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1876–2024
Winston County, Alabama
Winston County·Alabama

Winston County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Alabama's most Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Winston County, Alabama · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+83
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
23,682
2024 ACS
Most similar
Rogers County
OK · similarity 1.00
18 precincts · 11,149 votes cast
Trump · R+83
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−83.5%
88410,19111,149
2020R
−81.7%
97410,19511,284
2016R
−81.7%
8729,22810,231
2012R
−72.3%
1,2868,3129,714
2008R
−63.3%
1,7578,10310,031
2004R
−56.5%
2,2368,13010,423
2000R
−39.9%
2,6926,4139,318
1996R
−18.6%
3,1204,7288,627
1992R
−21.2%
3,4155,55010,089
1988R
−35.6%
2,9546,2359,225
1984R
−44.5%
2,6246,8459,478
1980R
−19.1%
3,3684,9818,436
1976D
+5.4%
4,1343,7107,868
1972R
−72.6%
7794,9715,771
1968R
−34.7%
2582,1745,527
1964R
−71.2%
03,4384,829
1960R
−34.1%
1,6813,4215,105
1956R
−31.2%
1,5702,9984,570
1952R
−18.4%
1,3902,0173,416
1948R
−64.3%
01,5882,468
1944R
−25.4%
9121,5382,460
1940R
−9.4%
1,3941,6863,091
1936R
−5.7%
1,2701,4252,703
1932D
+0.0%
1,0061,0052,019
1928R
−51.9%
6592,0852,745
1924R
−24.8%
6501,0961,796
1920R
−38.0%
1,0372,3073,344
1916R
−20.6%
7271,1071,847
1912D
+12.7%
5082921,700
1908R
−36.0%
4439491,404
1904R
−13.1%
6027891,429
1900D
+1.8%
5395191,087
1896R
−25.3%
349589949
1892D
+47.8%
52621,096
1888R
−19.0%
220323543
1884R
−16.8%
131184315
1880D
+8.4%
149126275
1876R
−31.4%
237454691
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
0.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
38.2%
Other Christian
9.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.0%
Methodist
3.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Winston's heavily rural, largely white population in the Appalachian foothills has produced some of the widest presidential margins in the state, with Republicans clearing 90% of the two-party vote in recent cycles.

The Republican margin in Winston County reached its widest at eighty-three points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was eighty-three points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Winston County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $57,256, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 23,682 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 Rogers County and Union County.