BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — On Election Day, only 58.55% of registered voters in Alabama turned out to the polls, marking one of the lowest voter turnouts for a presidential election in over 30 years, according to data from the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office.
During the election, where the majority of Alabamians overwhelmingly voted for Donald Trump as president, over 2.2 million votes were cast in the state, shy of Alabama’s nearly 3.9 million registered voters.
The election marks a drop in the 63% of the state that turned out for the 2020 general election, as well as the lowest voter turnout for a presidential election statewide since 1988, when 56% of voters — representing nearly 1.4 million votes — went out to the polls to vote. That year, the majority of Alabama voters cast their ballots for George H.W. Bush as president.
The highest voter turnout in Alabama in the last 40 years was in 1992, when 76% of the state electorate turned out at the voting booths, representing nearly 1.7 million votes cast. That year, Alabamians again voted for Bush, even though Bill Clinton went on to ultimately win the race.
Last Tuesday, Elmore County had the highest voter turnout statewide with nearly 65.6% of its 63,575 registered voters casting their ballots. The county with the lowest voter turnout was Russell County with only 44.5% of its 46,542 registered voters casting their choice for president and other offices.
Vice President Kamala Harris won 12 counties in Alabama: Jefferson, Lowndes, Bullock, Dallas, Russell, Greene, Montgomery, Sumter, Hale, Perry, Wilcox and Macon.
Alabama’s deadline to certify all of its ballots will be Nov. 27.
The full breakdown of voting data across Alabama counties for the 2024 election can be read below:
Autauga
- Total Ballots Cast: 28,338
- Total Registered Voters: 46,291
- Voter Turnout: 61.22%
Baldwin
- Total Ballots Cast: 121,694
- Total Registered Voters: 207,667
- Voter Turnout: 58.60%
Barbour
- Total Ballots Cast: 9,848
- Total Registered Voters: 17,665
- Voter Turnout: 55.75%
Bibb
- Total Ballots Cast: 9,267
- Total Registered Voters: 15,154
- Voter Turnout: 61.15%
Blount
- Total Ballots Cast: 28,138
- Total Registered Voters: 43,601
- Voter Turnout: 64.54%
Bullock
- Total Ballots Cast: 4,142
- Total Registered Voters: 7,181
- Voter Turnout: 57.68%
Butler
- Total Ballots Cast: 8,503
- Total Registered Voters: 14,529
- Voter Turnout: 58.52%
Calhoun
- Total Ballots Cast: 48,724
- Total Registered Voters: 84,074
- Voter Turnout: 57.95%
Chambers
- Total Ballots Cast: 14,299
- Total Registered Voters: 26,794
- Voter Turnout: 53.37%
Cherokee
- Total Ballots Cast: 13,030
- Total Registered Voters: 21,383
- Voter Turnout: 60.94%
Chilton
- Total Ballots Cast: 19,804
- Total Registered Voters: 31,677
- Voter Turnout: 62.52%
Choctaw
- Total Ballots Cast: 6,679
- Total Registered Voters: 10,766
- Voter Turnout: 62.04%
Clarke
- Total Ballots Cast: 11,974
- Total Registered Voters: 19,144
- Voter Turnout: 62.55%
Clay
- Total Ballots Cast: 6,739
- Total Registered Voters: 10,603
- Voter Turnout: 63.56%
Cleburne
- Total Ballots Cast: 7,680
- Total Registered Voters: 12,193
- Voter Turnout: 62.99%
Coffee
- Total Ballots Cast: 22,311
- Total Registered Voters: 39,773
- Voter Turnout: 56.10%
Colbert
- Total Ballots Cast: 27,093
- Total Registered Voters: 45,322
- Voter Turnout: 59.78%
Conecuh
- Total Ballots Cast: 6,105
- Total Registered Voters: 9,820
- Voter Turnout: 62.17%
Coosa
- Total Ballots Cast: 5,265
- Total Registered Voters: 8,354
- Voter Turnout: 63.02%
Covington
- Total Ballots Cast: 17,133
- Total Registered Voters: 29,305
- Voter Turnout: 58.46%
Crenshaw
- Total Ballots Cast: 6,503
- Total Registered Voters: 10,851
- Voter Turnout: 59.93%
Cullman
- Total Ballots Cast: 43,269
- Total Registered Voters: 66,592
- Voter Turnout: 64.98%
Dale
- Total Ballots Cast: 19,198
- Total Registered Voters: 37,100
- Voter Turnout: 51.75%
Dallas
- Total Ballots Cast: 15,631
- Total Registered Voters: 29,534
- Voter Turnout: 52.93%
