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1876–2024
Alexander City, AL·Alabama

Alexander City, AL has voted Republican in eleven straight presidential elections — R+49 in 2024.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
LatestR+49in 2024
TypologyEvangelical Deep Southcluster typology
Population40,9382024 ACS

Alexander City, AL, Alabama: Evangelical Deep South metro. In 2024, voted R+49%. Democratic peak: D+100 in 1924.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+49MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Evangelical Deep SouthAkashic typology
Population
40,9382024 5-year
Median household income
$59,3562024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
68.0%2024 5-year
Black
23.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+100 in 1924MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+76 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Alexander City, AL
TrumpR+49
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican74.3%14,884
Kamala HarrisDemocratic24.8%4,975
OtherAll other candidates0.8%164
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −49.5% in 2024.flipped R · 1984−49.5%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+60.5%
1880+54.9%
1884+54.0%
1888+52.1%
1892+50.8%
1896+56.3%
1900+35.0%
1904+73.1%
1908+75.3%
1912+81.5%
1916+85.7%
1920+77.9%
1924+99.5%
1928+19.1%
1932+92.0%
1936+92.4%
1940+93.5%
1944+92.0%
1948−6.3%
1952+61.9%
1956+45.3%
1960+43.3%
1964−76.1%
1968+1.1%
1972−59.2%
1976+18.1%
1980+9.6%
1984−33.6%
1988−29.4%
1992−15.8%
1996−10.5%
2000−22.3%
2004−38.7%
2008−36.5%
2012−32.3%
2016−41.7%
2020−43.4%
2024−49.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−49.5%
4,97514,88420,023
R
−43.4%
5,85914,96320,991
R
−41.7%
5,51913,59419,346
R
−32.3%
6,31912,39618,829
R
−36.5%
6,06313,11619,311
R
−38.7%
5,45112,39217,952
R
−22.3%
6,1839,80516,253
R
−10.5%
6,0717,62714,815
R
−15.8%
5,7038,14015,456
R
−29.4%
4,5988,50213,298
R
−33.6%
4,4589,04513,666
D
+9.6%
7,2605,95813,603
D
+18.1%
7,6145,23713,163
R
−59.2%
2,1138,53510,843
O
+1.1%
1,3311,20511,821
R
−76.1%
05,5307,263
D
+43.3%
5,4602,1507,648
D
+45.3%
5,0701,8797,042
D
+61.9%
5,0551,1876,249
O
−6.3%
01562,474
D
+92.0%
3,3261363,469
D
+93.5%
4,3251394,475
D
+92.4%
3,6251413,772
D
+92.0%
3,3911383,537
D
+19.1%
1,8491,2573,107
D
+99.5%
1,71311,720
D
+77.9%
2,2572692,552
D
+85.7%
1,8921292,057
D
+81.5%
1,586841,843
D
+75.3%
1,3431041,646
D
+73.1%
1,7912342,130
D
+35.0%
2,5571,2023,874
D
+56.3%
2,6916853,563
D
+50.8%
2,4703064,263
D
+52.1%
2,3857513,136
D
+54.0%
2,2616752,938
D
+54.9%
2,6767793,455
D
+60.5%
2,8927113,603

Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.5%
American
10.8%
Irish
10.4%
German
6.1%
Italian
1.7%
Scottish
1.3%
Polish
0.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 45.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.2%
3.6%
75–84
3.9%
6.7%
65–74
7.3%
7.5%
55–64
7.7%
5.9%
45–54
6.4%
5.0%
35–44
5.5%
5.6%
25–34
6.1%
3.5%
18–24
3.5%
7.8%
5–17
7.3%
2.6%
<5
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,356
Alexander City, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Alexander City, AL$59,356
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1823.6%
Working age (18–64)14.2%
Seniors (65+)16.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.7%
Other Indo-European0.6%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
45.5%
Other Christian
12.5%
Methodist
9.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alexander City, AL sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 100 points in 1924 and a Republican high of seventy-six points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved six points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was forty-nine points.

A population of 40,938, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,356 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Alexander City, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Alexander City, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 49.5 points (R+49), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,023 votes cast, 4,975 went Democratic and 14,884 went Republican.
What is Alexander City, AL, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Alexander City, AL, Alabama in the "Evangelical Deep South" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 13 times, and other 2 times.
When did Alexander City, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Alexander City, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Alexander City, AL, Alabama?
Alexander City, AL, Alabama has a population of 40,938 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alexander City, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Alexander City, AL, Alabama is $59,356 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Alexander City, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Alexander City, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Evangelical Deep South" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.