Not many of those, are there?
Black voters in Alabama have voted overwhelmingly Democrat for decades. The exact share varies a bit by year and office, but it has consistently been in the high 80s to high 90s.
Recent presidential numbers
- 2020: 89% for Biden, 11% for President Trump (Edison/NYT exit poll). Black voters were 22% of the Alabama electorate.
- 2024: Alabama GOP internal data put Trump support among black voters at just over 18% (up from ~10% in 2020 and 14% in 2022). That implies roughly 82% for Harris. This is the only Alabama-specific 2024 figure that has been publicly cited.
National 2024 estimates for black voters overall were similar or slightly higher for Harris (Pew ~83%, Catalist ~85%, Black Voter Project 86%). Alabama black voters have historically run a few points more Democrat than the national average.
Longer-term averages (court expert analyses using exit polls and Cooperative Election Study data)
- Presidential: 94% Democrat (exit polls, 2008–2022) or 98% (CES).
- Specific years: 98% (2008), 95% (2012), 89% (2020 exit poll).
- Governor, Senate, and House races in Alabama typically fall in the 90–95% Democrat range for black voters. Average across offices 2008–2022 was about 93–94%.
Black women in Alabama vote even more Democrat than black men (e.g., 93% vs. 82% for Biden in 2020).
The pattern is stable and well-documented. There has been a modest national and state-level increase in black Republican support in 2024, but Democrats still receive the large majority of the Black vote in Alabama.