United States presidential elections in Alabama


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

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
2020TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD
2016Donald Trump1,318,25562.08Hillary Clinton729,54734.369
2012Barack Obama795,69638.36Mitt Romney1,255,92560.559
2008Barack Obama813,47938.74John McCain1,266,54660.329
2004George W. Bush1,176,39462.46John Kerry693,93336.849
2000George W. Bush941,17356.48Al Gore692,61141.579
1996Bill Clinton662,16543.16Bob Dole769,04450.12Ross Perot92,1496.019
1992Bill Clinton690,08040.88George H. W. Bush804,28347.65Ross Perot183,10910.859
1988George H. W. Bush815,57659.17Michael Dukakis549,50639.869
1984Ronald Reagan872,84960.54Walter Mondale551,89938.289
1980Ronald Reagan654,19248.75Jimmy Carter636,73047.45John B. Anderson16,4811.239
1976Jimmy Carter659,17055.73Gerald Ford504,07042.619
1972Richard Nixon728,70172.43George McGovern256,92325.549
1968Richard Nixon146,92313.99Hubert Humphrey196,57918.72George Wallace691,42565.8610
1964Lyndon B. Johnsonno ballotsBarry Goldwater479,08569.45Unpledged Democratic electors210,73230.5510Johnson did not appear on the ballot.
1960John F. Kennedy318,30356.39Richard Nixon237,98142.16Harry F. Byrd
324,050-11Electoral votes split: five Kennedy and six unpledged.
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower195,69439.39Adlai Stevenson II280,84456.52T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors
20,3234.0911electoral vote split: 11 to Stevenson, 1 to Jones
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower149,23135.02Adlai Stevenson II275,07564.5511
1948Harry S. Trumanno ballotsThomas E. Dewey40,93019.04Strom Thurmond171,44379.7511Truman did not appear on the ballot.
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt198,91881.28Thomas E. Dewey44,54018.211
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt250,72685.22Wendell Willkie42,18414.3411
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt238,13686.38Alf Landon35,35812.8211
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt207,91084.74Herbert Hoover34,67514.1311
1928Herbert Hoover120,72548.49Al Smith127,79751.3312
1924Calvin Coolidge45,00527.01John W. Davis112,96667.81Robert M. La Follette Sr.8,0844.8512
1920Warren G. Harding74,55631.37James M. Cox159,96567.31Parley P. Christensen12
1916Woodrow Wilson99,40976.04Charles E. Hughes28,66221.9212
1912Woodrow Wilson82,43869.89Theodore Roosevelt22,68019.23William H. Taft9,8078.3112
1908William H. Taft25,56124.31William Jennings Bryan74,39170.7511
1904Theodore Roosevelt22,47220.66Alton B. Parker79,79773.3511
1900William McKinley55,61234.82William Jennings Bryan97,12960.8211
1896William McKinley55,67328.61William Jennings Bryan130,29866.9611
1892Grover Cleveland138,13559.40Benjamin Harrison9,1843.95James B. Weaver84,98436.5511
1888Benjamin Harrison57,17732.66Grover Cleveland117,31467.0010
1884Grover Cleveland92,73660.37James G. Blaine59,44438.6910
1880James A. Garfield56,35037.10Winfield S. Hancock91,13059.99James B. Weaver4,4222.9110
1876Rutherford B. Hayes68,70840.02Samuel J. Tilden102,98959.9810
1872Ulysses S. Grant90,27253.19Horace Greeley79,44446.8110
1868Ulysses S. Grant76,66751.3Horatio Seymour72,92148.78
1864Abraham Lincolnn/an/aGeorge B. McClellann/an/an/an/an/aNo 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.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860Abraham Lincolnno ballotsStephen A. Douglas13,61815.1John C. Breckinridge48,66954.0John Bell27,83530.99

Elections from 1828 to 1856

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates
VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
Notes
1856James Buchanan46,73962.08John C. Frémontno ballotsMillard Fillmore28,55237.929Frémont did not appear on the ballot
1852Franklin Pierce26,88160.89Winfield Scott15,06134.12John P. Hale9
1848Zachary Taylor30,48249.43Lewis Cass31,17350.56Martin Van Buren9
1844James K. Polk37,40158.99Henry Clay26,00241.019
1840William Henry Harrison28,51845.62Martin Van Buren33,99654.387
1836Martin Van Buren20,63855.34Hugh Lawson White16,65844.66various7
1832Andrew Jackson14,28699.97Henry Clay50.03William Wirt7
1828Andrew Jackson16,73689.89John Quincy Adams1,87810.095

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 did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1824Andrew Jackson9,42969.32John Quincy Adams2,42217.80Henry Clay960.71William H. Crawford1,65612.175

Election of 1820

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