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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Alabama

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Alabama in 2012, 60.5% to 38.4%, a margin of 22.2 points and 460,229 votes.

Alabama voted 26.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 52 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 15. The largest, Jefferson, cast 303,918 votes and went to the Democrat by 6.0 points. The closest was Conecuh, where 116 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
Mitt Romney won Republican 1,255,925 60.5%
Barack Obama Democratic 795,696 38.4%
All other candidates 22,717 1.1%
Total2,074,338

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 159,876 52.6% 141,683 46.6% 2,359 303,918 D+6.0
Mobile 78,760 45.0% 94,893 54.3% 1,211 174,864 R+9.2
Madison 62,015 40.0% 90,884 58.6% 2,160 155,059 R+18.6
Montgomery 63,085 61.9% 38,332 37.6% 507 101,924 D+24.3
Shelby 20,051 21.7% 71,436 77.2% 1,020 92,507 R+55.5
Baldwin 18,424 21.6% 66,016 77.4% 898 85,338 R+55.8
Tuscaloosa 32,048 40.8% 45,748 58.2% 794 78,590 R+17.4
Lee 21,381 39.3% 32,194 59.2% 784 54,359 R+19.9
Morgan 13,439 27.2% 35,391 71.8% 493 49,323 R+44.5
Calhoun 15,511 33.5% 30,278 65.5% 468 46,257 R+31.9
Etowah 12,803 30.1% 29,130 68.5% 597 42,530 R+38.4
Houston 12,367 29.5% 29,270 69.8% 281 41,918 R+40.3
Lauderdale 12,511 33.9% 23,911 64.8% 502 36,924 R+30.9
Elmore 8,954 25.2% 26,253 74.0% 278 35,485 R+48.8
Limestone 9,829 27.7% 25,295 71.3% 335 35,459 R+43.6
St. Clair 5,801 16.5% 29,031 82.6% 316 35,148 R+66.1
Cullman 5,052 14.7% 28,999 84.2% 406 34,457 R+69.5
Talladega 13,905 41.7% 19,246 57.7% 222 33,373 R+16.0
Marshall 6,299 19.3% 25,867 79.4% 400 32,566 R+60.1
Walker 6,557 23.0% 21,651 75.9% 313 28,521 R+52.9
Blount 2,970 12.4% 20,757 86.5% 279 24,006 R+74.1
Autauga 6,363 26.6% 17,379 72.6% 190 23,932 R+46.0
DeKalb 5,239 22.0% 18,331 76.8% 293 23,863 R+54.9
Colbert 9,166 39.2% 13,936 59.6% 283 23,385 R+20.4
Dallas 14,612 69.7% 6,288 30.0% 53 20,953 D+39.7
Jackson 5,822 28.3% 14,439 70.2% 316 20,577 R+41.9
Coffee 4,925 24.9% 14,666 74.2% 179 19,770 R+49.3
Russell 10,500 55.6% 8,278 43.8% 101 18,879 D+11.8
Tallapoosa 6,319 33.6% 12,396 65.8% 114 18,829 R+32.3
Dale 5,286 28.5% 13,108 70.6% 163 18,557 R+42.2
Chilton 3,397 19.5% 13,932 79.8% 133 17,462 R+60.3
Covington 3,158 20.5% 12,153 78.8% 112 15,423 R+58.3
Escambia 5,489 36.9% 9,287 62.5% 93 14,869 R+25.5
Chambers 6,871 47.0% 7,626 52.2% 114 14,611 R+5.2
Lawrence 5,069 35.9% 8,874 62.9% 169 14,112 R+27.0
Pike 6,035 42.8% 7,963 56.4% 109 14,107 R+13.7
Clarke 6,334 45.7% 7,470 53.9% 47 13,851 R+8.2
Marion 2,249 18.6% 9,697 80.1% 159 12,105 R+61.5
Marengo 6,167 53.5% 5,336 46.3% 34 11,537 D+7.2
Barbour 5,912 51.4% 5,550 48.2% 47 11,509 D+3.1
Geneva 2,039 18.0% 9,175 81.1% 106 11,320 R+63.0
Franklin 3,171 29.2% 7,567 69.7% 121 10,859 R+40.5
Monroe 4,914 45.9% 5,741 53.6% 53 10,708 R+7.7
Randolph 3,078 29.6% 7,224 69.5% 96 10,398 R+39.9
Macon 9,045 87.0% 1,331 12.8% 18 10,394 D+74.2
Cherokee 2,132 21.8% 7,506 76.8% 141 9,779 R+55.0
Winston 1,286 13.2% 8,312 85.6% 116 9,714 R+72.3
Pickens 4,455 46.4% 5,124 53.3% 32 9,611 R+7.0
Butler 4,374 46.1% 5,087 53.6% 35 9,496 R+7.5
Washington 2,976 33.9% 5,761 65.6% 41 8,778 R+31.7
Henry 3,083 35.2% 5,628 64.2% 49 8,760 R+29.1
Hale 5,411 62.6% 3,210 37.1% 22 8,643 D+25.5
Bibb 2,202 26.2% 6,132 72.8% 86 8,420 R+46.7
Choctaw 3,786 47.5% 4,152 52.1% 30 7,968 R+4.6
Fayette 1,817 22.9% 6,054 76.2% 75 7,946 R+53.3
Lowndes 5,747 76.4% 1,756 23.3% 18 7,521 D+53.1
Lamar 1,646 23.0% 5,457 76.2% 63 7,166 R+53.2
Sumter 5,421 77.1% 1,586 22.6% 20 7,027 D+54.6
Conecuh 3,555 50.6% 3,439 49.0% 28 7,022 D+1.7
Clay 1,777 26.7% 4,817 72.3% 68 6,662 R+45.6
Wilcox 4,868 74.3% 1,679 25.6% 4 6,551 D+48.7
Crenshaw 2,050 31.9% 4,331 67.5% 37 6,418 R+35.5
Cleburne 971 15.4% 5,272 83.6% 62 6,305 R+68.2
Perry 4,568 74.9% 1,506 24.7% 25 6,099 D+50.2
Greene 4,521 84.7% 804 15.1% 15 5,340 D+69.6
Bullock 4,061 76.3% 1,251 23.5% 10 5,322 D+52.8
Coosa 2,191 41.6% 3,049 57.9% 29 5,269 R+16.3

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