- Lead
- 7,087
- Total
- 15,355
- vs nation
- D+47.6
Alabama 77th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,275
- Total
- 18,504
- vs nation
- D+45.7
- Lead
- 8,853
- Total
- 18,909
- vs nation
- D+44.7
- Lead
- 9,225
- Total
- 20,095
- vs nation
- D+42.1
- Lead
- 8,492
- Total
- 20,393
- vs nation
- D+34.4
- Lead
- 4,308
- Total
- 16,732
- vs nation
- D+28.2
- Lead
- 3,886
- Total
- 15,207
- vs nation
- D+25.0
- Lead
- 3,555
- Total
- 14,810
- vs nation
- D+15.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+46.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 46,0482024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,489 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 18.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $45,8912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 60.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+99.6 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 76, AL · twin score 95.4
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 77th 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
Alton B. Parker1904
99.8%
569 votes · D+99.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 99.2%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
65.2%
3,255 votes · R+30.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Rutherford B. Hayes, 1876 · 60.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
14,582votes
72.6% of the vote · D+45.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 14,387 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
6,159votes
36.8% of the vote · D+25.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 6,046 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
+122.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+96.0 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +119.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+53.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.4 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +0.9 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 | 65.6%10,175 | 34.4%5,333 | 15,508 |
Alabama 77th 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 99.6 points in 1904 and a Republican high of 30.4 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.2 points.
A population of 46,048, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,891 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 76 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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