 6, 2024</td></tr></tbody></table>

Results

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Republican</td><td></td><td>1,462,616</td><td>64.57%</td><td>+2.54%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Democratic</td><td></td><td>772,412</td><td>34.10%</td><td>−2.47%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td></td><td>12,075</td><td>0.53%</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td></td><td>4,930</td><td>0.22%</td><td>−0.86%</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Green</td><td></td><td>4,319</td><td>0.19%</td><td>N/A</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Write-in</td><td>8,738</td><td>0.39%</td><td>+0.07%</td></tr><tr><td>Total votes</td><td>2,265,090</td><td>100.00%</td><td>N/A</td></tr></tbody></table>

By county

<table><thead><tr><th>County</th><th>Donald Trump Republican</th><th>Kamala Harris Democratic</th><th>Various candidates Other parties</th><th>Margin</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>#</td><td>%</td><td>#</td><td>%</td><td>#</td><td>%</td><td>#</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>Autauga</td><td>20,484</td><td>72.43%</td><td>7,439</td><td>26.30%</td><td>358</td><td>1.27%</td><td>13,045</td><td>46.13%</td><td>28,281</td></tr><tr><td>Baldwin</td><td>95,798</td><td>78.36%</td><td>24,934</td><td>20.40%</td><td>1,517</td><td>1.24%</td><td>70,864</td><td>57.97%</td><td>122,249</td></tr><tr><td>Barbour</td><td>5,606</td><td>56.88%</td><td>4,158</td><td>42.19%</td><td>91</td><td>0.92%</td><td>1,448</td><td>14.69%</td><td>9,855</td></tr><tr><td>Bibb</td><td>7,572</td><td>81.80%</td><td>1,619</td><td>17.49%</td><td>66</td><td>0.71%</td><td>5,953</td><td>64.31%</td><td>9,257</td></tr><tr><td>Blount</td><td>25,354</td><td>90.03%</td><td>2,576</td><td>9.15%</td><td>233</td><td>0.83%</td><td>22,778</td><td>80.88%</td><td>28,163</td></tr><tr><td>Bullock</td><td>1,101</td><td>26.78%</td><td>2,983</td><td>72.56%</td><td>27</td><td>0.66%</td><td>-1,882</td><td>-45.78%</td><td>4,111</td></tr><tr><td>Butler</td><td>5,172</td><td>60.99%</td><td>3,251</td><td>38.34%</td><td>57</td><td>0.67%</td><td>1,921</td><td>22.65%</td><td>8,480</td></tr><tr><td>Calhoun</td><td>34,912</td><td>71.76%</td><td>13,194</td><td>27.12%</td><td>547</td><td>1.12%</td><td>21,718</td><td>44.64%</td><td>48,653</td></tr><tr><td>Chambers</td><td>8,711</td><td>61.15%</td><td>5,405</td><td>37.94%</td><td>129</td><td>0.91%</td><td>3,306</td><td>23.21%</td><td>14,245</td></tr><tr><td>Cherokee</td><td>11,358</td><td>87.33%</td><td>1,553</td><td>11.94%</td><td>95</td><td>0.73%</td><td>9,805</td><td>75.39%</td><td>13,006</td></tr><tr><td>Chilton</td><td>16,920</td><td>85.61%</td><td>2,698</td><td>13.65%</td><td>145</td><td>0.73%</td><td>14,222</td><td>71.96%</td><td>19,763</td></tr><tr><td>Choctaw</td><td>4,103</td><td>61.64%</td><td>2,515</td><td>37.79%</td><td>38</td><td>0.57%</td><td>1,588</td><td>23.86%</td><td>6,656</td></tr><tr><td>Clarke</td><td>6,965</td><td>58.25%</td><td>4,927</td><td>41.20%</td><td>66</td><td>0.55%</td><td>2,038</td><td>17.04%</td><td>11,958</td></tr><tr><td>Clay</td><td>5,734</td><td>84.73%</td><td>993</td><td>14.67%</td><td>40</td><td>0.59%</td><td>4,741</td><td>70.06%</td><td>6,767</td></tr><tr><td>Cleburne</td><td>6,988</td><td>91.33%</td><td>605</td><td>7.91%</td><td>58</td><td>0.76%</td><td>6,383</td><td>83.43%</td><td>7,651</td></tr><tr><td>Coffee</td><td>17,495</td><td>78.39%</td><td>4,601</td><td>20.61%</td><td>223</td><td>1.00%</td><td>12,894</td><td>57.77%</td><td>22,319</td></tr><tr><td>Colbert</td><td>19,714</td><td>72.58%</td><td>7,137</td><td>26.28%</td><td>309</td><td>1.14%</td><td>12,577</td><td>46.31%</td><td>27,160</td></tr><tr><td>Conecuh</td><td>3,423</td><td>56.57%</td><td>2,580</td><td>42.64%</td><td>48</td><td>0.79%</td><td>843</td><td>13.93%</td><td>6,051</td></tr><tr><td>