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Election 2004 Results

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2004 presidential election in Alabama

George W. Bush (Republican) beat John Kerry (Democrat) in Alabama in 2004, 62.5% to 36.8%, a margin of 25.6 points and 482,461 votes.

Alabama voted 23.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+2.5.

The Republican hold continued from 2000, when George W. Bush also won.

Republicans led in 56 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 11. The largest, Jefferson, cast 292,967 votes and went to the Republican by 9.0 points. The closest was Russell, where 38 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
George W. Bush won Republican 1,176,394 62.5%
John Kerry Democratic 693,933 36.8%
All other candidates 13,088 0.7%
Total1,883,415

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 132,286 45.2% 158,680 54.2% 2,001 292,967 R+9.0
Mobile 63,732 40.7% 92,014 58.7% 1,025 156,771 R+18.0
Madison 52,644 40.2% 77,173 58.9% 1,245 131,062 R+18.7
Montgomery 45,160 50.4% 44,097 49.2% 393 89,650 D+1.2
Shelby 14,850 18.8% 63,435 80.4% 621 78,906 R+61.6
Tuscaloosa 26,447 37.9% 42,877 61.4% 506 69,830 R+23.5
Baldwin 15,599 22.5% 52,971 76.4% 750 69,320 R+53.9
Morgan 14,131 30.1% 32,477 69.1% 399 47,007 R+39.0
Calhoun 15,083 33.3% 29,814 65.9% 352 45,249 R+32.6
Lee 16,227 36.4% 27,972 62.7% 411 44,610 R+26.3
Etowah 15,328 35.9% 26,999 63.3% 353 42,680 R+27.3
Lauderdale 14,628 39.4% 22,161 59.7% 318 37,107 R+20.3
Houston 9,144 25.3% 26,874 74.2% 183 36,201 R+49.0
Cullman 8,045 22.9% 26,818 76.2% 328 35,191 R+53.3
Marshall 8,452 26.8% 22,783 72.3% 256 31,491 R+45.5
Talladega 11,374 38.0% 18,331 61.3% 193 29,898 R+23.3
St. Clair 5,456 18.7% 23,500 80.6% 205 29,161 R+61.9
Limestone 9,126 31.4% 19,702 67.8% 245 29,073 R+36.4
Elmore 6,471 22.6% 22,056 76.9% 153 28,680 R+54.3
Walker 9,016 31.8% 19,167 67.6% 184 28,367 R+35.8
DeKalb 7,092 29.4% 16,904 70.0% 139 24,135 R+40.7
Colbert 10,598 44.3% 13,188 55.1% 149 23,935 R+10.8
Blount 3,938 18.3% 17,386 80.9% 180 21,504 R+62.5
Jackson 8,635 42.5% 11,534 56.8% 152 20,321 R+14.3
Autauga 4,758 23.7% 15,196 75.7% 127 20,081 R+52.0
Dallas 11,175 60.2% 7,335 39.5% 63 18,573 D+20.7
Dale 4,484 24.6% 13,621 74.7% 126 18,231 R+50.1
Tallapoosa 5,451 30.4% 12,392 69.0% 109 17,952 R+38.7
Coffee 4,480 25.4% 13,019 73.9% 117 17,616 R+48.5
Russell 8,375 49.8% 8,337 49.6% 97 16,809 D+0.2
Chilton 3,778 22.6% 12,829 76.9% 86 16,693 R+54.2
Covington 3,423 23.4% 11,119 76.0% 85 14,627 R+52.6
Lawrence 6,155 44.0% 7,730 55.2% 116 14,001 R+11.2
Chambers 5,347 41.0% 7,622 58.5% 63 13,032 R+17.5
Marion 3,808 29.6% 8,983 69.8% 84 12,875 R+40.2
Escambia 3,814 30.8% 8,513 68.7% 68 12,395 R+37.9
Franklin 4,514 36.8% 7,690 62.7% 65 12,269 R+25.9
Pike 4,334 36.5% 7,483 63.0% 66 11,883 R+26.5
Clarke 4,627 40.6% 6,730 59.1% 37 11,394 R+18.5
Barbour 4,832 44.8% 5,899 54.7% 46 10,777 R+9.9
Geneva 2,113 20.1% 8,342 79.3% 65 10,520 R+59.2
Winston 2,236 21.5% 8,130 78.0% 57 10,423 R+56.5
Marengo 5,037 48.8% 5,255 50.9% 30 10,322 R+2.1
Monroe 3,666 38.5% 5,831 61.2% 37 9,534 R+22.7
Macon 7,800 82.9% 1,570 16.7% 37 9,407 D+66.2
Pickens 3,915 42.9% 5,170 56.6% 47 9,132 R+13.7
Cherokee 3,040 33.6% 5,923 65.5% 86 9,049 R+31.9
Randolph 2,817 31.3% 6,127 68.1% 57 9,001 R+36.8
Butler 3,413 40.6% 4,979 59.2% 24 8,416 R+18.6
Washington 3,145 38.1% 5,060 61.4% 42 8,247 R+23.2
Fayette 2,408 30.1% 5,534 69.2% 60 8,002 R+39.1
Hale 4,631 58.3% 3,281 41.3% 33 7,945 D+17.0
Bibb 2,089 27.5% 5,472 72.0% 39 7,600 R+44.5
Henry 2,452 33.3% 4,881 66.3% 28 7,361 R+33.0
Choctaw 3,303 45.7% 3,897 53.9% 27 7,227 R+8.2
Lamar 1,956 28.4% 4,894 71.1% 35 6,885 R+42.7
Clay 1,893 28.8% 4,624 70.3% 59 6,576 R+41.5
Sumter 4,527 70.4% 1,880 29.2% 26 6,433 D+41.1
Conecuh 2,719 45.2% 3,271 54.3% 31 6,021 R+9.2
Lowndes 4,233 70.3% 1,786 29.7% 2 6,021 D+40.6
Cleburne 1,391 24.0% 4,370 75.4% 37 5,798 R+51.4
Wilcox 3,838 67.5% 1,834 32.3% 10 5,682 D+35.3
Perry 3,767 68.2% 1,738 31.5% 18 5,523 D+36.7
Crenshaw 1,698 30.9% 3,777 68.7% 25 5,500 R+37.8
Coosa 2,055 41.1% 2,905 58.1% 41 5,001 R+17.0
Greene 3,764 79.3% 958 20.2% 26 4,748 D+59.1
Bullock 3,210 68.1% 1,494 31.7% 13 4,717 D+36.4

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