| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 7,640 | 35,501 | 43,526 | |
| 2020 | R | 7,744 | 36,166 | 44,441 | |
| 2016 | R | 5,589 | 31,651 | 37,924 | |
| 2012 | R | 5,801 | 29,031 | 35,148 | |
| 2008 | R | 6,091 | 27,649 | 34,088 | |
| 2004 | R | 5,456 | 23,500 | 29,161 | |
| 2000 | R | 6,485 | 17,117 | 24,090 | |
| 1996 | R | 6,187 | 12,762 | 20,489 | |
| 1992 | R | 6,517 | 12,447 | 21,624 | |
| 1988 | R | 4,335 | 10,604 | 14,997 | |
| 1984 | R | 4,000 | 10,408 | 14,654 | |
| 1980 | R | 5,236 | 7,768 | 13,654 | |
| 1976 | D | 5,653 | 4,877 | 10,869 | |
| 1972 | R | 1,538 | 6,952 | 8,710 | |
| 1968 | R | 869 | 1,635 | 9,697 | |
| 1964 | R | 0 | 4,813 | 6,802 | |
| 1960 | D | 3,039 | 2,589 | 5,640 | |
| 1956 | R | 2,420 | 2,441 | 4,975 | |
| 1952 | D | 2,326 | 1,590 | 3,922 | |
| 1948 | R | 0 | 1,063 | 2,980 | |
| 1944 | D | 1,819 | 1,117 | 2,950 | |
| 1940 | D | 2,462 | 1,540 | 4,024 | |
| 1936 | D | 2,371 | 777 | 3,181 | |
| 1932 | D | 2,365 | 864 | 3,263 | |
| 1928 | R | 1,313 | 2,581 | 3,896 | |
| 1924 | R | 1,281 | 1,432 | 2,828 | |
| 1920 | R | 1,934 | 2,561 | 4,653 | |
| 1916 | D | 987 | 851 | 1,899 | |
| 1912 | D | 787 | 260 | 1,809 | |
| 1908 | D | 820 | 782 | 1,794 | |
| 1904 | D | 908 | 593 | 1,941 | |
| 1900 | R | 794 | 1,171 | 2,445 | |
| 1896 | D | 1,604 | 603 | 2,279 | |
| 1892 | D | 1,079 | 78 | 2,630 | |
| 1888 | D | 1,489 | 640 | 2,150 | |
| 1884 | D | 901 | 661 | 1,572 | |
| 1880 | D | 942 | 496 | 1,438 | |
| 1876 | D | 1,134 | 435 | 1,569 |
St. Clair's R+64 margin in 2024 reflects the lopsided partisanship common to the Appalachian foothills east of Birmingham, where population growth from suburban spillover has done little to shift the county's deeply Republican baseline.
The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in St. Clair County, by a nineteen points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in St. Clair County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 84% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $77,463, and a 11% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Washington County and Nassau County.