Coosa</td><td>3,758</td><td>71.34%</td><td>1,478</td><td>28.06%</td><td>32</td><td>0.61%</td><td>2,280</td><td>43.28%</td><td>5,268</td></tr><tr><td>Covington</td><td>14,677</td><td>85.86%</td><td>2,314</td><td>13.54%</td><td>104</td><td>0.61%</td><td>12,363</td><td>72.32%</td><td>17,095</td></tr><tr><td>Crenshaw</td><td>5,000</td><td>77.09%</td><td>1,457</td><td>22.46%</td><td>29</td><td>0.45%</td><td>3,543</td><td>54.63%</td><td>6,486</td></tr><tr><td>Cullman</td><td>38,704</td><td>89.70%</td><td>4,039</td><td>9.36%</td><td>403</td><td>0.93%</td><td>34,665</td><td>80.34%</td><td>43,146</td></tr><tr><td>Dale</td><td>14,476</td><td>75.64%</td><td>4,484</td><td>23.43%</td><td>179</td><td>0.94%</td><td>9,992</td><td>52.21%</td><td>19,139</td></tr><tr><td>Dallas</td><td>5,190</td><td>33.38%</td><td>10,236</td><td>65.84%</td><td>121</td><td>0.78%</td><td>-5,046</td><td>-32.46%</td><td>15,547</td></tr><tr><td>DeKalb</td><td>25,633</td><td>86.42%</td><td>3,758</td><td>12.67%</td><td>269</td><td>0.91%</td><td>21,875</td><td>73.75%</td><td>29,660</td></tr><tr><td>Elmore</td><td>31,374</td><td>75.37%</td><td>9,774</td><td>23.48%</td><td>476</td><td>1.14%</td><td>21,600</td><td>51.89%</td><td>41,624</td></tr><tr><td>Escambia</td><td>10,884</td><td>72.77%</td><td>3,964</td><td>26.50%</td><td>109</td><td>0.73%</td><td>6,920</td><td>46.27%</td><td>14,957</td></tr><tr><td>Etowah</td><td>35,653</td><td>77.28%</td><td>10,027</td><td>21.73%</td><td>457</td><td>0.99%</td><td>25,626</td><td>55.54%</td><td>46,137</td></tr><tr><td>Fayette</td><td>7,158</td><td>85.53%</td><td>1,142</td><td>13.65%</td><td>69</td><td>0.82%</td><td>6,016</td><td>71.88%</td><td>8,369</td></tr><tr><td>Franklin</td><td>10,417</td><td>86.11%</td><td>1,568</td><td>12.96%</td><td>112</td><td>0.93%</td><td>8,849</td><td>73.15%</td><td>12,097</td></tr><tr><td>Geneva</td><td>10,929</td><td>88.13%</td><td>1,391</td><td>11.22%</td><td>81</td><td>0.65%</td><td>9,538</td><td>76.91%</td><td>12,401</td></tr><tr><td>Greene</td><td>885</td><td>21.91%</td><td>3,133</td><td>77.57%</td><td>21</td><td>0.52%</td><td>-2,248</td><td>-55.66%</td><td>4,039</td></tr><tr><td>Hale</td><td>3,369</td><td>46.12%</td><td>3,868</td><td>52.95%</td><td>68</td><td>0.93%</td><td>-499</td><td>-6.83%</td><td>7,305</td></tr><tr><td>Henry</td><td>6,989</td><td>74.99%</td><td>2,263</td><td>24.28%</td><td>68</td><td>0.73%</td><td>4,726</td><td>50.71%</td><td>9,320</td></tr><tr><td>Houston</td><td>32,469</td><td>73.21%</td><td>11,352</td><td>25.60%</td><td>528</td><td>1.19%</td><td>21,117</td><td>47.62%</td><td>44,349</td></tr><tr><td>Jackson</td><td>20,073</td><td>85.21%</td><td>3,276</td><td>13.91%</td><td>207</td><td>0.88%</td><td>16,797</td><td>71.31%</td><td>23,556</td></tr><tr><td>Jefferson</td><td>131,123</td><td>43.90%</td><td>162,112</td><td>54.27%</td><td>5,469</td><td>1.83%</td><td>-30,989</td><td>-10.37%</td><td>298,704</td></tr><tr><td>Lamar</td><td>6,033</td><td>87.56%</td><td>806</td><td>11.70%</td><td>51</td><td>0.74%</td><td>5,227</td><td>75.86%</td><td>6,890</td></tr><tr><td>Lauderdale</td><td>32,708</td><td>74.95%</td><td>10,326</td><td>23.66%</td><td>603</td><td>1.38%</td><td>22,382</td><td>51.29%</td><td>43,637</td></tr><tr><td>Lawrence</td><td>13,024</td><td>80.78%</td><td>2,983</td><td>18.50%</td><td>115</td><td>0.71%</td><td>10,041</td><td>62.28%</td><td>16,122</td></tr><tr><td>Lee</td><td>46,020</td><td>62.93%</td><td>25,798</td><td>35.28%</td><td>1,309</td><td>1.79%</td><td>20,222</td><td>27.65%</td><td>73,127</td></tr><tr><td>Limestone</td><td>37,887</td><td>71.04%</td><td>14,581</td><td>27.34%</td><td>864</td><td>1.62%</td><td>23,306</td><td>43.70%</td><td>53,332</td></tr><tr><td>Lowndes</td><td>1,758</td><td>31.09%</td><td>3,867</td><td>68.38%</td><td>30</td><td>0.53%</td><td>-2,109</td><td>-37.29%</td><td>5,655</td></tr><tr><td>Macon</td><td>1,682