Talladega County, Alabama

2024 results by precinct

26 precincts · 33,250 votes cast

Trump · R+34

Harris +50

Trump +50

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38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−33.7%	10,898	22,100	33,250
2020	R	−25.5%	13,138	22,235	35,663
2016	R	−25.6%	12,121	20,614	33,146
2012	R	−16.0%	13,905	19,246	33,373
2008	R	−18.5%	13,779	20,112	34,204
2004	R	−23.3%	11,374	18,331	29,898
2000	R	−10.0%	11,264	13,807	25,451
1996	R	−2.4%	10,385	10,931	22,778
1992	R	−7.5%	10,695	12,661	26,264
1988	R	−21.8%	8,291	12,973	21,506
1984	R	−24.2%	8,490	14,067	23,020
1980	D	+1.2%	10,159	9,902	20,641
1976	D	+23.6%	10,577	6,425	17,608
1972	R	−47.0%	4,567	12,763	17,455
1968	D	+6.2%	3,099	1,935	18,756
1964	R	−70.7%	0	8,946	12,658
1960	D	+9.6%	5,729	4,723	10,529
1956	D	+10.9%	5,243	4,197	9,597
1952	D	+16.7%	5,028	3,588	8,642
1948	R	−16.0%	0	593	3,705
1944	D	+63.8%	3,102	675	3,806
1940	D	+76.0%	3,965	534	4,512
1936	D	+74.3%	3,751	489	4,391
1932	D	+68.8%	3,353	617	3,976
1928	D	+2.8%	1,693	1,602	3,308
1924	D	+45.7%	1,730	628	2,412
1920	D	+39.0%	2,137	931	3,089
1916	D	+54.7%	1,539	447	1,996
1912	D	+66.4%	1,312	111	1,810
1908	D	+47.4%	1,010	351	1,391
1904	D	+64.7%	1,264	252	1,565
1900	D	+6.6%	1,602	1,393	3,161
1896	D	+32.6%	1,854	922	2,862
1892	D	+47.4%	2,638	108	5,334
1888	R	−4.6%	1,983	2,179	4,252
1884	R	−16.3%	1,278	1,779	3,076
1880	R	−3.1%	1,659	1,767	3,488
1876	D	+21.2%	2,014	1,309	3,323

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

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

American

100.0%

African American

23.8%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 42.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

1.1%

2.7%

75–84

3.3%

5.6%

65–74

6.3%

6.8%

55–64

7.2%

6.4%

45–54

6.5%

5.9%

35–44

6.6%

6.7%

25–34

6.3%

3.7%

18–24

3.9%

7.5%

5–17

7.7%

2.7%

2.6%

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

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$57,776

Talladega County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Talladega County$57,776

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 moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

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

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

34.7%

Other Christian

11.9%

Methodist

5.2%

Pentecostal & Holiness

3.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

1.1%

Mainline Protestant

0.7%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 43.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Talladega County's presidential margins have widened steadily over the past two decades, reflecting a broader rural realignment across central Alabama. Its population of roughly 80,000 anchors a regional economy built around manufacturing and the historic Talladega Superspeedway corridor.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Talladega County, by a twenty-four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was thirty-four points.

The political shift has tracked, in Talladega County, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,776, and a 18% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hardee County and Escambia County.

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Talladega County voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.