- Lead
- 12,365
- Total
- 17,084
- vs nation
- D+73.8
Alabama 55th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,399
- Total
- 20,319
- vs nation
- D+71.3
- Lead
- 14,587
- Total
- 19,447
- vs nation
- D+72.9
- Lead
- 14,789
- Total
- 19,453
- vs nation
- D+72.2
- Lead
- 15,442
- Total
- 20,293
- vs nation
- D+68.8
- Lead
- 11,683
- Total
- 16,770
- vs nation
- D+72.1
- Lead
- 11,624
- Total
- 16,491
- vs nation
- D+70.0
- Lead
- 10,745
- Total
- 15,630
- vs nation
- D+60.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+72.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,4712024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,994 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 22.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $43,9452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 27.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 62.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+98.1 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 52, AL · twin score 99.3
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 55th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
99.1%
210 votes · D+98.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 98.4%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
29.9%
1,732 votes · D+40.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 24.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
17,785votes
87.6% of the vote · D+76.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 17,690 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
2,465votes
14.7% of the vote · D+69.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 2,465 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
James M. Cox1920
+117.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+90.9 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +114.1 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−17.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+40.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1948 · −53.3 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 60.3%9,949 | 39.7%6,537 | 16,486 |
Alabama 55th State House District sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 98.1 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 72.4 points.
A population of 45,471, a 28% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $43,945 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 52 and State House District 54.
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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