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Election 2016 Results

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2016 presidential election in Alabama

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Hillary Clinton (Democrat) in Alabama in 2016, 62.1% to 34.4%, a margin of 27.7 points and 588,708 votes.

Alabama voted 29.8 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Mitt Romney won.

Republicans led in 54 of the 67 counties and Democrats in 13. The largest, Jefferson, cast 304,191 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.3 points. The closest was Conecuh, where 340 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
Donald Trump won Republican 1,318,255 62.1%
Hillary Clinton Democratic 729,547 34.4%
All other candidates 75,570 3.6%
Total2,123,372

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 156,873 51.6% 134,768 44.3% 12,550 304,191 D+7.3
Mobile 72,186 41.8% 95,116 55.1% 5,435 172,737 R+13.3
Madison 62,822 38.4% 89,520 54.8% 11,047 163,389 R+16.3
Shelby 22,977 22.7% 73,020 72.1% 5,257 101,254 R+49.4
Montgomery 58,916 61.4% 34,003 35.5% 2,959 95,878 D+26.0
Baldwin 18,458 19.4% 72,883 76.5% 3,874 95,215 R+57.2
Tuscaloosa 31,762 38.4% 47,723 57.7% 3,215 82,700 R+19.3
Lee 21,230 35.9% 34,617 58.5% 3,344 59,191 R+22.6
Morgan 11,254 22.2% 37,486 74.0% 1,904 50,644 R+51.8
Calhoun 13,242 27.7% 32,865 68.7% 1,757 47,864 R+41.0
Etowah 10,442 23.6% 32,353 73.3% 1,369 44,164 R+49.6
Houston 10,664 25.0% 30,728 72.1% 1,247 42,639 R+47.1
Limestone 9,468 23.5% 29,067 72.1% 1,759 40,294 R+48.6
Lauderdale 9,952 25.2% 27,899 70.6% 1,674 39,525 R+45.4
St. Clair 5,589 14.6% 31,651 82.4% 1,160 38,400 R+67.9
Cullman 3,798 10.0% 32,989 87.1% 1,086 37,873 R+77.1
Elmore 8,443 22.7% 27,634 74.2% 1,183 37,260 R+51.5
Marshall 4,917 13.9% 29,233 82.8% 1,166 35,316 R+68.9
Talladega 12,121 36.3% 20,614 61.7% 672 33,407 R+25.4
Walker 4,497 15.3% 24,266 82.3% 709 29,472 R+67.1
DeKalb 3,622 14.0% 21,405 82.9% 799 25,826 R+68.9
Blount 2,156 8.4% 22,859 89.3% 573 25,588 R+80.9
Autauga 5,936 23.8% 18,172 72.8% 865 24,973 R+49.0
Colbert 7,312 29.3% 16,746 67.2% 857 24,915 R+37.9
Jackson 3,673 17.5% 16,672 79.5% 639 20,984 R+61.9
Coffee 4,221 20.3% 15,875 76.4% 671 20,767 R+56.1
Tallapoosa 5,519 28.3% 13,594 69.8% 373 19,486 R+41.4
Russell 9,579 49.7% 9,210 47.8% 467 19,256 D+1.9
Dallas 12,836 68.3% 5,789 30.8% 167 18,792 D+37.5
Dale 4,413 23.5% 13,808 73.6% 528 18,749 R+50.1
Chilton 2,911 15.8% 15,081 82.1% 377 18,369 R+66.3
Covington 2,387 15.0% 13,267 83.2% 286 15,940 R+68.3
Escambia 4,605 31.0% 9,935 66.9% 305 14,845 R+35.9
Lawrence 3,627 24.5% 10,833 73.1% 369 14,829 R+48.6
Chambers 5,784 41.6% 7,843 56.4% 273 13,900 R+14.8
Pike 5,056 38.4% 7,693 58.4% 419 13,168 R+20.0
Clarke 5,749 44.1% 7,140 54.8% 142 13,031 R+10.7
Marion 1,432 11.0% 11,274 86.8% 278 12,984 R+75.8
Franklin 2,197 18.2% 9,466 78.6% 377 12,040 R+60.4
Geneva 1,525 13.0% 9,994 85.0% 239 11,758 R+72.0
Marengo 5,615 51.1% 5,233 47.6% 146 10,994 D+3.5
Cherokee 1,547 14.4% 8,953 83.4% 233 10,733 R+69.0
Barbour 4,871 46.5% 5,454 52.1% 144 10,469 R+5.6
Winston 872 8.5% 9,228 89.5% 213 10,313 R+81.0
Monroe 4,332 42.2% 5,795 56.4% 144 10,271 R+14.2
Randolph 2,291 22.5% 7,705 75.6% 191 10,187 R+53.1
Pickens 3,972 41.6% 5,456 57.2% 114 9,542 R+15.6
Macon 7,566 82.8% 1,431 15.7% 143 9,140 D+67.1
Bibb 1,874 21.2% 6,738 76.4% 207 8,819 R+55.2
Butler 3,726 42.7% 4,901 56.1% 105 8,732 R+13.5
Washington 2,374 27.8% 6,042 70.8% 117 8,533 R+43.0
Fayette 1,362 16.5% 6,712 81.4% 175 8,249 R+64.9
Henry 2,292 28.4% 5,632 69.8% 148 8,072 R+41.4
Hale 4,775 59.4% 3,173 39.5% 92 8,040 D+19.9
Choctaw 3,109 42.6% 4,106 56.3% 77 7,292 R+13.7
Lamar 1,036 14.9% 5,823 83.6% 107 6,966 R+68.7
Lowndes 4,883 73.1% 1,751 26.2% 50 6,684 D+46.9
Clay 1,237 18.7% 5,245 79.2% 142 6,624 R+60.5
Cleburne 684 10.4% 5,764 87.4% 145 6,593 R+77.1
Conecuh 3,080 46.8% 3,420 51.9% 85 6,585 R+5.2
Sumter 4,746 74.0% 1,581 24.7% 84 6,411 D+49.4
Crenshaw 1,664 26.6% 4,513 72.0% 90 6,267 R+45.5
Wilcox 4,339 70.9% 1,737 28.4% 42 6,118 D+42.5
Perry 3,824 72.5% 1,407 26.7% 47 5,278 D+45.8
Coosa 1,782 33.9% 3,381 64.4% 89 5,252 R+30.4
Greene 4,013 82.2% 838 17.2% 29 4,880 D+65.1
Bullock 3,530 74.9% 1,140 24.2% 40 4,710 D+50.7

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