United States presidential elections in Alabama

Presidential elections in Alabama

Number of elections	49
Voted Democrat	29
Voted Republican	16
Voted Whig	1
Voted Democratic-Republican	1
Voted other	2^[1]
Voted for winning candidate	26
Voted for losing candidate	23

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alabama, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1819, Alabama has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War, when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^[2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2016	Donald Trump	1,314,431	62.18	Hillary Clinton	725,704	34.33	-			9
2012	Barack Obama	795,696	38.36	Mitt Romney	1,255,925	60.55	-			9
2008	Barack Obama	813,479	38.74	John McCain	1,266,546	60.32	-			9
2004	George W. Bush	1,176,394	62.46	John Kerry	693,933	36.84	-			9
2000	George W. Bush	941,173	56.48	Al Gore	692,611	41.57	-			9
1996	Bill Clinton	662,165	43.16	Bob Dole	769,044	50.12	Ross Perot	92,149	6.01	9
1992	Bill Clinton	690,080	40.88	George H. W. Bush	804,283	47.65	Ross Perot	183,109	10.85	9
1988	George H. W. Bush	815,576	59.17	Michael Dukakis	549,506	39.86	-			9
1984	Ronald Reagan	872,849	60.54	Walter Mondale	551,899	38.28	-			9
1980	Ronald Reagan	654,192	48.75	Jimmy Carter	636,730	47.45	John B. Anderson	16,481	1.23	9
1976	Jimmy Carter	659,170	55.73	Gerald Ford	504,070	42.61	-			9
1972	Richard Nixon	728,701	72.43	George McGovern	256,923	25.54	-			9
1968	Richard Nixon	146,923	13.99	Hubert Humphrey	196,579	18.72	George Wallace	691,425	65.86	10
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	-	-	Barry Goldwater	479,085	69.45	-	210,732	30.55	10	Johnson did not appear on the ballot.
1960	John F. Kennedy	318,303	56.39	Richard Nixon	237,981	42.16	Harry F. Byrd (unpledged Democratic Electors)	324,050	-	11	Electoral votes split: five Kennedy and six unpledged (Byrd).
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	195,694	39.4	Adlai Stevenson II	280,844	56.54	-			11	electoral vote split: 11 to Stevenson, 1 to Burgwyn (faithless elector)
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	149,231	35.02	Adlai Stevenson II	275,075	64.55	-			11
1948	Harry S. Truman	-	-	Thomas E. Dewey	40,930	19.04	Strom Thurmond	171,443	79.75	11	Truman did not appear on the ballot.
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	198,918	81.28	Thomas E. Dewey	44,540	18.2	-			11
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	250,726	85.22	Wendell Willkie	42,184	14.34	-			11
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	238,136	86.38	Alf Landon	35,358	12.82	-			11
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	207,910	84.74	Herbert Hoover	34,675	14.13	-			11
1928	Herbert Hoover	120,725	48.49	Al Smith	127,797	51.33	-			12
1924	Calvin Coolidge	45,005	27.01	John W. Davis	112,966	67.81	Robert M. La Follette Sr.	8,084	4.85	12
1920	Warren G. Harding	74,556	31.37	James M. Cox	159,965	67.31	-			12
1916	Woodrow Wilson	99,409	76.04	Charles E. Hughes	28,662	21.92	-			12
1912	Woodrow Wilson	82,438	69.89	Theodore Roosevelt	22,680	19.23	William H. Taft	9,807	8.31	12
1908	William H. Taft	25,561	24.31	William Jennings Bryan	74,391	70.75	-		1.38	11
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	22,472	20.66	Alton B. Parker	79,797	73.35	-			11
1900	William McKinley	55,612	34.82	William Jennings Bryan	97,129	60.82	-			11
1896	William McKinley	55,673	28.61	William Jennings Bryan	130,298	66.96	-			11
1892	Grover Cleveland	138,135	59.4	Benjamin Harrison	9,184	3.95	James B. Weaver	84,984	36.55	11
1888	Benjamin Harrison	57,177	32.66	Grover Cleveland	117,314	67	-			10
1884	Grover Cleveland	92,736	60.37	James G. Blaine	59,444	38.69	-			10
1880	James A. Garfield	56,350	37.1	Winfield S. Hancock	91,130	59.99	-			10
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	102,989	59.98	Samuel J. Tilden	68,708	40.02	-			10
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	90,272	53.19	Horace Greeley	79,444	46.81	-			10
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	76,667	51.3	Horatio Seymour	72,921	48.7	-			8
1864	Abraham Lincoln	n/a	n/a	George B. McClellan	n/a	n/a	-	n/a	n/a	n/a	No vote due to secession.

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	no ballots	-	Stephen A. Douglas	13,618	15.1	John C. Breckinridge	48,669	54.0	John Bell	27,835	30.9	9

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^[2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
1856	James Buchanan	39,140	35.68	John C. Frémont	67,279	61.34	Millard Fillmore	3,270	2.98	8
1852	Franklin Pierce	41,609	50.63	Winfield Scott	32,543	39.6	John P. Hale	8,030	9.77	8
1848	Zachary Taylor	35,273	40.25	Lewis Cass	40,195	45.87	Martin Van Buren	12,157	13.87	9
1844	James K. Polk	45,719	53.83	Henry Clay	34,378	40.48	-			9
1840	William Henry Harrison	46,612	50.23	Martin Van Buren	46,190	49.77	-			10
1836	Martin Van Buren	22,825	58.92	William Henry Harrison	14,803	38.21	various^[3]			10
1832	Andrew Jackson	33,978	54.67	Henry Clay	27,331	43.97	William Wirt	844	1.36	10
1828	Andrew Jackson	13,927	40.03	John Quincy Adams	20,773	59.71	-			9	Electoral votes split 8 to 1.

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1824	Andrew Jackson	9,429	69.32	John Quincy Adams	2,422	17.80	Henry Clay	96	0.71	William H. Crawford	1,656	12.17	5

Election of 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all electoral votes (including Alabama's five electoral votes) except one vote in New Hampshire. The popular vote was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

References

↑ George Wallace, 1968; Strom Thurmond, 1948.
1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
↑ Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Maine.

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