- Lead
- 12,987
- Total
- 21,402
- vs nation
- R+59.2
Alabama 31st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,789
- Total
- 21,712
- vs nation
- R+58.8
- Lead
- 10,453
- Total
- 19,042
- vs nation
- R+57.0
- Lead
- 9,499
- Total
- 18,347
- vs nation
- R+55.6
- Lead
- 9,540
- Total
- 17,716
- vs nation
- R+61.1
- Lead
- 8,438
- Total
- 14,849
- vs nation
- R+54.4
- Lead
- 5,571
- Total
- 12,318
- vs nation
- R+45.7
- Lead
- 3,602
- Total
- 10,697
- vs nation
- R+42.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+60.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 48,1622024 5-year
- Population density
- 114 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 424 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,2572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.7 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+69.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 174, GA · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 31st 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
99.9%
794 votes · D+99.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 96.6%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
84.7%
3,353 votes · R+69.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 81.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
4,851votes
22.3% of the vote · R+54.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 4,362 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,089votes
79.8% of the vote · R+60.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,640 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
Woodrow Wilson1916
+96.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+99.7 · U.S. D+3.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +96.5 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+92.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+69.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +61.1 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+60.7 in a district of roughly 48,000 residents, Alabama House District 31 ranks among the state's most heavily one-sided constituencies, leaving little competitive pressure in most election cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 99.7 points in 1916 and a Republican high of 69.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 60.7 points.
A population of 48,162, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,257 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 174 and State House District 61.
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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Alabama 31st State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/01031/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.