Alabama 1978 Governor Election

Name: Alabama 1978 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

Forrest H. James Jr. vs. Guy Hunt

Forrest H. James Jr. won the Alabama 1978 governor election with 551,886 votes (72.6%), a margin of D+46.7.

Statewide Results

72.6%

25.9%

551,886

Forrest H. James Jr. (72.6%)

196,963

Guy Hunt (25.9%)

Total Votes: 760,474|Margin: D+46.7

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
PERRY	D+90.2	D+29.8	D+2.4	5,175	D+2.2%
WILCOX	D+87.7	D+36.8	D+22.0	6,492	R+4.2%
CHOCTAW	D+87.6	D+12.5	R+8.0	3,260	R+7.2%
MACON	D+87.0	D+65.8	D+66.5	4,936	D+28.9%
CHAMBERS	D+84.9	D+15.0	R+20.2	10,635	D+2.0%
BULLOCK	D+84.6	D+44.6	D+34.7	4,659	D+14.0%
GREENE	D+84.2	D+53.8	D+44.4	2,766	R+7.4%
SUMTER	D+83.7	D+40.4	D+28.4	2,867	R+10.6%
RUSSELL	D+81.6	D+26.9	D+6.6	6,498	R+2.2%
MONROE	D+80.0	R+3.9	R+22.5	7,367	D+3.1%
LEE	D+79.6	R+6.3	R+29.4	11,484	D+14.4%
MARENGO	D+78.2	D+11.7	R+4.4	5,188	R+11.2%
LOWNDES	D+77.8	D+38.5	D+36.9	3,402	R+1.7%
BARBOUR	D+76.1	D+3.2	R+8.5	5,285	R+9.8%
WASHINGTON	D+75.3	D+7.2	R+17.9	3,801	R+15.2%
TALLAPOOSA	D+75.3	D+9.6	R+33.6	8,245	D+1.2%
RANDOLPH	D+73.3	D+1.4	R+33.3	5,765	R+6.4%
CLARKE	D+73.1	D+1.8	R+16.9	5,918	R+11.3%
PICKENS	D+72.2	D+11.3	R+13.2	4,202	R+19.8%
HENRY	D+71.1	D+2.7	R+27.6	3,236	R+17.1%
GENEVA	D+70.7	R+0.5	R+44.1	5,726	R+18.8%
CONECUH	D+69.8	D+2.5	R+12.7	3,066	R+12.7%
DALLAS	D+69.7	D+11.7	D+6.6	8,740	R+5.9%
ESCAMBIA	D+68.3	R+11.3	R+38.0	6,701	R+16.4%
CLEBURNE	D+67.5	R+7.5	R+43.7	2,097	D+1.9%
CRENSHAW	D+67.4	D+4.3	R+25.7	3,585	R+10.1%
HALE	D+67.3	D+25.2	D+9.9	3,616	R+15.2%
CLAY	D+67.2	D+1.6	R+39.3	2,621	R+10.5%
LAMAR	D+66.6	D+9.5	R+34.7	2,921	R+25.2%
BUTLER	D+65.9	D+4.1	R+14.9	5,910	R+13.2%
COFFEE	D+64.5	R+4.6	R+40.9	8,500	R+15.8%
COOSA	D+63.5	D+15.9	R+18.3	2,603	R+11.1%
MONTGOMERY	D+63.2	R+11.6	R+16.2	37,844	D+17.6%
PIKE	D+62.1	R+8.0	R+27.0	6,480	R+9.8%
CHEROKEE	D+62.0	D+19.9	R+3.1	2,822	R+16.9%
COVINGTON	D+61.7	R+5.2	R+44.2	7,972	R+15.8%
CALHOUN	D+61.4	R+1.3	R+27.7	18,910	R+4.7%
ELMORE	D+60.9	R+18.0	R+46.6	9,042	R+3.8%
DALE	D+59.8	R+18.4	R+51.9	7,034	R+19.6%
TALLADEGA	D+57.9	D+1.2	R+24.2	10,109	R+21.6%
JACKSON	D+56.1	D+27.3	D+6.2	6,302	R+29.1%
BIBB	D+54.1	D+10.8	R+23.2	3,379	R+34.8%
AUTAUGA	D+53.6	R+18.1	R+41.8	6,496	R+13.4%
HOUSTON	D+53.2	R+30.3	R+52.2	12,685	R+29.7%
LIMESTONE	D+52.9	D+26.9	R+21.5	6,620	R+32.3%
COLBERT	D+50.6	D+29.6	D+7.0	10,197	R+23.4%
MOBILE	D+48.6	R+18.2	R+26.5	66,501	R+28.8%
LAUDERDALE	D+47.7	D+18.0	R+8.5	14,068	R+19.2%
LAWRENCE	D+47.1	D+41.8	D+4.2	4,319	R+40.7%
TUSCALOOSA	D+40.3	R+1.6	R+26.8	20,679	R+29.5%
MADISON	D+40.2	R+0.2	R+30.1	32,793	R+21.8%
BALDWIN	D+39.6	R+36.0	R+53.5	17,612	R+32.9%
ETOWAH	D+39.5	D+12.2	R+0.4	21,402	R+40.7%
FAYETTE	D+36.2	D+1.1	R+29.5	3,852	R+41.2%
MORGAN	D+35.1	D+5.1	R+36.3	14,048	R+36.9%
FRANKLIN	D+33.1	D+15.7	R+7.0	6,414	R+28.4%
CHILTON	D+32.8	R+16.6	R+45.4	7,581	R+32.3%
SHELBY	D+30.9	R+32.5	R+56.9	11,020	R+37.6%
DEKALB	D+30.0	R+4.6	R+25.3	12,837	R+14.7%
JEFFERSON	D+30.0	R+7.5	R+19.1	144,831	R+28.9%
MARION	D+27.1	D+2.5	R+26.6	6,410	R+53.8%
ST. CLAIR	D+26.6	R+18.5	R+43.7	7,158	R+38.7%
MARSHALL	D+26.3	D+13.5	R+22.7	10,271	R+41.5%
WALKER	D+11.4	D+21.1	R+9.5	13,370	R+63.0%
BLOUNT	D+1.9	R+9.1	R+38.2	8,809	R+66.0%
WINSTON	R+12.4	R+19.1	R+44.5	6,931	R+39.6%
CULLMAN	R+30.5	D+5.9	R+29.4	16,409	R+80.2%

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County Results

County Results (67 counties)

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