American Psephology

The 1984 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 6, 1984, Alabama's voters voted for nine at-large electors. Seven electoral slates ran, none of whose contents are known. The presidential candidates are as follows:

The county returns are as follows:

Republicans Democrats Libertarians Hall Richards Mason Serrette
Autauga 8350 3366 165 15 17 2 2
Baldwin 24964 7272 337 29 159 151 133
Barbour 5459 4591 89 7 7 5 3
Bibb 3487 2167 13 6 4 2 8
Blount 8508 3738 102 21 33 43 37
Bullock 1697 3537 49 4 7 3 2
Butler 4941 3641 116 5 1 4 1
Calhoun 23291 12752 400 1143 277 99 120
Chambers 8024 5302 113 10 7 5 2
Cherokee 3225 3029 55 3 2 4 1
Chilton 8243 2934 93 388 18 11 1
Choctaw 3960 3373 6 3 2 0 5
Clarke 6282 4452 67 4 3 3 0
Clay 3432 1456 70 63 6 5 1
Cleburne 3259 1238 43 33 15 18 17
Coffee 10558 4370 141 10 18 11 10
Colbert 9530 11008 231 29 228 3 3
Conecuh 3538 2735 36 14 5 2 4
Coosa 2585 1781 9 7 3 0 0
Covington 9944 3812 55 45 8 12 7
Crenshaw 3261 1904 32 65 0 8 2
Cullman 14782 7989 143 176 16 9 11
Dale 10319 3215 133 8 13 3 1
Dallas 9585 10955 151 13 3 7 4
DeKalb 12098 7212 19 5 7 2 6
Elmore 11694 4198 162 7 10 1 5
Escambia 8694 3853 70 77 9 11 10
Etowah 19243 19074 184 252 23 3 2
Fayette 4654 2533 9 4 1 0 0
Franklin 5304 4601 100 8 5 6 3
Geneva 6308 2330 80 282 9 2 0
Greene 1361 3675 51 122 0 0 0
Hale 2691 3289 60 4 6 6 0
Henry 3952 2231 17 24 5 7 3
Houston 20854 6488 56 90 11 4 2
Jackson 6730 7635 169 15 13 16 4
Jefferson 158362 107506 485 72 74 24 24
Lamar 3943 1910 4 1 5 1 3
Lauderdale 15354 12907 352 23 14 8 1
Lawrence 4466 4866 77 71 8 2 4
Lee 16757 9077 289 17 11 4 6
Limestone 8423 5410 160 12 4 0 1
Lowndes 1629 3567 38 5 4 7 2
Macon 1543 7857 52 19 6 8 14
Madison 50428 26881 683 58 63 16 5
Marengo 5261 4811 101 8 14 8 10
Marion 6771 3918 17 4 1 1 1
Marshall 12330 7704 305 32 13 6 1
Mobile 81923 47252 804 772 61 73 74
Monroe 5917 3725 55 40 10 5 4
Montgomery 43328 31206 337 19 45 36 34
Morgan 24301 11324 73 12 13 5 13
Perry 2600 2731 66 5 3 0 3
Pickens 4685 3586 9 6 5 3 2
Pike 6231 3541 146 12 10 7 6
Randolph 4940 2439 124 6 4 2 0
Russell 6654 7610 166 6 6 9 1
Shelby 21858 5884 271 8 17 12 6
St. Clair 10408 4000 232 20 1 0 5
Sumter 2493 4478 16 1 1 2 2
Talladega 14067 8490 220 209 23 6 5
Tallapoosa 9045 4458 139 11 5 3 5
Tuscaloosa 28075 16066 533 37 17 4 7
Walker 12852 10591 94 194 8 10 4
Washington 4434 3081 17 2 3 3 3
Wilcox 2337 3663 8 4 4 4 2
Winston 6845 2624 5 3 0 0 1
Total 872,849 (60.54%) 551,899 (38.28%) 9504 (.66%) 4671 (.32%) 1401 (.10%) 730 (.05%) 659 (.05%)

The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Reagan and Bush on December 17.