- Lead
- 10,375
- Total
- 15,930
- vs nation
- D+66.6
Alabama 59th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,442
- Total
- 19,977
- vs nation
- D+62.8
- Lead
- 11,940
- Total
- 18,951
- vs nation
- D+60.9
- Lead
- 12,128
- Total
- 19,243
- vs nation
- D+59.2
- Lead
- 12,502
- Total
- 20,037
- vs nation
- D+55.1
- Lead
- 8,975
- Total
- 16,897
- vs nation
- D+55.6
- Lead
- 9,269
- Total
- 16,348
- vs nation
- D+56.2
- Lead
- 8,399
- Total
- 15,417
- vs nation
- D+46.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+65.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 46,4402024 5-year
- Population density
- 825 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 56.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $44,9402024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 16.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 69.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+96.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 60, AL · twin score 98.7
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 59th 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
98.4%
3,546 votes · D+96.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · 97.8%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
40.9%
2,606 votes · D+18.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 36.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,617votes
83.2% of the vote · D+67.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 16,247 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
3,946votes
23.4% of the vote · D+53.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 3,935 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
+117.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+91.1 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +115.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+4.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+18.1 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1992 · −45.5 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%10,161 | 39.7%6,676 | 16,837 |
Alabama 59th 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 96.9 points in 1936. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 65.1 points.
A population of 46,440, a 16% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $44,940 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 60 and State House District 2.
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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