American Psephology

The 1996 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 5, 1996, Alabama's voters voted for nine at-large electors. Seven electoral slates ran, only one of whose contents are known. The presidential candidates are as follows:

The Republican slate is as follows:

The county returns are as follows:

Republicans Democrats Perot Libertarians Phillips National Law Harris
Autauga 9509 5015 813 39 18 10 4
Baldwin 29487 12776 4520 170 63 37 11
Barbour 3627 4787 515 16 4 1 1
Bibb 3037 2775 455 10 19 3 2
Blount 9056 5061 985 156 43 13 13
Bullock 1154 3078 111 23 2 8 4
Butler 3352 3828 538 19 11 7 0
Calhoun 18088 15725 2613 208 81 186 10
Chambers 4707 5515 812 35 10 9 4
Cherokee 3048 4399 899 55 9 4 7
Chilton 7910 5354 929 34 27 8 2
Choctaw 2623 4074 413 8 4 3 6
Clarke 4785 4831 478 15 4 2 3
Clay 2694 2306 538 13 7 3 7
Cleburne 2063 1737 385 36 3 6 11
Coffee 7805 5168 1042 121 8 12 3
Colbert 8305 10226 1696 35 30 12 3
Conecuh 2093 2903 335 7 4 6 1
Coosa 1721 2121 262 17 5 2 1
Covington 6035 4543 1098 104 24 103 6
Crenshaw 1939 2172 317 14 2 3 0
Cullman 14308 9544 2440 52 189 14 6
Dale 8288 4732 1216 34 33 10 5
Dallas 6612 10507 477 31 9 6 6
DeKalb 9823 6544 1609 96 20 25 19
Elmore 12937 6530 1368 67 13 10 6
Escambia 5214 4651 867 140 63 163 6
Etowah 16835 17976 2529 87 49 29 14
Fayette 3191 3381 590 12 19 3 3
Franklin 4449 5028 966 15 8 6 2
Geneva 4725 3174 857 78 22 125 2
Greene 796 3526 55 11 16 16 4
Hale 1893 3372 190 7 4 3 2
Henry 3082 3019 515 9 6 3 0
Houston 17476 8791 1653 61 40 16 8
Jackson 5650 8204 1573 85 28 11 5
Jefferson 130980 120208 7997 699 421 179 68
Lamar 2955 2843 597 7 5 1 2
Lauderdale 14058 13619 2574 85 40 27 9
Lawrence 3893 5254 964 8 14 3 1
Lee 17895 12919 1949 223 24 36 11
Limestone 10862 8045 1659 63 26 11 4
Lowndes 1369 3970 72 20 2 6 2
Macon 987 7018 150 28 4 8 8
Madison 50390 42259 7437 450 194 96 32
Marengo 4013 4899 337 32 2 5 6
Marion 4742 5049 979 9 33 8 4
Marshall 12323 8722 2150 64 16 13 3
Mobile 66775 54749 7555 555 111 168 36
Monroe 4382 3815 486 7 3 1 2
Montgomery 37784 38382 2036 357 31 84 22
Morgan 21765 14616 3348 121 88 21 17
Perry 1703 4053 119 21 3 0 2
Pickens 3322 4018 403 15 5 4 5
Pike 5281 4514 503 17 10 5 3
Randolph 3304 3023 603 31 6 2 0
Russell 5025 7834 792 21 4 5 6
Shelby 37090 11280 2035 137 127 28 9
St. Clair 12762 6187 417 46 39 12 14
Sumter 1561 4706 172 9 3 3 2
Talladega 10931 10385 1335 48 47 14 8
Tallapoosa 7627 6071 1038 39 10 12 5
Tuscaloosa 27939 23067 3048 180 82 45 21
Walker 9837 12929 2012 39 76 9 12
Washington 2900 3935 819 13 6 9 10
Wilcox 1454 3303 71 14 1 2 2
Winston 4728 3120 723 12 35 2 3
Total 769,044 (50.16%) 662,165 (43.19%) 92,149 (6.01%) 5290 (.35%) 2365 (.15%) 1697 (.11%) 516 (.03%)

The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Dole and Kemp on December 16.