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State House District 34·Alabama

Alabama 34th State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 81 points.

One of Alabama's most Republican-leaning state house seats

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+81
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
39,460
2024 ACS

Alabama 34th State House District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+81%. Republican peak: R+82 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+81MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
39,4602024 5-year
Median household income
$64,1902024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
88.1%2024 5-year
Black
1.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
10.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+67 in 1880MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+82 in 2016MIT 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
−80.9%
1,70816,80918,672
R
−80.0%
1,75016,38318,290
R
−81.7%
1,42915,15516,809
R
−74.1%
1,96913,76215,916
R
−69.5%
2,33513,51816,089
R
−62.5%
2,61111,52714,257
R
−42.8%
3,3008,39811,916
R
−26.1%
3,3556,00410,162
R
−20.9%
3,6025,88910,943
R
−31.5%
2,9735,8048,982
R
−38.2%
2,4785,6418,275
R
−9.1%
3,7504,5218,436
D
+22.0%
4,4062,8067,278
R
−60.0%
1,0494,3005,419
O
−18.5%
2191,3356,024
R
−64.7%
02,9454,554
D
+14.2%
2,2571,6953,961
D
+9.8%
2,1271,7423,926
D
+29.5%
2,0961,1403,241
O
−30.1%
05111,699
D
+36.1%
1,4156622,085
D
+52.5%
1,8465672,438
D
+57.3%
1,8484932,363
D
+57.7%
1,4803861,897
R
−4.1%
1,0651,1572,222
D
+15.2%
1,3811,0062,460
D
+1.0%
2,3442,2974,674
D
+9.4%
9878151,823
D
+24.1%
7433761,525
D
+7.4%
7516451,423
D
+19.5%
9176031,608
D
+12.5%
9847521,859
R
−3.8%
1,6061,7363,389
D
+57.1%
1,289382,192
D
+66.4%
1,2422491,495
D
+52.6%
9883071,295
D
+67.1%
8741721,046
D
+60.3%
9302301,160

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
16.6%
American
13.6%
Irish
11.1%
German
8.4%
Scottish
1.8%
Italian
1.2%
French
0.6%
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: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.1%
2.6%
75–84
3.3%
5.1%
65–74
5.8%
7.2%
55–64
6.8%
6.4%
45–54
6.4%
6.0%
35–44
6.0%
6.0%
25–34
5.8%
4.1%
18–24
3.7%
9.2%
5–17
8.2%
2.9%
<5
2.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$64,190
State House District 34 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 34$64,190
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
12.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.2%
Working age (18–64)10.9%
Seniors (65+)20.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.7%
speak English only
Spanish7.9%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
40.3%
Other Christian
5.7%
Methodist
4.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.5%
Mainline Protestant
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+80.3, this rural Alabama district ranks among the most one-sided legislative constituencies in the state, leaving little competitive ground for either major party.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Alabama 34th State House District, by a nine points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-two points in 2016. The 2024 margin was eighty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 34th State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 88% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $64,190, and a 13% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 34, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 34, Alabama voted Republican by 80.9 points (R+81), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 18,672 votes cast, 1,708 went Democratic and 16,809 went Republican.
What is State House District 34, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 34, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 34, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 34, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State House District 34, Alabama?
State House District 34, Alabama has a population of 39,460 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 34, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 34, Alabama is $64,190 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State House District 34, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 34, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.