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1892–2024
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Montgomery-Selma
presidential margin
2008R+1.12012D+2.12016R+2.92020R+2.12024R+7.8
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+7.8
2024
median income$57,984U.S. $80,734 · AL $63,999
median age39.2U.S. 39.1 · AL 39.4
poverty rate19.1%U.S. 12.5% · AL 15.6%
bachelor’s+ (25+)26.3%U.S. 35.6% · AL 28.5%
non-english4.5%U.S. 22.3% · AL 6.1%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
American16.0%
English9.0%
Irish5.7%
African American†42.8%
African0.7%
Nigerian0.2%
Mexican2.1%
Puerto Rican0.3%
Guatemalan0.3%
Korean0.7%
Asian Indian0.3%
religion
other traditions
Black Protestant11.5%
Mainline7.9%
Latter-day Saints0.9%
Other Christian0.8%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Montgomery-Selma, Alabama

Akashic
Montgomery-SelmaTrumpR+7.8
—
2024 presidential margin by county for Montgomery-Selma, ALA map of the constituent counties of Montgomery-Selma, AL, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Pike County, AL · R+25.1Dallas County, AL · D+32.5Bullock County, AL · D+45.8Marengo County, AL · R+3.8Perry County, AL · D+42.7Montgomery County, AL · D+30.6Lowndes County, AL · D+37.3Macon County, AL · D+56.2Crenshaw County, AL · R+54.6Tallapoosa County, AL · R+49.5Wilcox County, AL · D+31.5Elmore County, AL · R+51.9Covington County, AL · R+72.3Butler County, AL · R+22.7Autauga County, AL · R+46.1
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican53.3%148,080
Kamala HarrisDemocratic45.6%126,479
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent1.1%3,019
D+60
R+60
15 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (15 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Montgomery-Selma, AL — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Autauga County, ALRepublicanR+46.1
Bullock County, ALDemocraticD+45.8
Butler County, ALRepublicanR+22.7
Covington County, ALRepublicanR+72.3
Crenshaw County, ALRepublicanR+54.6
Dallas County, ALDemocraticD+32.5
Elmore County, ALRepublicanR+51.9
Lowndes County, ALDemocraticD+37.3
Macon County, ALDemocraticD+56.2
Marengo County, ALRepublicanR+3.8
Montgomery County, ALDemocraticD+30.6
Perry County, ALDemocraticD+42.7
Pike County, ALRepublicanR+25.1
Tallapoosa County, ALRepublicanR+49.5
Wilcox County, ALDemocraticD+31.5
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
45.6%Harris126,479
53.3%Trump148,080
1.1%Kennedy3,019
−7.8%
277,578
R
48.4%Biden143,432
50.5%Trump149,788
1.1%Jorgensen3,154
−2.1%
296,374
R
47.9%Clinton134,240
50.7%Trump142,270
1.4%Johnson3,941
−2.9%
280,451
D
50.7%Obama149,106
48.7%Romney143,041
0.6%Johnson1,844
+2.1%
293,991
R
49.2%Obama145,759
50.3%McCain149,036
0.5%Nader1,503
−1.1%
296,298
R
44.3%Kerry113,768
55.3%Bush142,111
0.4%Other1,155
−11.0%
257,034
R
47.7%Gore111,374
51.0%Bush118,946
1.3%Browne2,991
−3.2%
233,311
D
49.0%Clinton107,883
46.2%Dole101,756
4.8%Browne10,485
+2.8%
220,124
D
45.6%Clinton108,052
44.7%Bush106,128
9.7%Perot23,015
+0.8%
237,195
R
44.4%Dukakis88,240
54.7%Bush108,727
0.9%Paul1,886
−10.3%
198,853
R
43.0%Mondale93,247
56.0%Reagan121,446
1.0%Bergland2,200
−13.0%
216,893
D
49.7%Carter101,774
46.7%Reagan95,671
3.6%Anderson7,468
+3.0%
204,913
D
54.6%Carter98,641
43.8%Ford79,173
1.6%Maddox2,882
+10.8%
180,696
R
29.9%McGovern46,537
68.1%Nixon105,838
2.0%Schmitz3,067
−38.1%
155,442
O
26.3%Humphrey42,690
8.9%Nixon14,485
64.7%Wallace104,838
Wallace +38.4
162,013
R
0.0%Johnson0
77.6%Goldwater75,136
22.4%Hass21,733
−77.6%
96,869
D
59.1%Kennedy42,902
39.8%Nixon28,938
1.1%Byrd792
+19.2%
72,632
D
53.7%Stevenson36,392
36.0%Eisenhower24,369
10.3%Andrews6,973
+17.8%
67,734
D
64.6%Stevenson41,816
35.0%Eisenhower22,655
0.4%Hallinan257
+29.6%
64,728
O
0.0%Truman0
6.4%Dewey1,981
93.6%Thurmond29,046
Thurmond +87.2
31,027
D
94.8%Roosevelt35,746
4.8%Dewey1,799
0.4%Thomas155
+90.0%
37,700
D
96.9%Roosevelt46,754
2.9%Willkie1,412
0.2%Thomas100
+93.9%
48,266
D
96.9%Roosevelt45,194
2.6%Landon1,195
0.5%Lemke245
+94.3%
46,634
D
95.2%Roosevelt39,750
3.6%Hoover1,517
1.2%Thomas491
+91.6%
41,758
D
64.3%Smith24,708
35.6%Hoover13,693
0.1%Thomas21
+28.7%
38,422
D
90.9%Davis20,729
5.1%Coolidge1,156
4.0%La Follette916
+85.8%
22,801
D
90.4%Cox26,346
8.9%Harding2,589
0.7%Debs217
+81.5%
29,152
D
93.9%Wilson20,403
4.7%Hughes1,025
1.3%Benson291
+89.2%
21,719
D
89.5%Wilson17,262
3.0%Taft574
7.6%Roosevelt1,459
+86.5%
19,295
D
89.4%Bryan16,523
7.7%Taft1,424
2.9%Debs544
+81.7%
18,491
D
89.6%Parker16,892
7.1%Roosevelt1,334
3.3%Debs631
+82.5%
18,857
D
73.7%Bryan27,665
22.9%McKinley8,610
3.4%Woolley1,264
+50.8%
37,539
D
75.6%Bryan34,147
19.7%McKinley8,878
4.8%Palmer2,153
+55.9%
45,178
D
62.3%Cleveland37,734
4.6%Harrison2,790
33.1%Weaver20,072
+57.7%
60,596
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −7.8% in 2024.flipped R · 2016−7.8%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892+57.7%
1896+55.9%
1900+50.8%
1904+82.5%
1908+81.7%
1912+86.5%
1916+89.2%
1920+81.5%
1924+85.8%
1928+28.7%
1932+91.6%
1936+94.3%
1940+93.9%
1944+90.0%
1948−6.4%
1952+29.6%
1956+17.8%
1960+19.2%
1964−77.6%
1968+17.4%
1972−38.1%
1976+10.8%
1980+3.0%
1984−13.0%
1988−10.3%
1992+0.8%
1996+2.8%
2000−3.2%
2004−11.0%
2008−1.1%
2012+2.1%
2016−2.9%
2020−2.1%
2024−7.8%
DemocraticRepublican
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Voter registration in Montgomery-SelmaTotal registered voters, 2018–2024. Latest 480,569 in 2024.120.2K240.4K360.7K480.9K480.6K20182024
Registered voters
Voter registration in Montgomery-Selma
YearTotal registered
2018459,824
2020480,892
2022467,289
2024480,569
Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAVS)

