# 2016 United States presidential election in Alabama

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The 2016 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential 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. Alabama has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College.
Alabama has voted for the Republican candidate in every election since it was won by Ronald Reagan in 1980. As such, Trump was heavily favored to win the state. On the day of the election, Trump won the election in Alabama with 62.08% of the vote, while Clinton received 34.36% of the vote. The state had given 60.55% of its votes to Republican nominee Mitt Romney in 2012, meaning that it had shifted 1.53% more Republican from the previous election. Trump's margin of victory in Alabama was 27.72%, a 5.53% increase from Romney's 22.19% margin of victory. This makes it the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee George McGovern in 1972. On the other hand, Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Jefferson County since Richard Nixon in 1968, and Clinton the first Democrat since Adlai Stevenson II in 1952 to carry the county without winning the White House.

## Primary elections
### Democratic primary
#### Results

e • d 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Alabama – Summary of results – :
| Candidate | Popular vote (March 1 primary) | Popular vote (March 1 primary) | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total |
| Hillary Clinton (campaign) | 309,928 | 77.84% | 44 | 6 | 50 |
| Bernie Sanders (campaign) | 76,399 | 19.19% | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Martin O'Malley (campaign) (withdrawn) | 1,485 | 0.37% | | | |
| Rocky De La Fuente (campaign) | 811 | 0.20% | | | |
| Uncommitted | 9,534 | 2.39% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 398,157 | 100% | 53 | 7 | 60 |
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### Republican primary

Alabama Republican primary, March 1, 2016 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | 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: | Unprojected delegates: | Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total: | 860,652 | 100.00% | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Source: The Green Papers ||||||

## General election
### Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Alabama as of Election Day.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Los Angeles Times | Safe R | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Rothenberg Political Report | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| NBC | Likely R | November 7, 2016 |
| RealClearPolitics | Safe R | November 8, 2016 |
| Fox News | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |
| ABC | Safe R | November 7, 2016 |

### Results

Chart of popular vote
2016 U.S. presidential election in Alabama :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Donald Trump | 1,318,255 | 62.08% | +1.53% |
| | Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 729,547 | 34.36% | −4.00% |
| | Independent | Gary Johnson | 44,467 | 2.09% | +1.50% |
| | Independent | Jill Stein | 9,391 | 0.44% | +0.28% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 21,712 | 1.02% | N/A |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,123,372 | 100.00% | −9.37% |

