Voting Eligible Population*: 3,606,103. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 58.9%. Total Registration: 3,198,703 > Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 24, 2016. Ballot access note: Independent presidential candidates must file petition with signatures of 5,000 qualified electors by Aug. 18, 2016. [PDF]

Official Results >   Clinton/Kaine (Dem.) 729,547 (34.36) +Trump/Pence (Rep.) 1,318,255 (62.08) Johnson/Weld (Ind.) 44,467 (2.09) Stein/Baraka (Ind.) 9,391 (0.44) write--ins 21,712 (1.02) Total........2,123,372

Overview: Donald Trump continued the trend of the previous three presidential cycles, garnering more than 60-percent of the vote, while Hillary Clinton had the worst showing in terms of share of the vote by a Democratic presidential candidate since McGovern in 1972 (+).  The Republican ticket carried 54 of 67 counties, amassing a plurality of 588,708 votes (28.02 percentage points).  Neither Trump nor Pence visited in the Fall, although Donald Trump Jr. appeared at a fundraiser at The Club in Birmingham on Oct. 14 and a Trump-Pence bus made a Victory tour in the latter part of October.  Tim Kaine headlined a fundraiser in Birmingham on Sept. 9, preceded by a visit to the 16th Street Baptist Church.  Jill Stein rallied in Birmingham on Oct. 1.  The last time Alabama voted for the Democratic presidential ticket was in 1976.  [SOS | parties]   Clinton  |  Trump BALLOT [PDF]

2016 Presidential Preference Primary -- Tuesday, March 1, 2016

USEP: Voting Age Pop.: 3,764,610.  Voting Eligible Pop.: 3,663,583.  Total Ballots Cast: 1,260,551.  VEP Turnout Rate: 35.0%. Registration (active):  2,914,449.

Democrats 60 Delegates: 35 District, 11 At-Large, 7 PLEO, 7 Unpledged. details

Republicans 50 Delegates: 3 RNC; 26 At-Large; 21 by CD (3 x 7 CD).       details

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General Election Winners in Alabama, 1992-2012

1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
Bush 47.64%	Dole 50.12%	Bush 56.48%	Bush 62.46%	McCain 60.32%	Romney 60.56%

General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 3,398,289. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.8%. Total Registration: 2,841,195 (active). (169,443 inactive) > Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 24, 2008.

Official Results > Obama/Biden (Dem.) 813,479 (38.74) +McCain/Palin (Rep.) 1,266,546 (60.32) Baldwin/Castle (Ind.) 4,310 (0.21) Barr/Root (Ind.) 4,991 (0.24) Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)  6,788 (0.32) write-ins 3,705 (0.18) Total........2,099,819

2008 Overview The McCain-Palin ticket won Alabama with a plurality of 453,067 votes (21.58 percentage points), carrying 54 of the state's 67 counties.  Although the candidates bypassed Alabama in the Fall (the only principal event was Michelle Obama's appearance at a fundraiser in Mountain Brook (Birmingham) on June 23), Alabama activists helped out in neighboring Florida.  Obama campaign volunteers made calls daily and traveled to Florida and knocked on doors every weekend.  Turnout inspired by the Obama campaign contributed to Montgomery Mayor Bobby Bright's (D) narrow win in the 2nd CD.  Also of note, voter registration increased by more than 280,000 in the nine months between the presidential primary and the general election. Obama/Allies  | McCain/Allies | Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population*: 3,292,608. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 57.2%. According to the Census Bureau (1), Alabama had the highest percentage of any state of people voting in person on Election Day, 96.7%.   Total Registration: 2,597,629. Voter Registration Deadline: Oct. 22, 2004.

Official Results Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 693,933 (36.84) +Bush/Cheney (Rep.)  1,176,394 (62.46) Badnarik/Campagna (Ind.) 3,495 (0.19) Nader/Pierce (Ind.) 6,701 (0.36) Peroutka/Baldwin (Ind.) 1,994 (0.11) write-ins 898 (0.05) Total........1,883,415

2004 Overview The last Democrat to win in Alabama was Jimmy Carter in 1976.  Bush-Cheney padded upon their 2000 showing and continued the Republican winning streak.  Bush-Cheney gained a plurality of 482,461 votes (25.62 percentage points) over the Kerry-Edwards ticket and finished ahead in 56 of the state's 67 counties. General Election Details Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population*: 3,241,682. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 51.6%. Total Registration: 2,528,963.

Official Results Gore/Lieberman (Dem.) 692,611 (41.57) Browne/Olivier (Lib.) 5,893 (0.35) +Bush/Cheney (Rep.) 941,173 (56.48) Buchanan/Foster (Ind.) 6,351 (0.38) Hagelin/Goldhaber (Ind.) 447 (0.02) Nader/LaDuke (Ind.) 18,323 (1.10) Phillips/Frazier (Ind.) 775 (0.05) write-ins 699 (0.04) Total........1,666,272

2000 Overview Bush consistently had a comfortable lead in the polls, and there were no surprises on Election Day as the Bush-Cheney ticket won with a plurality of 248,562 votes (14.91 percentage points) and finished ahead of Gore-Lieberman in 49 of the state's 67 counties.  In other races, "Ten Commandments" judge Roy Moore handily won the race for chief justice of the state Supreme Court, and voters approved Amendment 2 to remove the state's ban on interracial marriages. General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992 Bush (Rep.)..........804,283 (47.64) Clinton (Dem.)......690,080 (40.88) Perot (Ind.)...........183,109 (10.85) Others (5+w/ins).....10,588 (0.63) Total........1,688,060

1996 Dole (Rep.)...........769,044 (50.12) Clinton (Dem.)......662,165 (43.16) Perot (Ind.).............92,149   (6.00) Others (4+w/ins).....10,991 (0.72) Total........1,534,349

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