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The2016 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.Alabama voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, businessmanDonald Trump, and running mateIndiana GovernorMike Pence againstDemocratic Party nominee, formerSecretary of StateHillary Clinton, and her running mate VirginiaSenatorTim Kaine. Alabama has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]
Alabama has voted for the Republican candidate in every election since it was won byRonald Reagan in1980. As such, Trump was heavily favored to win the state. On the day of the election, Trump won the election in Alabama with 62.08% of the vote, while Clinton received 34.36% of the vote.[3] The state had given 60.55% of its votes to Republican nomineeMitt Romney in2012, meaning that it had shifted 1.53% more Republican from the previous election. Trump's margin of victory in Alabama was 27.72%, a 5.53% increase from Romney's 22.19% margin of victory. Alabama did not swing particularly hard to the right, as its white voters without college degrees were already extremely Republican.[4]
This was the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nomineeGeorge McGovern in1972. On the other hand, Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carryingJefferson County sinceRichard Nixon in1968, and Clinton the first Democrat sinceAdlai Stevenson II in1952 to carry the county without winning the White House.
| Candidate | Popular vote (March 1 primary) | Estimated delegates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton(campaign) | 309,928 | 77.84% | 44 | 6 | 50 |
| Bernie Sanders(campaign) | 76,399 | 19.19% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Martin O'Malley(campaign) (withdrawn) | 1,485 | 0.37% | |||
| Rocky De La Fuente(campaign) | 811 | 0.20% | |||
| Uncommitted | 9,534 | 2.39% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 398,157 | 100% | 53 | 7 | 60 |
| Sources:[5][6] | |||||
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
| Donald Trump | 373,721 | 43.42% | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| Ted Cruz | 181,479 | 21.09% | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| Marco Rubio | 160,606 | 18.66% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ben Carson | 88,094 | 10.24% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kasich | 38,119 | 4.43% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 7,953 | 0.92% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush(withdrawn) | 3,974 | 0.46% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee(withdrawn) | 2,539 | 0.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul(withdrawn) | 1,895 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie(withdrawn) | 858 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum(withdrawn) | 617 | 0.07% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina(withdrawn) | 544 | 0.06% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lindsey Graham(withdrawn) | 253 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 860,652 | 100.00% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Source:The Green Papers | |||||
The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Alabama as of Election Day.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Times[7] | Safe R | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN[8] | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report[9] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[10] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| NBC[11] | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics[12] | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News[13] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| ABC[14] | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald Trump | 1,318,255 | 62.08% | +1.53% | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 729,547 | 34.36% | −4.00% | |
