- Lead
- 29,344
- Total
- 53,373
- vs nation
- D+56.5
Alabama 20th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 33,384
- Total
- 60,996
- vs nation
- D+50.3
- Lead
- 26,212
- Total
- 57,104
- vs nation
- D+43.8
- Lead
- 26,391
- Total
- 58,191
- vs nation
- D+41.5
- Lead
- 27,007
- Total
- 60,662
- vs nation
- D+37.2
- Lead
- 17,097
- Total
- 52,692
- vs nation
- D+34.9
- Lead
- 18,840
- Total
- 50,231
- vs nation
- D+37.0
- Lead
- 16,869
- Total
- 47,576
- vs nation
- D+26.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+55.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 138,9872024 5-year
- Population density
- 999 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 139 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $54,8652024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 23.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 65.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+92.8 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+5.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 30, TN · twin score 97.4
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 20th State Senate 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. Roosevelt1936
96.3%
9,486 votes · D+92.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 94.6%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
52.8%
11,284 votes · R+5.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 48.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
46,817votes
76.8% of the vote · D+54.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 43,728 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
17,711votes
33.6% of the vote · D+32.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 17,663 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
+108.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+88.7 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +106.7 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+28.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+5.7 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · −23.2 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 | 60.3%30,411 | 39.7%19,981 | 50,392 |
Alabama 20th State Senate District sits in the Black Belt and Gulf South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 92.8 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 5.7 points in 1964. The 2024 margin was 55.0 points.
A population of 138,987, a 23% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $54,865 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 30 and State Senate District 19.
The state-senate 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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