2016 United States presidential election in Alabama
The 2016 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General 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.
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| Turnout | 63.83%[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Treemap of the popular vote by county.
On March 1, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Alabama voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote. Alabama has voted for the Republican candidate in every election since it was won by Ronald Reagan in 1980. Trump was heavily favored to win the state.
Donald Trump won the election in Alabama with 62.08% of the vote. Hillary Clinton received 34.36% of the vote.[2] The state gave 60.55% of its votes to Republican nominee Mitt Romney in 2012, meaning that it shifted 1.53% more Republican from the previous election. The margin of victory for Donald Trump in Alabama was 27.72%, a 5.53% increase from Mitt Romney's 22.19% margin of victory.
General election
Predictions
The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Alabama as of Election Day.
- Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump[3]
- CNN: Solid Trump[4]
- Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump[5]
- NBC: Likely Trump[6]
- RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump[7]
- Fox News: Solid Republican[8]
- ABC: Solid Trump[9]
Statewide results
Chart of popular vote
Trump (62.08%)
Clinton (34.36%)
Johnson (2.09%)
Write-ins (1.02%)
Stein (0.44%)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Donald Trump | 1,318,255 | 62.08% | +1.53% | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 729,547 | 34.36% | −4.00% | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 44,467 | 2.09% | +1.50% | |
| Green | Jill Stein | 9,391 | 0.44% | +0.28% | |
| Write-in | 21,712 | 1.02% | N/A | ||
| Total votes | 2,123,372 | 100% | −9.37% | ||
Results by county
| Donald Trump | Hillary Clinton | Gary Johnson | Jill Stein | Write-ins | Total votes | ||||||
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| County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
| Autauga | 18,172 | 72.77% | 5,936 | 23.77% | 546 | 2.19% | 105 | 0.42% | 214 | 0.86% | 24,973 |
| Baldwin | 72,883 | 76.55% | 18,458 | 19.39% | 2,464 | 2.59% | 456 | 0.48% | 954 | 1.00% | 95,215 |
| Barbour | 5,454 | 52.10% | 4,871 | 46.53% | 93 | 0.89% | 18 | 0.17% | 33 | 0.32% | 10,469 |
| Bibb | 6,738 | 76.40% | 1,874 | 21.25% | 124 | 1.41% | 17 | 0.19% | 66 | 0.75% | 8,819 |
| Blount | 22,859 | 89.33% | 2,156 | 8.43% | 338 | 1.32% | 89 | 0.35% | 146 | 0.57% | 25,588 |
| Bullock | 1,140 | 24.20% | 3,530 | 74.95% | 22 | 0.47% | 10 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.17% | 4,710 |
| Butler | 4,901 | 56.13% | 3,726 | 42.67% | 65 | 0.74% | 13 | 0.15% | 27 | 0.31% | 8,732 |
| Calhoun | 32,865 | 68.66% | 13,242 | 27.67% | 1,116 | 2.33% | 262 | 0.55% | 379 | 0.79% | 47,864 |
| Chambers | 7,843 | 56.42% | 5,784 | 41.61% | 168 | 1.21% | 44 | 0.32% | 61 | 0.44% | 13,900 |
| Cherokee | 8,953 | 83.42% | 1,547 | 14.41% | 147 | 1.37% | 26 | 0.24% | 60 | 0.56% | 10,733 |
| Chilton | 15,081 | 82.10% | 2,911 | 15.85% | 228 | 1.24% | 52 | 0.28% | 97 | 0.53% | 18,369 |
| Choctaw | 4,106 | 56.31% | 3,109 | 42.64% | 52 | 0.71% | 6 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.26% | 7,292 |
| Clarke | 7,140 | 54.79% | 5,749 | 44.12% | 99 | 0.76% | 17 | 0.13% | 26 | 0.20% | 13,031 |
| Clay | 5,245 | 79.18% | 1,237 | 18.67% | 93 | 1.40% | 16 | 0.24% | 33 | 0.50% | 6,624 |
| Cleburne | 5,764 | 87.43% | 684 | 10.37% | 90 | 1.37% | 20 | 0.30% | 35 | 0.53% | 6,593 |
| Coffee | 15,875 | 76.44% | 4,221 | 20.33% | 396 | 1.91% | 104 | 0.50% | 171 | 0.82% | 20,767 |