Spanning the historic Black Belt from Montgomery to Selma, this market's electorate is among the most heavily African-American in the Deep South, consistently producing some of Alabama's largest Democratic vote shares in a state that trends reliably Republican statewide.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 94.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 77.6 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.8 points.

A population of 631,990, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $57,984 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson, MS and Augusta-Aiken.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Jackson, MS
94.1twin score
% Black% Evangelical% unaffiliated≠ American ancestry
Augusta-Aiken
Georgia
91.9twin score
% Black% CatholicAfrican American ancestry≠ % unaffiliated
Columbus, GA (Opelika, AL)
Georgia
91.1twin score
% Black% Catholicmedian income≠ % unaffiliated

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Montgomery-Selma

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Frequently asked questions

How did Montgomery-Selma, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Montgomery-Selma, Alabama voted Republican by 7.8 points (R+7.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 277,578 votes cast, 126,479 went Democratic and 148,080 went Republican.
When did Montgomery-Selma, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Montgomery-Selma, Alabama voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Montgomery-Selma, Alabama?
Montgomery-Selma, Alabama has a population of 631,990 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Montgomery-Selma, Alabama?
Median household income in Montgomery-Selma, Alabama is $57,984 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Montgomery-Selma, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Montgomery-Selma, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 10 went Republican.