- Lead
- 8,378
- Total
- 18,525
- vs nation
- D+46.7
Alabama 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,461
- Total
- 19,728
- vs nation
- D+43.5
- Lead
- 8,812
- Total
- 18,400
- vs nation
- D+45.8
- Lead
- 8,848
- Total
- 18,715
- vs nation
- D+43.4
- Lead
- 9,143
- Total
- 19,510
- vs nation
- D+39.6
- Lead
- 5,928
- Total
- 16,868
- vs nation
- D+37.6
- Lead
- 6,342
- Total
- 16,107
- vs nation
- D+38.9
- Lead
- 5,778
- Total
- 15,284
- vs nation
- D+29.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+45.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 46,0542024 5-year
- Population density
- 773 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 59.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,2292024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 29.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 57.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.5 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+4.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 54, AL · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 56th 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. Roosevelt1936
96.6%
3,161 votes · D+93.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 94.6%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
52.4%
3,596 votes · R+4.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 47.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,482votes
73.4% of the vote · D+48.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 14,290 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
5,448votes
32.3% of the vote · D+35.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 5,439 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
+108.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+81.8 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +106.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+27.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+4.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −25.4 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 D+45.2 in a state that trends heavily Republican statewide, District 56 stands out as a concentrated pocket of Democratic voter alignment, likely anchored by a dense urban core or majority-minority population center.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 4.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.2 points.
A population of 46,054, a 30% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,229 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 54 and State House District 52.
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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