DeKalb
- Total Ballots Cast: 29,756
- Total Registered Voters: 48,065
- Voter Turnout: 61.91%
Elmore
- Total Ballots Cast: 41,681
- Total Registered Voters: 63,575
- Voter Turnout: 65.56%
Escambia
- Total Ballots Cast: 14,980
- Total Registered Voters: 28,268
- Voter Turnout: 52.99%
Etowah
- Total Ballots Cast: 46,038
- Total Registered Voters: 77,747
- Voter Turnout: 59.22%
Fayette
- Total Ballots Cast: 8,401
- Total Registered Voters: 12,897
- Voter Turnout: 65.14%
Franklin
- Total Ballots Cast: 12,144
- Total Registered Voters: 19,919
- Voter Turnout: 60.97%
Geneva
- Total Ballots Cast: 12,422
- Total Registered Voters: 20,768
- Voter Turnout: 59.81%
Greene
- Total Ballots Cast: 4,054
- Total Registered Voters: 6,572
- Voter Turnout: 61.69%
Hale
- Total Ballots Cast: 7,281
- Total Registered Voters: 12,162
- Voter Turnout: 59.87%
Henry
- Total Ballots Cast: 9,345
- Total Registered Voters: 14,762
- Voter Turnout: 63.30%
Houston
- Total Ballots Cast: 44,239
- Total Registered Voters: 82,245
- Voter Turnout: 53.79%
Jackson
- Total Ballots Cast: 23,636
- Total Registered Voters: 40,987
- Voter Turnout: 57.67%
Jefferson
- Total Ballots Cast: 299,443
- Total Registered Voters: 501,885
- Voter Turnout: 59.66%
Lamar
- Total Ballots Cast: 6,917
- Total Registered Voters: 11,087
- Voter Turnout: 62.39%
Lauderdale
- Total Ballots Cast: 43,693
- Total Registered Voters: 70,858
- Voter Turnout: 61.66%
Lawrence
- Total Ballots Cast: 16,101
- Total Registered Voters: 25,904
- Voter Turnout: 62.16%
Lee
- Total Ballots Cast: 73,085
- Total Registered Voters: 134,149
- Voter Turnout: 54.48%
Limestone
- Total Ballots Cast: 53,001
- Total Registered Voters: 82,644
- Voter Turnout: 64.13%
Lowndes
- Total Ballots Cast: 5,695
- Total Registered Voters: 9,668
- Voter Turnout: 58.91%
Macon
- Total Ballots Cast: 7,860
- Total Registered Voters: 16,972
- Voter Turnout: 46.31%
Madison
- Total Ballots Cast: 197,251
- Total Registered Voters: 333,094
- Voter Turnout: 59.22%
Marengo
- Total Ballots Cast: 9,703
- Total Registered Voters: 15,710
- Voter Turnout: 61.76%
Marion
- Total Ballots Cast: 13,587
- Total Registered Voters: 22,675
- Voter Turnout: 59.92%
Marshall
- Total Ballots Cast: 40,396
- Total Registered Voters: 67,826
- Voter Turnout: 59.56%
Mobile
- Total Ballots Cast: 174,424
- Total Registered Voters: 322,535
- Voter Turnout: 54.08%
Monroe
- Total Ballots Cast: 9,860
- Total Registered Voters: 16,351
- Voter Turnout: 60.30%
Montgomery
- Total Ballots Cast: 89,980
- Total Registered Voters: 163,668
- Voter Turnout: 54.98%
Morgan
- Total Ballots Cast: 53,531
- Total Registered Voters: 88,618
- Voter Turnout: 60.41%
Perry
- Total Ballots Cast: 4,477
- Total Registered Voters: 7,630
- Voter Turnout: 58.68%
Pickens
- Total Ballots Cast: 8,929
- Total Registered Voters: 14,037
- Voter Turnout: 63.61%
Pike
- Total Ballots Cast: 13,264
- Total Registered Voters: 24,517
- Voter Turnout: 54.10%
Randolph
- Total Ballots Cast: 11,123
- Total Registered Voters: 19,342
- Voter Turnout: 57.51%
Russell
- Total Ballots Cast: 20,718
- Total Registered Voters: 46,542
- Voter Turnout: 44.51%
Shelby
- Total Ballots Cast: 114,806
- Total Registered Voters: 178,383
- Voter Turnout: 64.36%
St. Clair
- Total Ballots Cast: 42,818
- Total Registered Voters: 73,065
- Voter Turnout: 58.60%
Sumter
- Total Ballots Cast: 5,327
- Total Registered Voters: 9,633
- Voter Turnout: 55.30%
Talladega
- Total Ballots Cast: 33,276
- Total Registered Voters: 61,345
- Voter Turnout: 54.24%
Tallapoosa
- Total Ballots Cast: 20,106
- Total Registered Voters: 32,576
- Voter Turnout: 61.72%
Tuscaloosa
- Total Ballots Cast: 85,322
- Total Registered Voters: 154,594
- Voter Turnout: 55.19%
Walker
- Total Ballots Cast: 29,801
- Total Registered Voters: 49,224
- Voter Turnout: 60.54%
Washington
- Total Ballots Cast: 8,477
- Total Registered Voters: 13,788
- Voter Turnout: 61.48%
Wilcox
- Total Ballots Cast: 5,287
- Total Registered Voters: 8,557
- Voter Turnout: 61.79%
Winston
- Total Ballots Cast: 11,178
- Total Registered Voters: 17,826
- Voter Turnout: 62.71%
