Alabama 1st Congressional District (AL) — Elections 1876–2024

Alabama 1st Congressional District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+34%. Democratic peak: D+83 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+34MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 725,3272024 5-year
Median household income: $64,7982024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 64.9%2024 5-year
Black: 26.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 4.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+83 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+73 in 1964MIT Election Lab

MOORE, BarryCongress 119 · Republican

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: CARL, Jerry L. (2023–2025), CARL, Jerry L. (2021–2023), BYRNE, Bradley (2019–2021), BYRNE, Bradley (2017–2019)

Source · Voteview / Lewis, Poole, Rosenthal et al. (CC-BY).

2024 results by constituent county

5 counties · 0 D · 5 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−34.2%	105,970	218,374	328,416
2020	R	−28.2%	114,956	206,761	325,946
2016	R	−29.4%	101,275	188,303	295,654
2012	R	−24.1%	109,752	180,326	292,360
2008	R	−22.0%	114,081	179,139	295,370
2004	R	−29.0%	89,393	163,131	254,436
2000	R	−22.7%	83,619	134,248	222,709
1996	R	−14.2%	79,239	107,988	203,081
1992	R	−15.2%	79,174	112,469	219,101
1988	R	−26.7%	65,132	113,057	179,648
1984	R	−31.2%	64,614	124,648	192,148
1980	R	−19.0%	66,798	99,378	171,315
1976	R	−3.5%	71,672	76,943	151,285
1972	R	−52.8%	27,711	92,899	123,465
1968	O	+7.9%	24,283	13,818	132,522
1964	R	−72.9%	0	71,829	98,567
1960	D	+11.8%	41,733	32,744	76,140
1956	R	−0.0%	27,744	27,771	57,992
1952	D	+12.7%	25,308	19,604	45,076
1948	O	−16.7%	0	3,674	21,953
1944	D	+61.2%	16,649	3,950	20,766
1940	D	+76.1%	21,369	2,741	24,466
1936	D	+82.6%	19,999	1,771	22,059
1932	D	+72.9%	16,759	2,535	19,520
1928	D	+3.7%	10,261	9,530	19,747
1924	D	+47.1%	7,950	2,570	11,423
1920	D	+48.9%	10,511	3,494	14,346
1916	D	+65.0%	6,100	1,189	7,555
1912	D	+78.4%	5,622	237	6,866
1908	D	+67.3%	4,727	716	5,960
1904	D	+78.2%	5,550	622	6,305
1900	D	+20.6%	5,303	3,425	9,100
1896	D	+21.2%	6,095	3,817	10,737
1892	D	+61.1%	9,051	899	13,339
1888	D	+17.4%	6,377	4,485	10,872
1884	D	+9.5%	5,743	4,739	10,522
1880	D	+14.6%	6,905	5,105	12,314
1876	D	+20.9%	8,872	5,805	14,677

Congressional elections · 16 Senate races

U.S. Senate

Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year	Won	D %	R %	Total
2022	R	30.9%	66.6%	1,414,238
2020	R	39.7%	60.1%	2,316,445
2016	R	35.9%	64.0%	2,087,444
2014	R	0.0%	97.3%	818,090
2010	R	34.7%	65.2%	1,485,499
2008	R	36.5%	63.4%	2,060,191
2004	R	32.4%	67.5%	1,839,066
2002	R	39.8%	58.6%	1,353,023
1998	R	36.7%	63.2%	1,293,405
1996	R	45.5%	52.5%	1,499,393
1992	D	64.8%	33.1%	1,577,799
1990	D	60.6%	39.4%	1,185,154
1986	D	50.3%	49.7%	1,211,897
1984	D	62.8%	36.4%	1,371,234
1980	R	47.1%	50.2%	1,296,757
1978	D	94.0%	0.0%	582,005

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

11.7%

English

11.3%

Irish

8.3%

German

7.3%

French

2.3%

Italian

1.9%

Scottish

1.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.1%

2.6%

75–84

3.3%

5.4%

65–74

6.2%

6.3%

55–64

7.0%

5.8%

45–54

6.3%

5.9%

35–44

6.4%

6.2%

25–34

6.5%

4.1%

18–24

4.1%

8.4%

5–17

8.2%

3.0%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$64,798

Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 1$64,798

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

14.4%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1819.8%

Working age (18–64)12.9%

Seniors (65+)12.3%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

95.1%

speak English only

Spanish2.5%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%

Other Indo-European0.9%

Other languages0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

26.0%

Other Christian

13.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

10.8%

Methodist

5.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

5.7%

Mainline Protestant

2.4%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by Mobile and the surrounding coastal plain, Alabama's 1st District has delivered Republican presidential margins above 30 points in recent cycles, reflecting a predominantly white, working-class electorate with deep roots in manufacturing and military employment.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Alabama 1st Congressional District, by a seventy-three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-three points in 1964. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 1st Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 65% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $64,798, and a 14% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, Alabama vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 1, Alabama voted Republican by 34.2 points (R+34), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 328,416 votes cast, 105,970 went Democratic and 218,374 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 1, Alabama's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.

When did Congressional District 1, Alabama last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.

How many people live in Congressional District 1, Alabama?

Congressional District 1, Alabama has a population of 725,327 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Alabama?

Median household income in Congressional District 1, Alabama is $64,798 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.

What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Alabama?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Alabama 1st Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 34 points.

Key facts

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