| Colbert | 16,746 | 67.21% | 7,312 | 29.35% | 511 | 2.05% | 107 | 0.43% | 239 | 0.96% | 24,915 |
| Conecuh | 3,420 | 51.94% | 3,080 | 46.77% | 51 | 0.77% | 10 | 0.15% | 24 | 0.36% | 6,585 |
| Coosa | 3,381 | 64.38% | 1,782 | 33.93% | 53 | 1.01% | 14 | 0.27% | 22 | 0.42% | 5,252 |
| Covington | 13,267 | 83.23% | 2,387 | 14.97% | 183 | 1.15% | 36 | 0.23% | 67 | 0.42% | 15,940 |
| Crenshaw | 4,513 | 72.01% | 1,664 | 26.55% | 65 | 1.04% | 14 | 0.22% | 11 | 0.18% | 6,267 |
| Cullman | 32,989 | 87.10% | 3,798 | 10.03% | 687 | 1.81% | 134 | 0.35% | 265 | 0.70% | 37,873 |
| Dale | 13,808 | 73.65% | 4,413 | 23.54% | 350 | 1.87% | 62 | 0.33% | 116 | 0.62% | 18,749 |
| Dallas | 5,789 | 30.81% | 12,836 | 68.31% | 96 | 0.51% | 24 | 0.13% | 47 | 0.25% | 18,792 |
| DeKalb | 21,405 | 82.88% | 3,622 | 14.02% | 458 | 1.77% | 152 | 0.59% | 189 | 0.73% | 25,826 |
| Elmore | 27,634 | 74.17% | 8,443 | 22.66% | 738 | 1.98% | 112 | 0.30% | 333 | 0.89% | 37,260 |
| Escambia | 9,935 | 66.92% | 4,605 | 31.02% | 188 | 1.27% | 37 | 0.25% | 80 | 0.54% | 14,845 |
| Etowah | 32,353 | 73.26% | 10,442 | 23.64% | 835 | 1.89% | 164 | 0.37% | 370 | 0.84% | 44,164 |
| Fayette | 6,712 | 81.37% | 1,362 | 16.51% | 109 | 1.32% | 24 | 0.29% | 42 | 0.51% | 8,249 |
| Franklin | 9,466 | 78.62% | 2,197 | 18.25% | 238 | 1.98% | 54 | 0.45% | 85 | 0.71% | 12,040 |
| Geneva | 9,994 | 85.00% | 1,525 | 12.97% | 149 | 1.27% | 24 | 0.20% | 66 | 0.56% | 11,758 |
| Greene | 838 | 17.17% | 4,013 | 82.23% | 13 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.10% | 11 | 0.23% | 4,880 |
| Hale | 3,173 | 39.47% | 4,775 | 59.39% | 54 | 0.67% | 12 | 0.15% | 26 | 0.32% | 8,040 |
| Henry | 5,632 | 69.77% | 2,292 | 28.39% | 91 | 1.13% | 17 | 0.21% | 40 | 0.50% | 8,072 |
| Houston | 30,728 | 72.07% | 10,664 | 25.01% | 779 | 1.83% | 144 | 0.34% | 324 | 0.76% | 42,639 |
| Jackson | 16,672 | 79.45% | 3,673 | 17.50% | 393 | 1.87% | 90 | 0.43% | 156 | 0.74% | 20,984 |
| Jefferson | 134,768 | 44.30% | 156,873 | 51.57% | 6,645 | 2.18% | 1,554 | 0.51% | 4,351 | 1.43% | 304,191 |
| Lamar | 5,823 | 83.59% | 1,036 | 14.87% | 62 | 0.89% | 15 | 0.22% | 30 | 0.43% | 6,966 |
| Lauderdale | 27,899 | 70.59% | 9,952 | 25.18% | 987 | 2.50% | 222 | 0.56% | 465 | 1.18% | 39,525 |
| Lawrence | 10,833 | 73.05% | 3,627 | 24.46% | 250 | 1.69% | 31 | 0.21% | 88 | 0.59% | 14,829 |
| Lee | 34,617 | 58.48% | 21,230 | 35.87% | 2,030 | 3.43% | 364 | 0.61% | 950 | 1.60% | 59,191 |
| Limestone | 29,067 | 72.14% | 9,468 | 23.50% | 1,055 | 2.62% | 202 | 0.50% | 502 | 1.25% | 40,294 |
| Lowndes | 1,751 | 26.20% | 4,883 | 73.06% | 32 | 0.48% | 11 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.10% | 6,684 |
| Macon | 1,431 | 15.66% | 7,566 | 82.78% | 69 | 0.75% | 49 | 0.54% | 25 | 0.27% | 9,140 |
| Madison | 89,520 | 54.79% | 62,822 | 38.45% | 6,621 | 4.05% | 1,254 | 0.77% | 3,172 | 1.94% | 163,389 |
| Marengo | 5,233 | 47.60% | 5,615 | 51.07% | 104 | 0.95% | 13 | 0.12% | 29 | 0.26% | 10,994 |
| Marion | 11,274 | 86.83% | 1,432 | 11.03% | 181 | 1.39% | 26 | 0.20% | 71 | 0.55% | 12,984 |
| Marshall | 29,233 | 82.78% | 4,917 | 13.92% | 678 | 1.92% | 158 | 0.45% | 330 | 0.93% | 35,316 |
| Mobile | 95,116 | 55.06% | 72,186 | 41.79% | 3,291 | 1.91% | 791 | 0.46% | 1,353 | 0.78% | 172,737 |
| Monroe | 5,795 | 56.42% | 4,332 | 42.18% | 88 | 0.86% | 17 | 0.17% | 39 | 0.38% | 10,271 |
| Montgomery | 34,003 | 35.46% | 58,916 | 61.45% | 1,486 | 1.55% | 490 | 0.51% | 983 | 1.03% | 95,878 |
| Morgan | 37,486 | 74.02% | 11,254 | 22.22% | 1,168 | 2.31% | 218 | 0.43% | 518 | 1.02% | 50,644 |
| Perry | 1,407 | 26.66% | 3,824 | 72.45% | 23 | 0.44% | 6 | 0.11% | 18 | 0.34% | 5,278 |
| Pickens | 5,456 | 57.18% | 3,972 | 41.63% | 49 | 0.51% | 19 | 0.20% | 46 | 0.48% | 9,542 |
| Pike | 7,693 | 58.42% | 5,056 | 38.40% | 257 | 1.95% | 48 | 0.36% | 114 | 0.87% | 13,168 |