| Independent | Gary Johnson | 44,467 | 2.09% | +1.50% | |
| Independent | Jill Stein | 9,391 | 0.44% | +0.28% | |
| Write-in | 21,712 | 1.02% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 2,123,372 | 100.00% | −9.37% | ||
| County | Donald Trump Republican | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 18,172 | 72.77% | 5,936 | 23.77% | 865 | 3.46% | 12,236 | 49.00% | 24,973 |
| Baldwin | 72,883 | 76.55% | 18,458 | 19.39% | 3,874 | 4.06% | 54,425 | 57.16% | 95,215 |
| Barbour | 5,454 | 52.10% | 4,871 | 46.53% | 144 | 1.37% | 583 | 5.57% | 10,469 |
| Bibb | 6,738 | 76.40% | 1,874 | 21.25% | 207 | 2.35% | 4,864 | 55.15% | 8,819 |
| Blount | 22,859 | 89.33% | 2,156 | 8.43% | 573 | 2.24% | 20,703 | 80.90% | 25,588 |
| Bullock | 1,140 | 24.20% | 3,530 | 74.95% | 40 | 0.85% | -2,390 | -50.75% | 4,710 |
| Butler | 4,901 | 56.13% | 3,726 | 42.67% | 105 | 1.20% | 1,175 | 13.46% | 8,732 |
| Calhoun | 32,865 | 68.66% | 13,242 | 27.67% | 1,757 | 3.67% | 19,623 | 40.99% | 47,864 |
| Chambers | 7,843 | 56.42% | 5,784 | 41.61% | 273 | 1.97% | 2,059 | 14.81% | 13,900 |
| Cherokee | 8,953 | 83.42% | 1,547 | 14.41% | 233 | 2.17% | 7,406 | 69.01% | 10,733 |
| Chilton | 15,081 | 82.10% | 2,911 | 15.85% | 377 | 2.05% | 12,170 | 66.25% | 18,369 |
| Choctaw | 4,106 | 56.31% | 3,109 | 42.64% | 77 | 1.05% | 997 | 13.67% | 7,292 |
| Clarke | 7,140 | 54.79% | 5,749 | 44.12% | 142 | 1.09% | 1,391 | 10.67% | 13,031 |
| Clay | 5,245 | 79.18% | 1,237 | 18.67% | 142 | 2.15% | 4,008 | 60.51% | 6,624 |
| Cleburne | 5,764 | 87.43% | 684 | 10.37% | 145 | 2.20% | 5,080 | 77.06% | 6,593 |
| Coffee | 15,875 | 76.44% | 4,221 | 20.33% | 671 | 3.23% | 11,654 | 56.11% | 20,767 |
| Colbert | 16,746 | 67.21% | 7,312 | 29.35% | 857 | 3.44% | 9,434 | 37.86% | 24,915 |
| Conecuh | 3,420 | 51.94% | 3,080 | 46.77% | 85 | 1.29% | 340 | 5.17% | 6,585 |
| Coosa | 3,381 | 64.38% | 1,782 | 33.93% | 89 | 1.69% | 1,599 | 30.45% | 5,252 |
| Covington | 13,267 | 83.23% | 2,387 | 14.97% | 286 | 1.80% | 10,880 | 68.26% | 15,940 |
| Crenshaw | 4,513 | 72.01% | 1,664 | 26.55% | 90 | 1.44% | 2,849 | 45.46% | 6,267 |
| Cullman | 32,989 | 87.10% | 3,798 | 10.03% | 1,086 | 2.87% | 29,191 | 77.07% | 37,873 |
| Dale | 13,808 | 73.65% | 4,413 | 23.54% | 528 | 2.81% | 9,395 | 50.11% | 18,749 |
| Dallas | 5,789 | 30.81% | 12,836 | 68.31% | 167 | 0.88% | -7,047 | -37.50% | 18,792 |
| DeKalb | 21,405 | 82.88% | 3,622 | 14.02% | 799 | 3.10% | 17,783 | 68.86% | 25,826 |
| Elmore | 27,634 | 74.17% | 8,443 | 22.66% | 1,183 | 3.17% | 19,191 | 51.51% | 37,260 |
| Escambia | 9,935 | 66.92% | 4,605 | 31.02% | 305 | 2.06% | 5,330 | 35.90% | 14,845 |
| Etowah | 32,353 | 73.26% | 10,442 | 23.64% | 1,369 | 3.10% | 21,911 | 49.62% | 44,164 |
| Fayette | 6,712 | 81.37% | 1,362 | 16.51% | 175 | 2.12% | 5,350 | 64.86% | 8,249 |
| Franklin | 9,466 | 78.62% | 2,197 | 18.25% | 377 | 3.13% | 7,269 | 60.37% | 12,040 |
| Geneva | 9,994 | 85.00% | 1,525 | 12.97% | 239 | 2.03% | 8,469 | 72.03% | 11,758 |
| Greene | 838 | 17.17% | 4,013 | 82.23% | 29 | 0.60% | -3,175 | -65.06% | 4,880 |
| Hale | 3,173 | 39.47% | 4,775 | 59.39% | 92 | 1.14% | -1,602 | -19.92% | 8,040 |
| Henry | 5,632 | 69.77% | 2,292 | 28.39% | 148 | 1.84% | 3,340 | 41.38% | 8,072 |
| Houston | 30,728 | 72.07% | 10,664 | 25.01% | 1,247 | 2.92% | 20,064 | 47.06% | 42,639 |
| Jackson | 16,672 | 79.45% | 3,673 | 17.50% | 639 | 3.05% | 12,999 | 61.95% | 20,984 |
| Jefferson | 134,768 | 44.30% | 156,873 | 51.57% | 12,550 | 4.13% | -22,105 | -7.27% | 304,191 |