#### By county

| County | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total |
| Autauga | 18,172 | 72.77% | 5,936 | 23.77% | 865 | 3.46% | 12,236 | 49.00% | 24,973 |
| Baldwin | 72,883 | 76.55% | 18,458 | 19.39% | 3,874 | 4.06% | 54,425 | 57.16% | 95,215 |
| Barbour | 5,454 | 52.10% | 4,871 | 46.53% | 144 | 1.37% | 583 | 5.57% | 10,469 |
| Bibb | 6,738 | 76.40% | 1,874 | 21.25% | 207 | 2.35% | 4,864 | 55.15% | 8,819 |
| Blount | 22,859 | 89.33% | 2,156 | 8.43% | 573 | 2.24% | 20,703 | 80.90% | 25,588 |
| Bullock | 1,140 | 24.20% | 3,530 | 74.95% | 40 | 0.85% | -2,390 | -50.75% | 4,710 |
| Butler | 4,901 | 56.13% | 3,726 | 42.67% | 105 | 1.20% | 1,175 | 13.46% | 8,732 |
| Calhoun | 32,865 | 68.66% | 13,242 | 27.67% | 1,757 | 3.67% | 19,623 | 40.99% | 47,864 |
| Chambers | 7,843 | 56.42% | 5,784 | 41.61% | 273 | 1.97% | 2,059 | 14.81% | 13,900 |
| Cherokee | 8,953 | 83.42% | 1,547 | 14.41% | 233 | 2.17% | 7,406 | 69.01% | 10,733 |
| Chilton | 15,081 | 82.10% | 2,911 | 15.85% | 377 | 2.05% | 12,170 | 66.25% | 18,369 |
| Choctaw | 4,106 | 56.31% | 3,109 | 42.64% | 77 | 1.05% | 997 | 13.67% | 7,292 |
| Clarke | 7,140 | 54.79% | 5,749 | 44.12% | 142 | 1.09% | 1,391 | 10.67% | 13,031 |
| Clay | 5,245 | 79.18% | 1,237 | 18.67% | 142 | 2.15% | 4,008 | 60.51% | 6,624 |
| Cleburne | 5,764 | 87.43% | 684 | 10.37% | 145 | 2.20% | 5,080 | 77.06% | 6,593 |
| Coffee | 15,875 | 76.44% | 4,221 | 20.33% | 671 | 3.23% | 11,654 | 56.11% | 20,767 |
| Colbert | 16,746 | 67.21% | 7,312 | 29.35% | 857 | 3.44% | 9,434 | 37.86% | 24,915 |
| Conecuh | 3,420 | 51.94% | 3,080 | 46.77% | 85 | 1.29% | 340 | 5.17% | 6,585 |
| Coosa | 3,381 | 64.38% | 1,782 | 33.93% | 89 | 1.69% | 1,599 | 30.45% | 5,252 |
| Covington | 13,267 | 83.23% | 2,387 | 14.97% | 286 | 1.80% | 10,880 | 68.26% | 15,940 |
| Crenshaw | 4,513 | 72.01% | 1,664 | 26.55% | 90 | 1.44% | 2,849 | 45.46% | 6,267 |
| Cullman | 32,989 | 87.10% | 3,798 | 10.03% | 1,086 | 2.87% | 29,191 | 77.07% | 37,873 |
| Dale | 13,808 | 73.65% | 4,413 | 23.54% | 528 | 2.81% | 9,395 | 50.11% | 18,749 |
| Dallas | 5,789 | 30.81% | 12,836 | 68.31% | 167 | 0.88% | -7,047 | -37.50% | 18,792 |
| DeKalb | 21,405 | 82.88% | 3,622 | 14.02% | 799 | 3.10% | 17,783 | 68.86% | 25,826 |
| Elmore | 27,634 | 74.17% | 8,443 | 22.66% | 1,183 | 3.17% | 19,191 | 51.51% | 37,260 |
| Escambia | 9,935 | 66.92% | 4,605 | 31.02% | 305 | 2.06% | 5,330 | 35.90% | 14,845 |
| Etowah | 32,353 | 73.26% | 10,442 | 23.64% | 1,369 | 3.10% | 21,911 | 49.62% | 44,164 |
| Fayette | 6,712 | 81.37% | 1,362 | 16.51% | 175 | 2.12% | 5,350 | 64.86% | 8,249 |
| Franklin | 9,466 | 78.62% | 2,197 | 18.25% | 377 | 3.13% | 7,269 | 60.37% | 12,040 |
| Geneva | 9,994 | 85.00% | 1,525 | 12.97% | 239 | 2.03% | 8,469 | 72.03% | 11,758 |
| Greene | 838 | 17.17% | 4,013 | 82.23% | 29 | 0.60% | -3,175 | -65.06% | 4,880 |
| Hale | 3,173 | 39.47% | 4,775 | 59.39% | 92 | 1.14% | -1,602 | -19.92% | 8,040 |
| Henry | 5,632 | 69.77% | 2,292 | 28.39% | 148 | 1.84% | 3,340 | 41.38% | 8,072 |
| Houston | 30,728 | 72.07% | 10,664 | 25.01% | 1,247 | 2.92% | 20,064 | 47.06% | 42,639 |
| Jackson | 16,672 | 79.45% | 3,673 | 17.50% | 639 | 3.05% | 12,999 | 61.95% | 20,984 |
| Jefferson | 134,768 | 44.30% | 156,873 | 51.57% | 12,550 | 4.13% | -22,105 | -7.27% | 304,191 |
| Lamar | 5,823 | 83.59% | 1,036 | 14.87% | 107 | 1.54% | 4,787 | 68.72% | 6,966 |
| Lauderdale | 27,899 | 70.59% | 9,952 | 25.18% | 1,674 | 4.23% | 17,947 | 45.41% | 39,525 |
| Lawrence | 10,833 | 73.05% | 3,627 | 24.46% | 369 | 2.49% | 7,206 | 48.59% | 14,829 |
