The 2016 United States presidential election in Alabama was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the

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in which all 50 states plus the

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voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman

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, and running mate

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Mike Pence against

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nominee, former Secretary of State

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, and her running mate Virginia Senator

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. Alabama has nine electoral votes in the Electoral College. Alabama has voted for the Republican candidate in every election since it was won by Ronald Reagan in 1980. As such, Trump was heavily favored to win the state. On the day of the election, Trump won the election in Alabama with 62.08% of the vote, while Clinton received 34.36% of the vote. The state had given 60.55% of its votes to Republican nominee Mitt Romney in

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, meaning that it had shifted 1.53% more Republican from the previous election. Trump's margin of victory in Alabama was 27.72%, a 5.53% increase from Romney's 22.19% margin of victory. This makes it the largest loss by a Democrat since Democratic nominee George McGovern in

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. On the other hand, Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Jefferson County since

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Primary elections

Democratic primary

Opinion polling

Results

Republican primary

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General election

Predictions

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Alabama as of Election Day.

Statewide results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Barbour (largest city: Eufaula) * Conecuh (largest city:

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By congressional district

Trump won 6 of 7 congressional districts

Turnout

According to the Alabama Secretary of State website, voter turnout was 66.82% with 2,137,482 ballots cast out of 3,198,703 registered voters. https://www.sos.alabama.gov/sites/default/files/voter-pdfs/turnout.pdf Page 8 Last edited 2018-6-25 Retrieved 2020-07-08

Opinion polls

Electors

Alabama had 9 electors in 2016 all of them voted for

for president and Mike Pence for vice president. The electors were: * Frank Burt Jr. * Will Sellers * James Eldon Wilson * Tim Wadsworth * J. Elbert Peters * Mary Sue McClurkin * Robert A. Cusanelli * Perry O. Hooper Jr. * Grady H. Thornton

References

External links

RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process

Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions

Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Alabama
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