| Randolph | 7,705 | 75.64% | 2,291 | 22.49% | 124 | 1.22% | 19 | 0.19% | 48 | 0.47% | 10,187 |
| Russell | 9,210 | 47.83% | 9,579 | 49.75% | 281 | 1.46% | 68 | 0.35% | 118 | 0.61% | 19,256 |
| St. Clair | 31,651 | 82.42% | 5,589 | 14.55% | 684 | 1.78% | 130 | 0.34% | 346 | 0.90% | 38,400 |
| Shelby | 73,020 | 72.12% | 22,977 | 22.69% | 2,965 | 2.93% | 480 | 0.47% | 1,812 | 1.79% | 101,254 |
| Sumter | 1,581 | 24.66% | 4,746 | 74.03% | 57 | 0.89% | 14 | 0.22% | 13 | 0.20% | 6,411 |
| Talladega | 20,614 | 61.71% | 12,121 | 36.28% | 411 | 1.23% | 106 | 0.32% | 155 | 0.46% | 33,407 |
| Tallapoosa | 13,594 | 69.76% | 5,519 | 28.32% | 233 | 1.20% | 52 | 0.27% | 88 | 0.45% | 19,486 |
| Tuscaloosa | 47,723 | 57.71% | 31,762 | 38.41% | 1,873 | 2.26% | 390 | 0.47% | 952 | 1.15% | 82,700 |
| Walker | 24,266 | 82.34% | 4,497 | 15.26% | 455 | 1.54% | 95 | 0.32% | 159 | 0.54% | 29,472 |
| Washington | 6,042 | 70.81% | 2,374 | 27.82% | 73 | 0.86% | 22 | 0.26% | 22 | 0.26% | 8,533 |
| Wilcox | 1,742 | 28.45% | 4,339 | 70.86% | 22 | 0.36% | 7 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.21% | 6,123 |
| Winston | 9,228 | 89.48% | 872 | 8.46% | 131 | 1.27% | 29 | 0.28% | 53 | 0.51% | 10,313 |
Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican
By congressional district
Trump won 6 of 7 congressional districts[10]
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 63% | 34% | Bradley Byrne |
| 2nd | 65% | 33% | Martha Roby |
| 3rd | 65% | 32% | Mike Rogers |
| 4th | 80% | 17% | Robert Aderholt |
| 5th | 64% | 31% | Mo Brooks |
| 6th | 70% | 26% | Gary Palmer |
| 7th | 28% | 70% | Terri Sewell |
Turnout
According to the Alabama Secretary of State website, voter turnout was 63.83% with 2,127,564 ballots cast out of 3,333,058 registered voters.[1]
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
Primary elections
Democratic primary
Opinion polling
Results
Results of the Democratic primary by county.
| Candidate | Popular vote (March 1 primary) |
Estimated delegates | |||
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| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 309,928 | 77.84% | 44 | 6 | 50 |
| Bernie Sanders | 76,399 | 19.19% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Martin O'Malley (withdrawn) | 1,485 | 0.37% | |||
| Rocky De La Fuente | 811 | 0.20% | |||
| Uncommitted | 9,534 | 2.39% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 398,157 | 100% | 53 | 7 | 60 |
| Sources: The Green Papers , Alabama Democratic Party certified Election Results as received by Secretary of State of Alabama | |||||
Republican primary
Map showing the results of the 2016 Republican presidential primary in Alabama by county
| Alabama Republican primary, March 1, 2016 | |||||
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| 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 | |||||
Opinion polls
See also
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References
- Merrill, John H. (November 29, 2016). "Official Canvas of Results" (PDF). AlabamaVotes.gov. Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
- "Alabama Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com". Cnn.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President". Centerforpolitics.org. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- "The Final 15: The Latest Polls in the Swing States That Will Decide the Election". Abcnews.go.com. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
- https://swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
External links
- RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
- Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
- Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Alabama
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