| Lee | 34,617 | 58.48% | 21,230 | 35.87% | 3,344 | 5.65% | 13,387 | 22.61% | 59,191 |
| Limestone | 29,067 | 72.14% | 9,468 | 23.50% | 1,759 | 4.36% | 19,599 | 48.64% | 40,294 |
| Lowndes | 1,751 | 26.20% | 4,883 | 73.06% | 50 | 0.74% | -3,132 | -46.86% | 6,684 |
| Macon | 1,431 | 15.66% | 7,566 | 82.78% | 143 | 1.56% | -6,135 | -67.12% | 9,140 |
| Madison | 89,520 | 54.79% | 62,822 | 38.45% | 11,047 | 6.76% | 26,698 | 16.34% | 163,389 |
| Marengo | 5,233 | 47.60% | 5,615 | 51.07% | 146 | 1.33% | -382 | -3.47% | 10,994 |
| Marion | 11,274 | 86.83% | 1,432 | 11.03% | 278 | 2.14% | 9,842 | 75.80% | 12,984 |
| Marshall | 29,233 | 82.78% | 4,917 | 13.92% | 1,166 | 3.30% | 24,316 | 68.86% | 35,316 |
| Mobile | 95,116 | 55.06% | 72,186 | 41.79% | 5,435 | 3.15% | 22,930 | 13.27% | 172,737 |
| Monroe | 5,795 | 56.42% | 4,332 | 42.18% | 144 | 1.40% | 1,463 | 14.24% | 10,271 |
| Montgomery | 34,003 | 35.46% | 58,916 | 61.45% | 2,959 | 3.09% | -24,913 | -25.99% | 95,878 |
| Morgan | 37,486 | 74.02% | 11,254 | 22.22% | 1,904 | 3.76% | 26,232 | 51.80% | 50,644 |
| Perry | 1,407 | 26.66% | 3,824 | 72.45% | 47 | 0.89% | -2,417 | -45.79% | 5,278 |
| Pickens | 5,456 | 57.18% | 3,972 | 41.63% | 114 | 1.19% | 1,484 | 15.55% | 9,542 |
| Pike | 7,693 | 58.42% | 5,056 | 38.40% | 419 | 3.18% | 2,637 | 20.02% | 13,168 |
| Randolph | 7,705 | 75.64% | 2,291 | 22.49% | 191 | 1.87% | 5,414 | 53.15% | 10,187 |
| Russell | 9,210 | 47.83% | 9,579 | 49.75% | 467 | 2.42% | -369 | -1.92% | 19,256 |
| Shelby | 73,020 | 72.12% | 22,977 | 22.69% | 5,257 | 5.19% | 50,043 | 49.43% | 101,254 |
| St. Clair | 31,651 | 82.42% | 5,589 | 14.55% | 1,160 | 3.03% | 26,062 | 67.87% | 38,400 |
| Sumter | 1,581 | 24.66% | 4,746 | 74.03% | 84 | 1.31% | -3,165 | -49.37% | 6,411 |
| Talladega | 20,614 | 61.71% | 12,121 | 36.28% | 672 | 2.01% | 8,493 | 25.43% | 33,407 |
| Tallapoosa | 13,594 | 69.76% | 5,519 | 28.32% | 373 | 1.92% | 8,075 | 41.44% | 19,486 |
| Tuscaloosa | 47,723 | 57.71% | 31,762 | 38.41% | 3,215 | 3.88% | 15,961 | 19.30% | 82,700 |
| Walker | 24,266 | 82.34% | 4,497 | 15.26% | 709 | 2.40% | 19,769 | 67.08% | 29,472 |
| Washington | 6,042 | 70.81% | 2,374 | 27.82% | 117 | 1.37% | 3,668 | 42.99% | 8,533 |
| Wilcox | 1,742 | 28.45% | 4,339 | 70.86% | 42 | 0.69% | -2,597 | -42.41% | 6,123 |
| Winston | 9,228 | 89.48% | 872 | 8.46% | 213 | 2.06% | 8,356 | 81.02% | 10,313 |
| Totals | 1,318,255 | 62.08% | 729,547 | 34.36% | 75,570 | 3.56% | 588,708 | 27.72% | 2,123,372 |
* Democratic — +10-12.5%
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%
* Republican — +>15%
* Democratic — +10-12.5%
* Democratic — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +5-7.5%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Democratic — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +5-7.5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Republican — +10-12.5%
* Republican — +12.5-15%
* Republican — +>15%
* Democratic  Hold Republican  Hold  Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
* Barbour (largest city: Eufaula)
* Conecuh (largest city: Evergreen)

#### By congressional district

Trump won 6 of 7 congressional districts
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
| 1st | 62.97% | 33.78% | Bradley Byrne |
| 2nd | 64.25% | 32.95% | Martha Roby |
| 3rd | 64.74% | 31.99% | Mike Rogers |
| 4th | 79.73% | 17.31% | Robert Aderholt |
| 5th | 63.72% | 30.87% | Mo Brooks |
| 6th | 69.57% | 25.76% | Gary Palmer |
| 7th | 28.50% | 69.24% | 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.

### Opinion polls
## 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