- Lead
- 8,297
- Total
- 20,066
- vs nation
- R+39.9
Alabama 62nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,365
- Total
- 21,341
- vs nation
- R+43.7
- Lead
- 8,554
- Total
- 18,274
- vs nation
- R+48.9
- Lead
- 7,959
- Total
- 17,448
- vs nation
- R+49.5
- Lead
- 7,771
- Total
- 17,466
- vs nation
- R+51.8
- Lead
- 7,966
- Total
- 15,835
- vs nation
- R+47.8
- Lead
- 5,818
- Total
- 13,219
- vs nation
- R+44.5
- Lead
- 4,326
- Total
- 11,673
- vs nation
- R+45.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+41.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 49,1962024 5-year
- Population density
- 154 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 319 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $77,1782024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 68.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 22.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+79.2 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 61, AL · twin score 97.2
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 62nd 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. Roosevelt1932
89.6%
766 votes · D+79.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 89.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
81.6%
5,883 votes · R+64.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barry Goldwater, 1964 · 81.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,356votes
29.8% of the vote · R+39.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,788 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
14,721votes
69.0% of the vote · R+39.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 14,085 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+86.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+67.1 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +83.2 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+84.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+62.3 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +51.8 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+41.4, this district ranks among the state's most one-sided, suggesting a homogeneous voter base where general-election competition is rare and primary outcomes typically decide representation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.2 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 64.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.3 points.
A population of 49,196, a 68% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,178 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 61 and State House District 49.
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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