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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Alabama

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horace Greeley (Democrat) in Alabama in 1872, 53.2% to 46.8%, a margin of 6.4 points and 10,828 votes.

Alabama voted 5.2 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

The Republican hold continued from 1868, when Ulysses S. Grant also won.

Democrats led in 37 of the 64 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 27. The largest, Mobile, cast 12,468 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.6 points. The closest was De Kalb, where 9 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 90,272 53.2%
Horace Greeley Democratic 79,444 46.8%
Total169,716

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Mobile 6,522 52.3% 5,946 47.7% 12,468 D+4.6
Montgomery 2,979 29.6% 7,096 70.4% 10,075 R+40.9
Dallas 1,934 21.5% 7,081 78.5% 9,015 R+57.1
Perry 1,384 25.0% 4,143 75.0% 5,527 R+49.9
Madison 2,466 45.2% 2,991 54.8% 5,457 R+9.6
Wilcox 1,266 24.2% 3,958 75.8% 5,224 R+51.5
Barbour 2,320 45.7% 2,756 54.3% 5,076 R+8.6
Lowndes 905 18.6% 3,959 81.4% 4,864 R+62.8
Lee 2,162 47.7% 2,369 52.3% 4,531 R+4.6
Hale 802 18.0% 3,665 82.0% 4,467 R+64.1
Bullock 1,225 28.3% 3,101 71.7% 4,326 R+43.4
Russell 1,671 39.8% 2,531 60.2% 4,202 R+20.5
Sumter 1,650 39.8% 2,491 60.2% 4,141 R+20.3
Greene 1,195 32.2% 2,516 67.8% 3,711 R+35.6
Talladega 1,552 44.4% 1,943 55.6% 3,495 R+11.2
Marengo 1,656 50.5% 1,620 49.5% 3,276 D+1.1
Chambers 1,774 57.4% 1,318 42.6% 3,092 D+14.7
Macon 948 31.4% 2,073 68.6% 3,021 R+37.2
Tuscaloosa 1,651 54.8% 1,363 45.2% 3,014 D+9.6
Elmore 1,309 45.6% 1,564 54.4% 2,873 R+8.9
Tallapoosa 2,101 74.3% 725 25.7% 2,826 D+48.7
Lawrence 1,201 45.0% 1,468 55.0% 2,669 R+10.0
Butler 1,488 57.5% 1,101 42.5% 2,589 D+14.9
Clarke 1,447 56.9% 1,095 43.1% 2,542 D+13.8
Pike 1,841 76.9% 553 23.1% 2,394 D+53.8
Jackson 1,612 70.5% 675 29.5% 2,287 D+41.0
Lauderdale 1,339 58.9% 936 41.1% 2,275 D+17.7
Henry 1,873 82.5% 398 17.5% 2,271 D+64.9
Autauga 669 29.6% 1,593 70.4% 2,262 R+40.8
Jefferson 1,204 53.3% 1,053 46.7% 2,257 D+6.7
Calhoun 1,764 81.5% 400 18.5% 2,164 D+63.0
Morgan 1,006 49.7% 1,018 50.3% 2,024 R+0.6
Shelby 1,069 54.4% 897 45.6% 1,966 D+8.7
Monroe 1,439 74.9% 481 25.1% 1,920 D+49.9
Coosa 1,028 53.6% 890 46.4% 1,918 D+7.2
Pickens 1,462 76.6% 446 23.4% 1,908 D+53.2
Colbert 1,007 54.1% 856 45.9% 1,863 D+8.1
Conecuh 902 48.7% 951 51.3% 1,853 R+2.6
Randolph 861 46.8% 978 53.2% 1,839 R+6.4
Choctaw 1,151 64.1% 645 35.9% 1,796 D+28.2
Limestone 826 48.1% 893 51.9% 1,719 R+3.9
Cherokee 1,225 84.3% 228 15.7% 1,453 D+68.6
Clay 934 70.0% 401 30.0% 1,335 D+39.9
Dale 1,011 75.8% 322 24.2% 1,333 D+51.7
Crenshaw 1,019 76.7% 309 23.3% 1,328 D+53.5
St. Clair 800 61.5% 501 38.5% 1,301 D+23.0
Baldwin 549 43.7% 707 56.3% 1,256 R+12.6
Bibb 789 64.6% 433 35.4% 1,222 D+29.1
De Kalb 576 49.6% 585 50.4% 1,161 R+0.8
Etowah 708 71.1% 288 28.9% 996 D+42.2
Cleburne 512 55.2% 416 44.8% 928 D+10.3
Marshall 614 67.3% 298 32.7% 912 D+34.6
Franklin 446 51.2% 425 48.8% 871 D+2.4
Walker 420 48.3% 450 51.7% 870 R+3.4
Fayette 507 59.5% 345 40.5% 852 D+19.0
Coffee 741 88.3% 98 11.7% 839 D+76.6
Blount 549 66.5% 276 33.5% 825 D+33.1
Escambia 599 73.5% 216 26.5% 815 D+47.0
Baker 475 66.7% 237 33.3% 712 D+33.4
Covington 600 89.6% 70 10.4% 670 D+79.1
Washington 495 86.2% 79 13.8% 574 D+72.5
Winston 105 19.5% 433 80.5% 538 R+61.0
Marion 247 46.3% 286 53.7% 533 R+7.3
Geneva 261 82.6% 55 17.4% 316 D+65.2

Counties as they stood in 1872; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5