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1876–2024
Montgomery County, Alabama
Montgomery County·Alabama

Montgomery County has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

Alabama's capital county posts Democratic margins above 30 points

18762024·38 elections
Montgomery County, Alabama · Chris Pruitt · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+31
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
226,718
2024 ACS
Most similar
Mecklenburg County
NC · similarity 0.99
51 precincts · 89,798 votes cast
Harris · D+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+30.6%
57,94630,47789,798
2020D
+31.5%
64,52933,31199,139
2016D
+26.4%
58,91634,00394,405
2012D
+24.3%
63,08538,332101,924
2008D
+19.2%
62,16642,031104,743
2004D
+1.2%
45,16044,09789,650
2000D
+1.9%
40,37138,82780,328
1996D
+0.8%
38,38237,78478,744
1992R
−3.9%
37,34240,74286,152
1988R
−17.6%
28,70941,13170,391
1984R
−16.2%
31,20643,32875,005
1980R
−11.6%
28,01835,74566,504
1976R
−8.6%
24,64129,36054,733
1972R
−46.0%
12,72335,35349,197
1968D
+11.5%
12,0886,74646,525
1964R
−75.5%
023,01530,497
1960R
−11.0%
9,42111,77821,448
1956R
−9.8%
6,8908,72718,841
1952D
+6.5%
9,2348,10217,529
1948R
−11.1%
08027,204
1944D
+91.6%
9,1433819,562
1940D
+95.7%
11,31123011,573
1936D
+96.0%
12,06122312,332
1932D
+91.4%
10,06644110,533
1928D
+34.2%
6,3473,1149,464
1924D
+83.1%
4,4222335,042
1920D
+90.0%
6,4113146,775
1916D
+93.0%
3,3161063,452
1912D
+92.8%
3,047433,238
1908D
+93.6%
2,621792,715
1904D
+95.6%
2,492502,555
1900D
+65.9%
3,0475673,766
1896D
+39.9%
2,6539774,200
1892D
+56.9%
3,70276,493
1888D
+11.2%
3,7122,9666,679
1884R
−33.5%
2,5875,2107,826
1880R
−29.5%
2,9715,4698,479
1876R
−44.9%
2,3816,2598,640
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
1.2%
African American
47.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
30.0%
Other Christian
19.1%
Methodist
10.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Non-Christian
2.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Montgomery County anchors its margins in a majority-Black electorate shaped by its legacy as the cradle of the civil rights movement, producing some of the most consistent Democratic overperformance in the Deep South.

The Democratic margin in Montgomery County reached its widest at ninety-six points in 1936. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points — still decisive.

Montgomery County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $59,386, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 226,718 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Mecklenburg County and Charles County.