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Alabama 20th State Senate District
presidential margin
2008D+33.52012D+42.82016D+45.52020D+54.82024D+55.0
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+55.0
2024
median income$54,865U.S. $80,734 · AL $63,999
median age37.9U.S. 39.1 · AL 39.4
poverty rate20.4%U.S. 12.5% · AL 15.6%
bachelor’s+ (25+)36.2%U.S. 35.6% · AL 28.5%
non-english7.6%U.S. 22.3% · AL 6.1%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
African American†62.7%
African2.0%
Nigerian0.3%
American5.5%
English5.3%
Irish2.8%
Mexican4.5%
Guatemalan0.5%
Puerto Rican0.4%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Jefferson County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Alabama 20th State Senate District

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Alabama 20th State Senate DistrictHarrisD+55.0
2024
2024 presidential margin for Alabama 20th State Senate DistrictThe boundary of Alabama 20th State Senate District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+55.0), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Alabama 20th State Senate District · D+55.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic76.9%40,936
Donald TrumpRepublican21.8%11,629
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent1.3%675
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Alabama 20th State Senate District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Jefferson County, ALDemocraticD+10.4
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
76.9%Harris40,936
21.8%Trump11,629
1.3%Kennedy675
+55.0%
53,240
D
76.8%Biden46,724
22.0%Trump13,371
1.2%Jorgensen743
+54.8%
60,838
D
71.5%Clinton41,219
26.0%Trump14,991
2.5%Johnson1,454
+45.5%
57,664
D
71.4%Obama42,864
28.6%Romney17,179
0.0%
+42.8%
60,043
D
66.3%Obama43,403
32.8%McCain21,470
0.9%Nader583
+33.5%
65,456
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +55.0% in 2024.+55.0%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+33.5%
2012+42.8%
2016+45.5%
2020+54.8%
2024+55.0%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DLinda Coleman-MadisonState Senate · 20

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

This district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+55.0 in 2024, widening from D+33.5 in 2008. No racial group formed a majority of its roughly 82,800 residents, with White alone at 48.4% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.0 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 55.0 points.

A population of 138,987, a 24% 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.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

State Senate District 30
Tennessee
97.9twin score
elasticity2012–2024 trajectory% Black≠ % unaffiliated
State Senate District 19
Alabama
97.3twin score
% Blackelasticity% unaffiliated
State Senate District 12
Arkansas
95.6twin score
elasticity2016–2024 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend

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.

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Places within Alabama 20th State Senate District

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Jefferson County

Frequently asked questions

How did Alabama 20th State Senate District vote in 2024?
In 2024, Alabama 20th State Senate District voted Democratic by 55.0 points (D+55.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 53,240 votes cast, 40,936 went Democratic and 11,629 went Republican.
How many people live in Alabama 20th State Senate District?
Alabama 20th State Senate District has a population of 138,987 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Alabama 20th State Senate District?
Median household income in Alabama 20th State Senate District is $54,865 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Alabama 20th State Senate District?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Alabama 20th State Senate District from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.