American Psephology

The 2016 Presidential Election in Alabama

On November 8, 2016, Alabama's voters voted for nine at-large electors. Four electoral slates ran.

The Democratic candidates:

  • Valvier Bright
  • Clint Daughtrey
  • Randy Kelly
  • Unzell Kelly
  • Janet May
  • Kathy McShan
  • Joe L. Reed
  • Darryl Sinkfield
  • Nancy Worley

The Republican candidates:

  • At-large - Perry O. Hooper, Jr.
  • At-large - Grady H. Thornton
  • 1st District - Frank Burt, Jr.
  • 2nd District - Will B. Sellers
  • 3rd District - James Eldon Wilson
  • 4th District - Tim Wadsworth
  • 5th District - J. Elbert Peters
  • 6th District - Mary Sue McClurkin
  • 7th District - Robert A. Cusanelli

The independent candidates pledged to Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Jill Stein (Green) are unknown.

The county returns are as follows:

Republicans Democrats Johnson Write-ins Stein
Autauga 18172 5936 546 214 105
Baldwin 72883 18458 2464 954 456
Barbour 5454 4871 93 33 18
Bibb 6738 1874 124 66 17
Blount 22859 2156 338 146 89
Bullock 1140 3530 22 8 10
Butler 4901 3726 65 27 13
Calhoun 32865 13242 1116 379 262
Chambers 7843 5784 168 61 44
Cherokee 8953 1547 147 60 26
Chilton 15081 2911 228 97 52
Choctaw 4106 3109 52 19 6
Clarke 7140 5749 99 26 17
Clay 5245 1237 93 33 16
Cleburne 5764 684 90 35 20
Coffee 15875 4221 396 171 104
Colbert 16746 7312 511 239 107
Conecuh 3420 3080 51 24 10
Coosa 3381 1782 53 22 14
Covington 13267 2387 183 67 36
Crenshaw 4513 1664 65 11 14
Cullman 32989 3798 687 265 134
Dale 13808 4413 350 116 62
Dallas 5789 12836 96 47 24
DeKalb 21405 3622 458 189 152
Elmore 27634 8443 738 333 112
Escambia 9935 4605 188 80 37
Etowah 32353 10442 835 370 164
Fayette 6712 1362 109 42 24
Franklin 9466 2197 238 85 54
Geneva 9994 1525 149 66 24
Greene 838 4013 13 11 5
Hale 3173 4775 54 26 12
Henry 5632 2292 91 40 17
Houston 30728 10664 779 324 144
Jackson 16672 3673 393 156 90
Jefferson 134768 156873 6645 4351 1554
Lamar 5823 1036 62 30 15
Lauderdale 27899 9952 987 465 222
Lawrence 10833 3627 250 88 31
Lee 34617 21230 2030 950 364
Limestone 29067 9468 1055 502 202
Lowndes 1751 4883 32 7 11
Macon 1431 7566 69 25 49
Madison 89520 62822 6621 3172 1254
Marengo 5233 5615 104 29 13
Marion 11274 1432 181 71 26
Marshall 29233 4917 678 330 158
Mobile 95116 72186 3291 1353 791
Monroe 5795 4332 88 39 17
Montgomery 34003 58916 1486 983 490
Morgan 37486 11254 1168 518 218
Perry 1407 3824 23 18 6
Pickens 5456 3972 49 46 19
Pike 7693 5056 257 114 48
Randolph 7705 2291 124 48 19
Russell 9210 9579 281 118 68
Shelby 73020 22977 2965 1812 480
St. Clair 31651 5589 684 346 130
Sumter 1581 4746 57 13 14
Talladega 20614 12121 411 155 106
Tallapoosa 13594 5519 233 88 52
Tuscaloosa 47723 31762 1873 952 390
Walker 24266 4497 455 159 95
Washington 6042 2374 73 22 22
Wilcox 1742 4339 22 13 7
Winston 9228 872 131 53 29
Total 1,318,255 (62.08%) 729,547 (34.36%) 44,467 (2.09%) 21,712 (1.02%) 9391 (.44%)

The Republican slate was duly elected, and voted for Trump and Pence on December 19.