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.

2016 United States presidential election in Alabama

November 8, 2016
Turnout63.83%[1]
 
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 1,318,255 729,547
Percentage 62.08% 34.36%

County Results

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

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.

  1. Los Angeles Times: Strongly Trump[3]
  2. CNN: Solid Trump[4]
  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Trump[5]
  4. NBC: Likely Trump[6]
  5. RealClearPolitics: Solid Trump[7]
  6. Fox News: Solid Republican[8]
  7. 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%)
2016 U.S. presidential election in Alabama[1]
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
County Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes
Autauga18,17272.77%5,93623.77%5462.19%1050.42%2140.86%24,973
Baldwin72,88376.55%18,45819.39%2,4642.59%4560.48%9541.00%95,215
Barbour5,45452.10%4,87146.53%930.89%180.17%330.32%10,469
Bibb6,73876.40%1,87421.25%1241.41%170.19%660.75%8,819
Blount22,85989.33%2,1568.43%3381.32%890.35%1460.57%25,588
Bullock1,14024.20%3,53074.95%220.47%100.21%80.17%4,710
Butler4,90156.13%3,72642.67%650.74%130.15%270.31%8,732
Calhoun32,86568.66%13,24227.67%1,1162.33%2620.55%3790.79%47,864
Chambers7,84356.42%5,78441.61%1681.21%440.32%610.44%13,900
Cherokee8,95383.42%1,54714.41%1471.37%260.24%600.56%10,733
Chilton15,08182.10%2,91115.85%2281.24%520.28%970.53%18,369
Choctaw4,10656.31%3,10942.64%520.71%60.08%190.26%7,292
Clarke7,14054.79%5,74944.12%990.76%170.13%260.20%13,031
Clay5,24579.18%1,23718.67%931.40%160.24%330.50%6,624
Cleburne5,76487.43%68410.37%901.37%200.30%350.53%6,593
Coffee15,87576.44%4,22120.33%3961.91%1040.50%1710.82%20,767
Colbert16,74667.21%7,31229.35%5112.05%1070.43%2390.96%24,915
Conecuh3,42051.94%3,08046.77%510.77%100.15%240.36%6,585
Coosa3,38164.38%1,78233.93%531.01%140.27%220.42%5,252
Covington13,26783.23%2,38714.97%1831.15%360.23%670.42%15,940
Crenshaw4,51372.01%1,66426.55%651.04%140.22%110.18%6,267
Cullman32,98987.10%3,79810.03%6871.81%1340.35%2650.70%37,873
Dale13,80873.65%4,41323.54%3501.87%620.33%1160.62%18,749
Dallas5,78930.81%12,83668.31%960.51%240.13%470.25%18,792
DeKalb21,40582.88%3,62214.02%4581.77%1520.59%1890.73%25,826
Elmore27,63474.17%8,44322.66%7381.98%1120.30%3330.89%37,260
Escambia9,93566.92%4,60531.02%1881.27%370.25%800.54%14,845
Etowah32,35373.26%10,44223.64%8351.89%1640.37%3700.84%44,164
Fayette6,71281.37%1,36216.51%1091.32%240.29%420.51%8,249
Franklin9,46678.62%2,19718.25%2381.98%540.45%850.71%12,040
Geneva9,99485.00%1,52512.97%1491.27%240.20%660.56%11,758
Greene83817.17%4,01382.23%130.27%50.10%110.23%4,880
Hale3,17339.47%4,77559.39%540.67%120.15%260.32%8,040
Henry5,63269.77%2,29228.39%911.13%170.21%400.50%8,072
Houston30,72872.07%10,66425.01%7791.83%1440.34%3240.76%42,639
Jackson16,67279.45%3,67317.50%3931.87%900.43%1560.74%20,984
Jefferson134,76844.30%156,87351.57%6,6452.18%1,5540.51%4,3511.43%304,191
Lamar5,82383.59%1,03614.87%620.89%150.22%300.43%6,966
Lauderdale27,89970.59%9,95225.18%9872.50%2220.56%4651.18%39,525
Lawrence10,83373.05%3,62724.46%2501.69%310.21%880.59%14,829
Lee34,61758.48%21,23035.87%2,0303.43%3640.61%9501.60%59,191
Limestone29,06772.14%9,46823.50%1,0552.62%2020.50%5021.25%40,294
Lowndes1,75126.20%4,88373.06%320.48%110.16%70.10%6,684
Macon1,43115.66%7,56682.78%690.75%490.54%250.27%9,140
Madison89,52054.79%62,82238.45%6,6214.05%1,2540.77%3,1721.94%163,389
Marengo5,23347.60%5,61551.07%1040.95%130.12%290.26%10,994
Marion11,27486.83%1,43211.03%1811.39%260.20%710.55%12,984
Marshall29,23382.78%4,91713.92%6781.92%1580.45%3300.93%35,316
Mobile95,11655.06%72,18641.79%3,2911.91%7910.46%1,3530.78%172,737
Monroe5,79556.42%4,33242.18%880.86%170.17%390.38%10,271
Montgomery34,00335.46%58,91661.45%1,4861.55%4900.51%9831.03%95,878
Morgan37,48674.02%11,25422.22%1,1682.31%2180.43%5181.02%50,644
Perry1,40726.66%3,82472.45%230.44%60.11%180.34%5,278
Pickens5,45657.18%3,97241.63%490.51%190.20%460.48%9,542
Pike7,69358.42%5,05638.40%2571.95%480.36%1140.87%13,168
Randolph7,70575.64%2,29122.49%1241.22%190.19%480.47%10,187
Russell9,21047.83%9,57949.75%2811.46%680.35%1180.61%19,256
St. Clair31,65182.42%5,58914.55%6841.78%1300.34%3460.90%38,400
Shelby73,02072.12%22,97722.69%2,9652.93%4800.47%1,8121.79%101,254
Sumter1,58124.66%4,74674.03%570.89%140.22%130.20%6,411
Talladega20,61461.71%12,12136.28%4111.23%1060.32%1550.46%33,407
Tallapoosa13,59469.76%5,51928.32%2331.20%520.27%880.45%19,486
Tuscaloosa47,72357.71%31,76238.41%1,8732.26%3900.47%9521.15%82,700
Walker24,26682.34%4,49715.26%4551.54%950.32%1590.54%29,472
Washington6,04270.81%2,37427.82%730.86%220.26%220.26%8,533
Wilcox1,74228.45%4,33970.86%220.36%70.11%130.21%6,123
Winston9,22889.48%8728.46%1311.27%290.28%530.51%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 66.82% with 2,137,482 ballots cast out of 3,198,703 registered voters.[1] [11]

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:

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Opinion polling

Results

Results of the Democratic primary by county.
 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Alabama
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote
(March 1 primary)
Estimated delegates
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
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

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See also

References

  1. Merrill, John H. (November 29, 2016). "Official Canvas of Results" (PDF). AlabamaVotes.gov. Alabama Secretary of State. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  2. "Alabama Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. "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.
  4. "Road to 270: CNN's general election map - CNNPolitics.com". Cnn.com. 2016-11-08. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  5. "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2016 President". Centerforpolitics.org. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  6. Todd, Chuck. "NBC's Final Battleground Map Shows Clinton With a Significant Lead". NBC News. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  7. "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  8. "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. 2016-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  9. "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.
  10. https://swingstateproject.com/diary/4161/
  11. https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/voter-pdfs/turnout.pdf Page 8 Last edited 2018-6-25 Retrieved 2020-07-08
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