Alabama 2nd Congressional District (AL) — Elections 1876–2024

Alabama 2nd Congressional District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+29%. Democratic peak: D+92 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+29MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 748,0782024 5-year
Median household income: $60,1772024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 57.9%2024 5-year
Black: 33.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 4.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+92 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+80 in 1964MIT Election Lab

FIGURES, ShomariCongress 119 · Democratic

−1 liberal

+1 conservative

Predecessors: MOORE, Barry (2023–2025), MOORE, Barry (2021–2023), ROBY, Martha (2019–2021), ROBY, Martha (2017–2019)

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

2024 results by constituent county

16 counties · 2 D · 14 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	−29.1%	111,496	204,251	319,281
2020	R	−23.8%	124,624	203,613	332,186
2016	R	−26.2%	111,255	191,842	308,140
2012	R	−20.1%	124,891	188,352	315,600
2008	R	−22.2%	122,726	193,393	318,040
2004	R	−30.5%	95,475	179,768	276,667
2000	R	−20.3%	96,471	146,428	246,616
1996	R	−10.8%	94,711	119,348	228,627
1992	R	−10.4%	96,185	121,848	247,100
1988	R	−27.0%	75,151	131,394	208,383
1984	R	−30.4%	76,358	144,254	223,133
1980	R	−9.3%	89,895	109,067	205,839
1976	D	+7.7%	96,128	82,262	181,039
1972	R	−54.9%	33,131	116,723	152,236
1968	O	+9.2%	27,615	12,682	162,516
1964	R	−80.4%	0	83,931	104,336
1960	D	+24.8%	48,926	29,329	78,862
1956	D	+26.4%	42,560	23,533	72,003
1952	D	+37.7%	46,156	20,810	67,307
1948	O	−8.2%	0	2,616	31,844
1944	D	+86.8%	38,138	2,571	40,959
1940	D	+89.9%	47,974	2,490	50,586
1936	D	+91.8%	47,417	1,880	49,583
1932	D	+90.5%	42,745	1,946	45,100
1928	D	+15.9%	24,469	17,734	42,245
1924	D	+74.3%	20,984	2,674	24,640
1920	D	+61.3%	25,651	6,047	31,991
1916	D	+72.8%	21,508	3,209	25,141
1912	D	+75.2%	16,642	900	20,946
1908	D	+65.0%	15,874	2,972	19,855
1904	D	+67.3%	16,063	2,567	20,047
1900	D	+35.8%	19,043	8,580	29,193
1896	D	+45.3%	25,736	8,846	37,277
1892	D	+52.9%	24,180	814	44,167
1888	D	+46.5%	24,018	8,758	32,804
1884	D	+26.5%	18,898	10,931	30,030
1880	D	+24.9%	20,239	12,154	32,465
1876	D	+25.8%	20,906	12,337	33,243

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

14.4%

English

10.4%

Irish

7.0%

German

5.4%

Scottish

1.5%

Italian

1.3%

French

0.9%

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: 39.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.6%

85+

1.2%

2.4%

75–84

3.2%

4.9%

65–74

5.7%

6.2%

55–64

6.7%

5.8%

45–54

6.3%

6.1%

35–44

6.5%

6.3%

25–34

6.5%

4.6%

18–24

4.4%

8.6%

5–17

8.2%

3.0%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$60,177

Congressional District 2 ranks near the middle of US counties.

Congressional District 2$60,177

Alabama$63,999

United States$80,734

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

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

17.8%

Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.

Children under 1825.9%

Working age (18–64)15.7%

Seniors (65+)13.1%

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

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

94.9%

speak English only

Spanish3.0%

Asian & Pacific Islander1.1%

Other Indo-European0.7%

Other languages0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

32.5%

Other Christian

14.4%

Methodist

8.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.4%

Catholic & Orthodox

2.9%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Anchored by the Montgomery metro and rural Black Belt counties, Alabama's 2nd district recorded a 33.5-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the region's long-standing partisan alignment in federal contests.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Alabama 2nd Congressional District, by a nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 2nd Congressional District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 58% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $60,177, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 2, Alabama vote in 2024?

In 2024, Congressional District 2, Alabama voted Republican by 29.1 points (R+29), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 319,281 votes cast, 111,496 went Democratic and 204,251 went Republican.

What is Congressional District 2, Alabama's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Congressional District 2, 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 22 times, Republican 14 times, and other 2 times.

When did Congressional District 2, Alabama last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 2, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.

How many people live in Congressional District 2, Alabama?

Congressional District 2, Alabama has a population of 748,078 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Congressional District 2, Alabama?

Median household income in Congressional District 2, Alabama is $60,177 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.

What is the political history of Congressional District 2, Alabama?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 2, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Alabama 2nd Congressional District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 29 points.

Key facts

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