Gadsden, AL, Alabama
Akashic| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 77.3% | 35,653 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 21.7% | 10,027 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent | 1.0% | 457 |
County-level results (1 county) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Etowah County, AL | Republican | R+55.5 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 21.7%Harris10,027 | 77.3%Trump35,653 | 1.0%Kennedy457 | 46,137 | ||
| R | 24.2%Biden11,567 | 74.4%Trump35,528 | 1.3%Jorgensen633 | 47,728 | ||
| R | 23.9%Clinton10,442 | 74.2%Trump32,353 | 1.9%Johnson835 | 43,630 | ||
| R | 30.1%Obama12,803 | 68.5%Romney29,130 | 1.4%Johnson597 | 42,530 | ||
| R | 30.2%Obama13,497 | 68.4%McCain30,595 | 1.4%Nader645 | 44,737 | ||
| R | 35.9%Kerry15,328 | 63.3%Bush26,999 | 0.8%Other353 | 42,680 | ||
| R | 44.3%Gore17,433 | 53.6%Bush21,087 | 2.1%Browne828 | 39,348 | ||
| D | 47.9%Clinton17,976 | 44.8%Dole16,835 | 7.3%Browne2,750 | 37,561 | ||
| D | 48.4%Clinton20,558 | 41.1%Bush17,467 | 10.4%Perot4,426 | 42,451 | ||
| R | 49.5%Dukakis17,762 | 49.7%Bush17,828 | 0.8%Paul301 | 35,891 | ||
| R | 49.2%Mondale19,074 | 49.6%Reagan19,243 | 1.2%Bergland464 | 38,781 | ||
| D | 55.0%Carter20,790 | 42.8%Reagan16,177 | 2.2%Anderson839 | 37,806 | ||
| D | 70.0%Carter25,020 | 28.9%Ford10,333 | 1.1%Maddox397 | 35,750 | ||
| R | 25.8%McGovern7,372 | 73.0%Nixon20,851 | 1.3%Schmitz358 | 28,581 | ||
| O | 14.8%Humphrey4,613 | 14.0%Nixon4,351 | 71.3%Wallace22,222 | 31,186 | ||
| R | 0.0%Johnson0 | 59.1%Goldwater12,894 | 40.9%Hass8,939 | 21,833 | ||
| D | 66.3%Kennedy14,372 | 32.9%Nixon7,128 | 0.9%Byrd185 | 21,685 | ||
| D | 62.2%Stevenson12,374 | 36.2%Eisenhower7,198 | 1.6%Andrews314 | 19,886 | ||
| D | 70.1%Stevenson10,997 | 29.5%Eisenhower4,634 | 0.4%Hallinan66 | 15,697 | ||
| O | 0.0%Truman0 | 21.1%Dewey1,615 | 78.9%Thurmond6,046 | 7,661 | ||
| D | 78.4%Roosevelt5,895 | 20.3%Dewey1,525 | 1.3%Thomas101 | 7,521 | ||
| D | 84.3%Roosevelt7,012 | 15.3%Willkie1,270 | 0.4%Thomas33 | 8,315 | ||
| D | 82.2%Roosevelt5,739 | 17.3%Landon1,207 | 0.5%Lemke32 | 6,978 | ||
| D | 82.1%Roosevelt5,167 | 16.9%Hoover1,066 | 1.0%Thomas62 | 6,295 | ||
| R | 43.7%Smith2,484 | 55.6%Hoover3,162 | 0.7%Thomas38 | 5,684 | ||
| D | 61.4%Davis3,081 | 33.2%Coolidge1,664 | 5.4%La Follette272 | 5,017 | ||
| D | 64.1%Cox5,917 | 34.8%Harding3,218 | 1.1%Debs103 | 9,238 | ||
| D | 66.7%Wilson1,883 | 30.5%Hughes862 | 2.8%Benson80 | 2,825 | ||
| D | 52.2%Wilson1,511 | 12.2%Taft354 | 35.6%Roosevelt1,031 | 2,896 | ||
| D | 54.3%Bryan1,309 | 41.3%Taft996 | 4.4%Debs106 | 2,411 | ||
| D | 56.9%Parker1,431 | 32.7%Roosevelt823 | 10.4%Debs262 | 2,516 | ||
| D | 48.7%Bryan1,734 | 45.7%McKinley1,629 | 5.6%Woolley201 | 3,564 | ||
| D | 63.6%Bryan1,782 | 31.2%McKinley873 | 5.2%Palmer145 | 2,800 | ||
| D | 58.8%Cleveland2,225 | 7.1%Harrison269 | 34.0%Weaver1,287 | 3,781 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +51.7% |
| 1896 | +32.5% |
| 1900 | +2.9% |
| 1904 | +24.2% |
| 1908 | +13.0% |
| 1912 | +40.0% |
| 1916 | +36.1% |
| 1920 | +29.2% |
| 1924 | +28.2% |
| 1928 | −11.9% |
| 1932 | +65.1% |
| 1936 | +64.9% |
| 1940 | +69.1% |
| 1944 | +58.1% |
| 1948 | −21.1% |
| 1952 | +40.5% |
| 1956 | +26.0% |
| 1960 | +33.4% |
| 1964 | −59.1% |
| 1968 | +0.8% |
| 1972 | −47.2% |
| 1976 | +41.1% |
| 1980 | +12.2% |
| 1984 | −0.4% |
| 1988 | −0.2% |
| 1992 | +7.3% |
| 1996 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | −9.3% |
| 2004 | −27.3% |
| 2008 | −38.2% |
| 2012 | −38.4% |
| 2016 | −50.2% |
| 2020 | −50.2% |
| 2024 | −55.5% |
| Year | Total registered |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 72,371 |
| 2020 | 76,054 |
| 2022 | 75,145 |
| 2024 | 77,749 |
Gadsden anchors a small metro where manufacturing decline and demographic shifts have redrawn voter coalitions over the past two decades, making it a useful bellwether for working-class white realignment across the rural South.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.1 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 59.1 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.5 points.
A population of 103,105, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,563 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Decatur, AL and Union City, TN.
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