- Lead
- 11,519
- Total
- 25,899
- vs nation
- R+43.0
Alabama 5th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,086
- Total
- 23,777
- vs nation
- R+46.9
- Lead
- 9,536
- Total
- 19,598
- vs nation
- R+50.7
- Lead
- 7,469
- Total
- 17,609
- vs nation
- R+46.3
- Lead
- 6,794
- Total
- 16,626
- vs nation
- R+48.1
- Lead
- 5,098
- Total
- 14,453
- vs nation
- R+32.8
- Lead
- 2,450
- Total
- 11,719
- vs nation
- R+21.4
- Lead
- 1,295
- Total
- 10,247
- vs nation
- R+21.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+44.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 49,2682024 5-year
- Population density
- 256 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 193 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,3992024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92.5 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.7 in 2016MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 20, TN · twin score 95.7
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 5th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1940
96.1%
1,497 votes · D+92.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 95.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.3%
3,063 votes · R+48.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · 73.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
7,008votes
27.1% of the vote · R+44.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 6,632 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
18,527votes
71.5% of the vote · R+44.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,718 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
John W. Davis1924
+103.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+78.6 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +98.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+50.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.7 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +48.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
This district delivered a Republican presidential margin of R+44.5 in 2024 and R+40.9 in 2008. About 37,500 residents lived here, 73.8% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year, with a median household income of $83,629.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.5 points in 1940 and a Republican high of 48.7 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.5 points.
A population of 49,268, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,399 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 20 and State House District 138.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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.
District research tools
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