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State House District 105·Alabama

Alabama 105th State House District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 16 points.

One of Alabama's most Democratic-leaning state house seats

18762024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+16
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
87,317
2024 ACS

Alabama 105th State House District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+16%. Democratic peak: D+82 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+16MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
87,3172024 5-year
Median household income
$58,8802024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
55.6%2024 5-year
Black
35.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
3.5%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+82 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+71 in 1964MIT Election Lab
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−16.4%
15,24921,32437,070
R
−11.9%
16,81921,42638,763
R
−13.4%
15,27720,12936,103
R
−9.2%
16,66820,08237,007
R
−8.7%
17,39220,75038,395
R
−18.0%
13,48819,47333,178
R
−14.0%
12,41016,54129,574
R
−9.2%
11,58714,13227,534
R
−12.5%
11,63215,43530,430
R
−22.5%
9,63415,28025,099
R
−26.5%
10,00017,33727,715
R
−18.2%
9,77314,28824,759
R
−3.4%
10,63711,39322,407
R
−49.0%
4,37913,25618,123
O
+8.8%
3,9402,22419,457
R
−70.7%
010,47414,810
D
+7.4%
6,0585,20811,543
R
−8.8%
3,6324,3688,367
D
+1.1%
3,0632,9956,077
O
−19.4%
05682,928
D
+52.9%
1,9986072,629
D
+71.1%
2,4303992,856
D
+82.1%
2,3632272,603
D
+69.4%
2,0443622,423
D
+8.2%
1,2621,0702,335
D
+36.4%
8733841,345
D
+38.7%
1,3065671,910
D
+54.8%
628176825
D
+76.3%
63730796
D
+61.1%
51396683
D
+80.5%
69569778
D
+12.9%
6224751,140
D
+15.9%
8365881,557
D
+60.7%
990841,493
D
+10.0%
6585381,196
D
+0.3%
5945901,187
D
+7.6%
8016851,529
D
+11.0%
1,1289042,032

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
9.4%
American
8.2%
Irish
7.5%
German
6.2%
French
2.5%
Scottish
1.7%
Italian
1.5%
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.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish2.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.5%
Other Indo-European0.7%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
29.4%
Other Christian
16.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
7.0%
Methodist
5.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Non-Christian
1.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 26.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of D+42.7, this district ranks among the strongest Democratic-performing constituencies in the state, a pattern typically anchored by majority-Black urban precincts in Alabama's larger metros.

The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Alabama 105th State House District, by a seventy-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was sixteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 105th State House District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 56% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $58,880, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State House District 105, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State House District 105, Alabama voted Republican by 16.4 points (R+16), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 37,070 votes cast, 15,249 went Democratic and 21,324 went Republican.
What is State House District 105, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State House District 105, 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 20 times, Republican 16 times, and other 2 times.
When did State House District 105, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State House District 105, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in State House District 105, Alabama?
State House District 105, Alabama has a population of 87,317 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 105, Alabama?
Median household income in State House District 105, Alabama is $58,880 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State House District 105, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State House District 105, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.