2016 United States presidential election in Alabama explained

See main article: 2016 United States presidential election.

The 2016 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Alabama voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Alabama has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College.^[1]

Alabama has voted for the Republican candidate in every election since it was won by Ronald Reagan in 1980. 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.^[2] The state had given 60.55% of its votes to Republican nominee Mitt Romney in 2012, 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. This makes it the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee George McGovern in 1972. On the other hand, Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Jefferson County since Richard Nixon in 1968, and Clinton the first Democrat since Adlai Stevenson II in 1952 to carry the county without winning the White House.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

See main article: 2016 Alabama Democratic presidential primary.

Results

Republican primary

See main article: 2016 Alabama Republican presidential primary.

General election

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Alabama as of Election Day.

Source	Ranking	As of
Los Angeles Times[3]		November 6, 2016
CNN[4]		November 8, 2016
align=left	Rothenberg Political Report[5]		November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6]		November 7, 2016
NBC[7]		November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics[8]		November 8, 2016
Fox News[9]		November 7, 2016
ABC[10]		November 7, 2016

Results

By county

County	Donald Trump Republican		Hillary Clinton Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total
		%		%		%		%
	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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Barbour (largest city: Eufaula)
• Conecuh (largest city: Evergreen)

By congressional district

Trump won 6 of 7 congressional districts^[11]

District	Trump	Clinton	Representative
		63.5%	34.1%		Bradley Byrne
		64.9%	33.0%		Martha Roby
		65.3%	32.3%		Mike Rogers
		80.4%	17.4%		Robert Aderholt
		64.7%	31.3%		Mo Brooks
		70.8%	26.1%		Gary Palmer
		28.6%	69.8%		Terri Sewell

Turnout

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.^[12]

Opinion polls

Electors

Alabama had 9 electors in 2016 all of them voted for Donald Trump for president and Mike Pence for vice president.

The electors were:

• Frank Burt Jr.
• Will Sellers
• James Eldon Wilson
• Tim Wadsworth
• J. Elbert Peters
• Mary Sue McClurkin
• Robert A. Cusanelli
• Perry O. Hooper Jr.
• Grady H. Thornton

See also

• 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
• United States presidential elections in Alabama

External links

• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Alabama

Notes and References

1. Web site: Distribution of Electoral Votes. National Archives and Records Administration. 19 September 2019. November 23, 2020.
2. News: Alabama Election Results 2016 – The New York Times. November 10, 2016.
3. News: Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours. . . 2016-11-06 . 2016-11-13.
4. Web site: Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com . Cnn.com . 2016-11-08 . 2016-11-13.
5. Web site: Presidential Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . August 16, 2021.
6. Web site: Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President . Centerforpolitics.org . 2016-11-07 . 2016-11-13.
7. Web site: Todd . Chuck . NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead . . 2016-11-13.
8. Web site: 2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House . RealClearPolitics . 2016-11-13.
9. Web site: Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge . . 2016-11-07 . 2016-11-13.
10. Web site: The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election . Abcnews.go.com . 2016-11-07 . 2016-11-13.
11. Web site: Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008 – Swing State Project.
12. https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/voter-pdfs/turnout.pdf Page 8 Last edited 2018-6-25 Retrieved 2020-07-08