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Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL·Alabama

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL has voted Republican in fourteen straight presidential elections — R+58 in 2024.

Baldwin County's Gulf Coast corridor is among Alabama's fastest-growing metros

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
LatestR+58in 2024
TypologyStable Rural Rightcluster typology
Population246,9892024 ACS

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama: Stable Rural Right metro. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+81 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+58MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Stable Rural RightAkashic typology
Population
246,9892024 5-year
Median household income
$78,7752024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
81.8%2024 5-year
Black
8.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.8%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+64 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+81 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
TrumpR+58
—
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican78.4%95,798
Kamala HarrisDemocratic20.4%24,934
OtherAll other candidates1.2%1,517
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: −58.0% in 2024.flipped R · 1964−58.0%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876+8.8%
1880+7.2%
1884+5.0%
1888+13.9%
1892+38.4%
1896+27.3%
1900+5.2%
1904+53.4%
1908+51.6%
1912+63.3%
1916+48.2%
1920+34.8%
1924+24.0%
1928−2.6%
1932+55.9%
1936+64.2%
1940+59.0%
1944+47.9%
1948−22.3%
1952+3.1%
1956−4.9%
1960+7.9%
1964−81.1%
1968−1.8%
1972−66.3%
1976−17.7%
1980−36.0%
1984−53.5%
1988−46.8%
1992−30.3%
1996−35.5%
2000−47.6%
2004−53.9%
2008−51.4%
2012−55.8%
2016−58.0%
2020−53.8%
2024−58.0%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−58.0%
24,93495,798122,249
R
−53.8%
24,57883,544109,679
R
−58.0%
18,45872,88393,805
R
−55.8%
18,42466,01685,338
R
−51.4%
19,38661,27181,413
R
−53.9%
15,59952,97169,320
R
−47.6%
13,99740,87256,480
R
−35.5%
12,77629,48747,119
R
−30.3%
12,19526,27046,476
R
−46.8%
9,27125,93335,598
R
−53.5%
7,27224,96433,045
R
−36.0%
8,44818,65228,353
R
−17.7%
9,19113,25622,967
R
−66.3%
2,92315,10418,375
O
−1.8%
1,8212,15418,404
R
−81.1%
010,87013,400
D
+7.9%
5,6474,81210,636
R
−4.9%
3,8784,2938,415
D
+3.1%
3,3863,1796,617
O
−22.3%
07673,445
D
+47.9%
2,0026952,727
D
+59.0%
2,6816173,501
D
+64.2%
2,3374332,966
D
+55.9%
2,0975442,780
R
−2.6%
1,3171,3882,719
D
+24.0%
1,0235491,978
D
+34.8%
1,2305561,937
D
+48.2%
7662161,140
D
+63.3%
62337926
D
+51.6%
439109639
D
+53.4%
454126614
D
+5.2%
444396921
D
+27.3%
7264041,181
D
+38.4%
9123821,382
D
+13.9%
7245471,271
D
+5.0%
7767021,488
D
+7.2%
7676631,453
D
+8.8%
7896621,451

Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
18.5%
English
15.6%
Irish
10.4%
German
10.1%
Italian
2.9%
French
2.3%
Scottish
2.1%
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: 43.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.2%
3.2%
75–84
3.6%
6.1%
65–74
6.9%
6.8%
55–64
7.5%
6.2%
45–54
6.6%
6.0%
35–44
6.2%
5.4%
25–34
5.6%
3.5%
18–24
3.5%
8.2%
5–17
7.8%
2.6%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,775
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$78,775
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
10.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.0%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
16.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
13.6%
Other Christian
9.8%
Methodist
6.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
3.4%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by retiree-heavy Fairhope and resort-adjacent Foley, this Baldwin County corridor has trended sharply Republican even as rapid in-migration from other states slowly diversifies its electorate.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of sixty-four points in 1936 and a Republican high of eighty-one points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved four points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifty-eight points.

A population of 246,989, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,775 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 58.0 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 122,249 votes cast, 24,934 went Democratic and 95,798 went Republican.
What is Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama's political typology?
Akashic places Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama in the "Stable Rural Right" 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 19 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama?
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama has a population of 246,989 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama is $78,775 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Stable Rural Right" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.