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1876–2024
State Senate District 4·Alabama

Alabama 4th State Senate District voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 81 points.

One of Alabama's most reliably Republican legislative districts

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+81
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
143,400
2024 ACS

Alabama 4th State Senate District, Alabama: Old Confederacy district. In 2024, voted R+81%. Republican peak: R+81 in 2024.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+81MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
143,4002024 5-year
Median household income
$59,2072024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
90.6%2024 5-year
Black
1.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
4.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+57 in 1892MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+81 in 2024MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 0 D · 3 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−81.1%
6,11961,12667,823
R
−78.2%
6,91359,26766,927
R
−78.2%
6,10153,47960,579
R
−68.3%
8,58546,99856,264
R
−62.9%
10,21946,52557,678
R
−51.0%
14,08643,92158,476
R
−30.5%
17,04632,47350,588
R
−13.2%
17,70923,77346,000
R
−10.7%
20,02925,64852,391
R
−24.6%
15,97326,53642,910
R
−32.0%
14,52828,39243,308
R
−0.1%
20,33920,37141,405
D
+26.0%
23,33413,64237,218
R
−64.8%
5,33525,28330,797
O
−22.1%
1,7388,62831,188
R
−63.8%
014,55322,799
D
+2.4%
11,12410,60521,754
D
+0.1%
9,9279,91319,904
D
+15.8%
9,4926,89616,428
O
−40.3%
04,15510,306
D
+14.3%
6,6754,99911,740
D
+24.5%
9,6495,82315,585
D
+31.2%
7,7024,01911,788
D
+42.2%
6,2402,5068,841
R
−26.8%
3,7736,53110,305
D
+15.9%
3,8172,7346,800
R
−11.6%
6,0637,66313,771
D
+2.7%
3,4473,2646,750
D
+30.3%
2,8359346,282
R
−4.6%
2,7813,0586,006
D
+10.5%
3,3222,6616,310
D
+16.1%
2,8422,0245,074
D
+27.0%
2,7511,5384,493
D
+57.0%
2,799154,887
D
+32.6%
1,8619462,808
D
+42.0%
1,0834411,530
D
+49.5%
9833321,315
D
+26.4%
9705651,535

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
20.4%
English
14.3%
Irish
12.4%
German
11.3%
Scottish
2.6%
Italian
1.7%
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: 42.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.3%
2.9%
75–84
3.7%
5.4%
65–74
6.0%
7.0%
55–64
6.9%
6.5%
45–54
6.3%
5.7%
35–44
5.8%
6.1%
25–34
6.1%
4.0%
18–24
3.6%
8.4%
5–17
7.8%
3.1%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,207
State Senate District 4 ranks near the middle of US counties.
State Senate District 4$59,207
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
16.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1822.5%
Working age (18–64)14.3%
Seniors (65+)13.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.4%
speak English only
Spanish3.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.3%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
36.6%
Other Christian
13.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.2%
Methodist
2.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With a 2024 presidential margin of R+32.6, this district anchors the Republican coalition in its corner of Alabama, where rural demographics and low population density have long reinforced single-party dominance at every level of the ballot.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Alabama 4th State Senate District, by a zero points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-one points in 2024. The 2024 margin was eighty-one points.

The political shift has tracked, in Alabama 4th State Senate District, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 91% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $59,207, and a 16% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did State Senate District 4, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, State Senate District 4, Alabama voted Republican by 81.1 points (R+81), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 67,823 votes cast, 6,119 went Democratic and 61,126 went Republican.
What is State Senate District 4, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies State Senate District 4, 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 19 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did State Senate District 4, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which State Senate District 4, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in State Senate District 4, Alabama?
State Senate District 4, Alabama has a population of 143,400 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in State Senate District 4, Alabama?
Median household income in State Senate District 4, Alabama is $59,207 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of State Senate District 4, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in State Senate District 4, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.