| Lamar | 5,823 | 83.59% | 1,036 | 14.87% | 107 | 1.54% | 4,787 | 68.72% | 6,966 |
| Lauderdale | 27,899 | 70.59% | 9,952 | 25.18% | 1,674 | 4.23% | 17,947 | 45.41% | 39,525 |
| Lawrence | 10,833 | 73.05% | 3,627 | 24.46% | 369 | 2.49% | 7,206 | 48.59% | 14,829 |
| Lee | 34,617 | 58.48% | 21,230 | 35.87% | 3,344 | 5.65% | 13,387 | 22.61% | 59,191 |
| Limestone | 29,067 | 72.14% | 9,468 | 23.50% | 1,759 | 4.36% | 19,599 | 48.64% | 40,294 |
| Lowndes | 1,751 | 26.20% | 4,883 | 73.06% | 50 | 0.74% | -3,132 | -46.86% | 6,684 |
| Macon | 1,431 | 15.66% | 7,566 | 82.78% | 143 | 1.56% | -6,135 | -67.12% | 9,140 |
| Madison | 89,520 | 54.79% | 62,822 | 38.45% | 11,047 | 6.76% | 26,698 | 16.34% | 163,389 |
| Marengo | 5,233 | 47.60% | 5,615 | 51.07% | 146 | 1.33% | -382 | -3.47% | 10,994 |
| Marion | 11,274 | 86.83% | 1,432 | 11.03% | 278 | 2.14% | 9,842 | 75.80% | 12,984 |
| Marshall | 29,233 | 82.78% | 4,917 | 13.92% | 1,166 | 3.30% | 24,316 | 68.86% | 35,316 |
| Mobile | 95,116 | 55.06% | 72,186 | 41.79% | 5,435 | 3.15% | 22,930 | 13.27% | 172,737 |
| Monroe | 5,795 | 56.42% | 4,332 | 42.18% | 144 | 1.40% | 1,463 | 14.24% | 10,271 |
| Montgomery | 34,003 | 35.46% | 58,916 | 61.45% | 2,959 | 3.09% | -24,913 | -25.99% | 95,878 |
| Morgan | 37,486 | 74.02% | 11,254 | 22.22% | 1,904 | 3.76% | 26,232 | 51.80% | 50,644 |
| Perry | 1,407 | 26.66% | 3,824 | 72.45% | 47 | 0.89% | -2,417 | -45.79% | 5,278 |
| Pickens | 5,456 | 57.18% | 3,972 | 41.63% | 114 | 1.19% | 1,484 | 15.55% | 9,542 |
| Pike | 7,693 | 58.42% | 5,056 | 38.40% | 419 | 3.18% | 2,637 | 20.02% | 13,168 |
| Randolph | 7,705 | 75.64% | 2,291 | 22.49% | 191 | 1.87% | 5,414 | 53.15% | 10,187 |
| Russell | 9,210 | 47.83% | 9,579 | 49.75% | 467 | 2.42% | -369 | -1.92% | 19,256 |
| Shelby | 73,020 | 72.12% | 22,977 | 22.69% | 5,257 | 5.19% | 50,043 | 49.43% | 101,254 |
| St. Clair | 31,651 | 82.42% | 5,589 | 14.55% | 1,160 | 3.03% | 26,062 | 67.87% | 38,400 |
| Sumter | 1,581 | 24.66% | 4,746 | 74.03% | 84 | 1.31% | -3,165 | -49.37% | 6,411 |
| Talladega | 20,614 | 61.71% | 12,121 | 36.28% | 672 | 2.01% | 8,493 | 25.43% | 33,407 |
| Tallapoosa | 13,594 | 69.76% | 5,519 | 28.32% | 373 | 1.92% | 8,075 | 41.44% | 19,486 |
| Tuscaloosa | 47,723 | 57.71% | 31,762 | 38.41% | 3,215 | 3.88% | 15,961 | 19.30% | 82,700 |
| Walker | 24,266 | 82.34% | 4,497 | 15.26% | 709 | 2.40% | 19,769 | 67.08% | 29,472 |
| Washington | 6,042 | 70.81% | 2,374 | 27.82% | 117 | 1.37% | 3,668 | 42.99% | 8,533 |
| Wilcox | 1,742 | 28.45% | 4,339 | 70.86% | 42 | 0.69% | -2,597 | -42.41% | 6,123 |
| Winston | 9,228 | 89.48% | 872 | 8.46% | 213 | 2.06% | 8,356 | 81.02% | 10,313 |
| Totals | 1,318,255 | 62.08% | 729,547 | 34.36% | 75,570 | 3.56% | 588,708 | 27.72% | 2,123,372 |
Swing by county
Trend relative to the state by county
County flipsDemocratic Hold | Republican Hold Gain from Democratic
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Trump won six of seven congressional districts.[15]
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
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| 1st | 63% | 34% | Bradley Byrne |
| 2nd | 64% | 33% | Martha Roby |
| 3rd | 65% | 32% | Mike Rogers |
| 4th | 80% | 17% | Robert Aderholt |
| 5th | 64% | 31% | Mo Brooks |
| 6th | 70% | 26% | Gary Palmer |
| 7th | 29% | 69% | Terri Sewell |
According to the Alabama Secretary of State website, voter turnout was 66.82% with 2,137,482 ballots cast out of 3,198,703 registered voters.[1][16]
Alabama had 9 electors in 2016 all of them voted forDonald Trump for president andMike Pence for vice president.
The electors were:
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