</td><td>21.47%</td><td>6,084</td><td>77.66%</td><td>68</td><td>0.87%</td><td>-4,402</td><td>-56.19%</td><td>7,834</td></tr><tr><td>Madison</td><td>105,430</td><td>53.35%</td><td>87,824</td><td>44.44%</td><td>4,363</td><td>2.21%</td><td>17,606</td><td>8.91%</td><td>197,617</td></tr><tr><td>Marengo</td><td>4,995</td><td>51.59%</td><td>4,631</td><td>47.83%</td><td>56</td><td>0.58%</td><td>364</td><td>3.76%</td><td>9,682</td></tr><tr><td>Marion</td><td>12,245</td><td>90.42%</td><td>1,197</td><td>8.84%</td><td>101</td><td>0.75%</td><td>11,048</td><td>81.58%</td><td>13,543</td></tr><tr><td>Marshall</td><td>34,434</td><td>85.26%</td><td>5,553</td><td>13.75%</td><td>401</td><td>0.99%</td><td>28,881</td><td>71.51%</td><td>40,388</td></tr><tr><td>Mobile</td><td>100,759</td><td>57.52%</td><td>72,055</td><td>41.14%</td><td>2,350</td><td>1.34%</td><td>28,704</td><td>16.39%</td><td>175,164</td></tr><tr><td>Monroe</td><td>6,007</td><td>61.20%</td><td>3,740</td><td>38.10%</td><td>68</td><td>0.69%</td><td>2,267</td><td>23.10%</td><td>9,815</td></tr><tr><td>Montgomery</td><td>30,477</td><td>33.94%</td><td>57,946</td><td>64.53%</td><td>1,375</td><td>1.53%</td><td>-27,469</td><td>-30.59%</td><td>89,798</td></tr><tr><td>Morgan</td><td>40,449</td><td>75.54%</td><td>12,392</td><td>23.14%</td><td>702</td><td>1.31%</td><td>28,057</td><td>52.40%</td><td>53,543</td></tr><tr><td>Perry</td><td>1,269</td><td>28.42%</td><td>3,174</td><td>71.09%</td><td>22</td><td>0.49%</td><td>-1,905</td><td>-42.67%</td><td>4,465</td></tr><tr><td>Pickens</td><td>5,465</td><td>61.32%</td><td>3,388</td><td>38.02%</td><td>59</td><td>0.66%</td><td>2,077</td><td>23.31%</td><td>8,912</td></tr><tr><td>Pike</td><td>8,224</td><td>62.14%</td><td>4,899</td><td>37.02%</td><td>111</td><td>0.84%</td><td>3,325</td><td>25.12%</td><td>13,234</td></tr><tr><td>Randolph</td><td>9,102</td><td>82.07%</td><td>1,920</td><td>17.31%</td><td>69</td><td>0.62%</td><td>7,182</td><td>64.76%</td><td>11,091</td></tr><tr><td>Russell</td><td>10,078</td><td>48.64%</td><td>10,422</td><td>50.30%</td><td>218</td><td>1.05%</td><td>-344</td><td>-1.66%</td><td>20,718</td></tr><tr><td>Shelby</td><td>79,666</td><td>69.46%</td><td>33,087</td><td>28.85%</td><td>1,945</td><td>1.70%</td><td>46,579</td><td>40.61%</td><td>114,698</td></tr><tr><td>St. Clair</td><td>35,501</td><td>81.56%</td><td>7,640</td><td>17.55%</td><td>385</td><td>0.88%</td><td>27,861</td><td>64.01%</td><td>43,526</td></tr><tr><td>Sumter</td><td>1,542</td><td>29.06%</td><td>3,725</td><td>70.19%</td><td>40</td><td>0.75%</td><td>-2,183</td><td>-41.13%</td><td>5,307</td></tr><tr><td>Talladega</td><td>22,100</td><td>66.47%</td><td>10,898</td><td>32.78%</td><td>252</td><td>0.76%</td><td>11,202</td><td>33.69%</td><td>33,250</td></tr><tr><td>Tallapoosa</td><td>14,884</td><td>74.33%</td><td>4,975</td><td>24.85%</td><td>164</td><td>0.82%</td><td>9,909</td><td>49.49%</td><td>20,023</td></tr><tr><td>Tuscaloosa</td><td>50,724</td><td>59.50%</td><td>33,399</td><td>39.17%</td><td>1,133</td><td>1.33%</td><td>17,325</td><td>20.32%</td><td>85,256</td></tr><tr><td>Walker</td><td>25,464</td><td>85.49%</td><td>4,102</td><td>13.77%</td><td>220</td><td>0.74%</td><td>21,362</td><td>71.72%</td><td>29,786</td></tr><tr><td>Washington</td><td>6,534</td><td>77.41%</td><td>1,863</td><td>22.07%</td><td>44</td><td>0.52%</td><td>4,671</td><td>55.34%</td><td>8,441</td></tr><tr><td>Wilcox</td><td>1,793</td><td>34.07%</td><td>3,449</td><td>65.53%</td><td>21</td><td>0.40%</td><td>-1,656</td><td>-31.46%</td><td>5,263</td></tr><tr><td>Winston</td><td>10,191</td><td>91.41%</td><td>884</td><td>7.93%</td><td>74</td><td>0.66%</td><td>9,307</td><td>83.48%</td><td>11,149</td></tr><tr><td>Totals</td><td>1,462,616</td><td>64.57%</td><td>772,412</td><td>34.10%</td><td>30,062</td><td>1.33%</td><td>690,204</td><td>30.47%</td><td>2,265,090</td></tr></tbody></table>

