Alabama 80th State House District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+24%. Democratic peak: D+93 in 1916.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 15,8842024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,7552024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 25.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93 in 1916MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+76 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for State House District 80, ALOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,353 | 3,841 | 6,300 | ||
| R | 2,537 | 3,548 | 6,197 | ||
| R | 1,973 | 2,952 | 5,089 | ||
| R | 2,020 | 2,737 | 4,819 | ||
| R | 2,015 | 2,757 | 4,821 | ||
| R | 1,548 | 2,425 | 4,008 | ||
| R | 1,422 | 1,926 | 3,449 | ||
| R | 1,275 | 1,547 | 3,027 | ||
| R | 1,369 | 1,486 | 3,274 | ||
| R | 937 | 1,537 | 2,512 | ||
| R | 976 | 1,518 | 2,525 | ||
| D | 1,036 | 999 | 2,172 | ||
| D | 947 | 903 | 1,895 | ||
| R | 375 | 1,110 | 1,517 | ||
| O | 315 | 212 | 1,424 | ||
| R | 9 | 638 | 824 | ||
| D | 416 | 245 | 666 | ||
| D | 366 | 172 | 556 | ||
| D | 350 | 160 | 510 | ||
| O | 5 | 25 | 223 | ||
| D | 233 | 15 | 249 | ||
| D | 286 | 10 | 296 | ||
| D | 247 | 10 | 258 | ||
| D | 221 | 10 | 232 | ||
| D | 140 | 90 | 229 | ||
| D | 116 | 8 | 134 | ||
| D | 147 | 13 | 170 | ||
| D | 132 | 3 | 138 | ||
| D | 147 | 3 | 160 | ||
| D | 105 | 6 | 118 | ||
| D | 123 | 4 | 130 | ||
| D | 182 | 82 | 272 | ||
| D | 192 | 140 | 347 | ||
| D | 287 | 25 | 470 | ||
| D | 222 | 147 | 369 | ||
| D | 216 | 175 | 394 | ||
| D | 207 | 169 | 377 | ||
| D | 292 | 120 | 412 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.4%
American
12.2%
Irish
8.2%
German
7.3%
Scottish
2.7%
Italian
1.9%
Polish
0.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 34.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,755
State House District 80 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State House District 80$63,755
Alabama$77,353
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.0%
Working age (18–64)19.9%
Seniors (65+)13.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
92.0%
speak English only
Spanish3.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.7%
Other Indo-European1.3%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 34 points, District 80 sits firmly in Alabama's deep-red rural tier, where Republican candidates routinely run with little or no major-party opposition at the state legislative level.
The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Alabama 80th State House District, by a twenty-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-six points in 1964. The 2024 margin was twenty-four points.
The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 80th State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $63,755, and a 19% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did State House District 80, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 80, Alabama voted Republican by 23.6 points (R+24), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 6,300 votes cast, 2,353 went Democratic and 3,841 went Republican.
What is State House District 80, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 80, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 23 times, Republican 13 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 80, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 80, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in State House District 80, Alabama?
State House District 80, Alabama has a population of 15,884 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State House District 80, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 80, Alabama is $63,755 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of State House District 80, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 80, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.