- Lead
- 32,386
- Total
- 57,706
- vs nation
- R+54.7
Alabama 31st State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 29,793
- Total
- 58,756
- vs nation
- R+55.2
- Lead
- 28,695
- Total
- 54,235
- vs nation
- R+55.0
- Lead
- 23,834
- Total
- 54,194
- vs nation
- R+47.8
- Lead
- 24,579
- Total
- 54,909
- vs nation
- R+52.0
- Lead
- 22,843
- Total
- 48,931
- vs nation
- R+44.2
- Lead
- 13,448
- Total
- 43,605
- vs nation
- R+31.4
- Lead
- 6,731
- Total
- 39,913
- vs nation
- R+25.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 137,0082024 5-year
- Population density
- 51 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,712 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $59,6172024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+93.8 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 19, GA · twin score 97.1
presidential history
Party record book
Alabama 31st 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. Roosevelt1932
96.8%
9,659 votes · D+93.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 96.2%
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
82.9%
18,330 votes · R+65.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 81.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Hubert Humphrey1968
27,565votes
80.3% of the vote · D+73.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 21,299 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
44,815votes
77.7% of the vote · R+56.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 43,949 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
John W. Davis1924
+102.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+77.2 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +80.5 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+88.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+65.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +55.2 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.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+56.1, this district ranks among the most partisan in the state. Its electorate is predominantly rural, and statewide candidates rarely contest it seriously.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 93.8 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 65.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 56.1 points.
A population of 137,008, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $59,617 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 19 and State Senate District 36.
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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