By congressional district

<table><thead><tr><th>District</th><th>Trump</th><th>Harris</th><th>Representative</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1st</td><td>76.96%</td><td>21.97%</td><td>Jerry Carl (118th Congress)</td></tr><tr><td>Barry Moore (119th Congress)</td></tr><tr><td>2nd</td><td>45.32%</td><td>53.39%</td><td>Barry Moore (118th Congress)</td></tr><tr><td>Shomari Figures (119th Congress)</td></tr><tr><td>3rd</td><td>72.21%</td><td>26.19%</td><td>Mike Rogers</td></tr><tr><td>4th</td><td>82.65%</td><td>16.34%</td><td>Robert Aderholt</td></tr><tr><td>5th</td><td>63.59%</td><td>34.61%</td><td>Dale Strong</td></tr><tr><td>6th</td><td>68.64%</td><td>29.70%</td><td>Gary Palmer</td></tr><tr><td>7th</td><td>37.37%</td><td>61.34%</td><td>Terri Sewell</td></tr></tbody></table>

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Marengo (largest city: Demopolis)

Analysis

2024 United States presidential election in Alabama

A Deep Southern state in the Bible Belt, Alabama is one of the most socially conservative states in the nation and is considered to be deeply red, not having voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since it supported Jimmy Carter of neighboring Georgia in (/wiki/1976UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninAlabama). Since then, the state has been competitive at this level in three elections: (/wiki/1980UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninAlabama) (when Carter narrowly lost Alabama while decisively losing re-election nationwide); (/wiki/1992UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninAlabama), and (/wiki/1996UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninAlabama) (when Southerner Bill Clinton lost the state by just under 7 points in both of his victories). In addition, Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature, and the only Democrat to win a statewide election in Alabama since 2008 is former U.S. Senator Doug Jones, who narrowly won a 2017 special election but was commandingly defeated in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatesSenateelectioninAlabama).

Donald Trump was able to increase his support and gain ground in every county. He narrowly flipped majority-Black Marengo County into the Republican column for the first time in a presidential race since George W. Bush did so by a similar margin in (/wiki/2004UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninAlabama). Kamala Harris only narrowly held onto Huntsville's urban core by 3.4%, a decline from Biden's 6% margin four years earlier. Though she kept her margin of defeat in the encompassing Madison County within the single digits, it was still a slight drop from Biden's.