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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Alabama, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1819, Alabama has participated in every U.S. presidential election except the election of 1864, during the American Civil War , when the state had seceded to join the Confederacy .
Feelings of cultural and political polarization between red and blue states, which have gained increased media attention since the 2004 election, have resulted in increased mutual feelings of alienation and enmity. [33] The polarization has been present for only four close elections (2000, 2004, 2016, and 2020).
Alabama's 67 County Sheriffs are elected in partisan elections, and Democrats until 2016 retained the majority of those posts. The current split as of April 2017 is 32 Democrats, 34 Republicans, and 1 Independent (Fayette). [15] Most Democrat sheriffs have been elected in rural counties.
Internationally, blue is often linked with wealth and conservatism, having historically been the most expensive color to produce.Red, meanwhile, has long been associated with radicalism.
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In the state of Alabama, a faithless elector's vote is counted and not penalized. [44] [45] The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2020, to cast their votes for president and vice president. All 9 pledged electors from Alabama cast their votes for President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence. The ...
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The Democrats' "lock" on these states had been called into question between 2012 and 2016, as several had been competitive in recent elections, and many had Republicans currently holding elected statewide office, generally either senator or governor. [11] Blue wall states with a Republican senator included Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Maine.