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1876–2024
State House District 8·Alabama

Alabama 8th State House District changed its political identity in living memory.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Realigner
since the recent cycles
Population
19,828
2024 ACS

Alabama 8th State House District, Alabama: Realigner district. In 2024, voted R+52%. Democratic peak: D+85 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+52MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
RealignerAkashic typology
Population
19,8282024 5-year
Median household income
$68,8452024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
73.8%2024 5-year
Black
13.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.6%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+85 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+57 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 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).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−52.4%
1,9746,4438,529
R
−49.2%
2,1086,3188,558
R
−52.6%
1,7935,9717,950
R
−44.5%
2,1415,6387,857
R
−43.8%
2,2135,7378,051
R
−39.0%
2,2515,1747,488
R
−22.8%
2,5584,1066,799
R
−17.9%
2,3283,4676,374
R
−13.6%
2,4043,3577,006
R
−27.5%
1,6882,9764,683
R
−36.3%
1,8043,8715,693
D
+5.1%
2,3422,1054,663
D
+28.8%
2,6361,4434,140
R
−55.6%
7972,8833,752
O
−5.2%
2994853,549
R
−56.6%
01,1171,972
D
+28.4%
1,2466941,943
D
+43.2%
1,2224741,732
D
+50.1%
1,1203721,494
O
−11.7%
082698
D
+71.5%
657106771
D
+82.4%
85180936
D
+85.3%
89269965
D
+75.1%
780104900
R
−9.7%
5366511,188
D
+55.0%
35883500
D
+53.6%
646191849
D
+68.5%
33858409
D
+61.1%
26938378
D
+47.7%
24779352
D
+51.3%
22966318
D
+7.3%
278239531
D
+17.3%
339233611
D
+50.1%
3440687
D
+53.8%
27281355
D
+27.8%
251136414
D
+33.0%
226103373
D
+29.9%
228123351

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
16.4%
English
13.4%
Irish
8.4%
German
6.8%
Scottish
1.9%
Italian
1.4%
French
0.8%
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: 40.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.1%
2.3%
75–84
3.1%
4.9%
65–74
5.8%
6.7%
55–64
6.9%
6.3%
45–54
6.1%
6.3%
35–44
6.2%
6.1%
25–34
6.0%
4.2%
18–24
3.8%
9.0%
5–17
8.4%
3.2%
<5
2.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,845
State House District 8 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 8$68,845
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.9%
Working age (18–64)12.3%
Seniors (65+)13.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.0%
speak English only
Spanish7.6%
Other languages0.7%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
28.5%
Other Christian
20.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.7%
Methodist
5.6%
Mainline Protestant
2.4%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 31.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Alabama 8th State House District sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Alabama 8th State House District peaked at eighty-five points in 1936; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1984 election delivered the district to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of thirty-six points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $68,845 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 8, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 8, Alabama voted Republican by 52.4 points (R+52), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,529 votes cast, 1,974 went Democratic and 6,443 went Republican.
What is State House District 8, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 8, Alabama as a "Realigner" 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 State House District 8, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 8, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in State House District 8, Alabama?
State House District 8, Alabama has a population of 19,828 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 8, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 8, Alabama is $68,845 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State House District 8, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 8, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.