Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic36.6%476TrumpRepublican62.0%805OtherAll other candidates1.4%18
R+25.3
Lead
329
Total
1,299
vs nation
R+23.9
BidenDemocratic38.3%536TrumpRepublican60.4%844OtherAll other candidates1.3%18
R+22.0
Lead
308
Total
1,398
vs nation
R+26.5
ClintonDemocratic32.1%425TrumpRepublican63.9%847OtherAll other candidates4.1%54
R+31.8
Lead
422
Total
1,326
vs nation
R+33.9
ObamaDemocratic36.4%439RomneyRepublican62.6%756OtherAll other candidates1.0%12
R+26.3
Lead
317
Total
1,207
vs nation
R+30.1
ObamaDemocratic34.7%476McCainRepublican63.8%875OtherAll other candidates1.5%21
R+29.1
Lead
399
Total
1,372
vs nation
R+36.4
KerryDemocratic31.4%381BushRepublican68.0%825OtherAll other candidates0.6%7
R+36.6
Lead
444
Total
1,213
vs nation
R+34.1
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+25.3MIT Election Lab
Population
2,6322024 5-year
Population density
774 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
3.4 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$44,8772024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
46.3%2024 5-year
Black
46.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
5.3%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin
R+36.6 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2016–20245 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
57.4%1,303 participants ÷ 2,269 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+28.5 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off vs state
+2.9 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
29.0%–40.6%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%60%80%
46.1%
30.6%
20162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,303
2,269 ± 533
57.4%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
814
2,661 ± 586
30.6%
Audited
E/D
1,402
2,374 ± 513
59.1%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
1,100
2,385 ± 340
46.1%
Audited
E/D
1,333
2,596 ± 391
51.3%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
presidential history
Party record book
Cottondale, AL · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
38.3%
536 votes · R+22.0
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 36.6%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
68.0%
825 votes · R+36.6
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 63.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
536votes
38.3% of the vote · R+22.0
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 476 votes
Republican
John McCain2008
875votes
63.8% of the vote · R+29.1
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 847 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−23.9pts D vs U.S.
Place R+25.3 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −26.5 pts
Republican
John McCain2008
+36.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.1 · U.S. D+7.3
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +34.1 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Cottondale · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, the county containing Cottondale — Cottondale’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Cottondale, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Cottondale sits along the U.S. 11 corridor just east of Tuscaloosa, functioning as a suburban-fringe community whose voting patterns track closely with the broader Tuscaloosa County electorate rather than signaling independent political movement.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 36.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.3 points.
A population of 2,632, a 46% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,877 describe the city.
In 2024, Cottondale, Alabama voted Republican by 25.3 points (R+25.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,299 votes cast, 476 went Democratic and 805 went Republican.
How many people live in Cottondale, Alabama?
Cottondale, Alabama has a population of 2,632 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cottondale, Alabama?
Median household income in Cottondale, Alabama is $44,877 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Cottondale, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Cottondale, Alabama from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
