United States presidential election, 2004, in Alabama

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Alabama trended sharply toward George W. Bush in 2004. In 2000, it voted for him 56%-41% by fifteen points; this year it voted for him by 25 points. Alabama was divisively polarized between the races: According to CNN's exit polls, Alabama Whites voted 80%-19% for Bush while Blacks voted 91%-9% for Kerry [1].

Presidential Candidate	Running Mate	Party	Electoral Vote (EV)	Popular Vote (PV)		The Black Belt went for Kerry while the rest of the state supported Bush
George W. Bush of Texas	Richard Cheney of Wyoming	Republican	9	1,176,394	62.46%
John Kerry of Massachusetts	John Edwards of North Carolina	Democrat	0	693,933	36.84%
Ralph Nader of Connecticut	Jan Pierce	Independent	0	6,701	0.36%
Others	-	-	0	6,387	0.34%
Other elections: 2000, 2004, 2008

Statewide winner in bold. See main article : U.S. presidential election, 2004.

County	John Kerry		George Bush		Other
	Percentage	Count	Percentage	Count	Percentage	Count
Autauga	23.7%	4,758	75.7%	15,196	0.6%	127
Baldwin	22.5%	15,599	76.4%	52,971	1.1%	750
Barbour	44.8%	4,832	54.7%	5,899	0.4%	46
Bibb	27.5%	2,089	72.0%	5,472	0.5%	39
Blount	18.3%	3,938	80.9%	17,386	0.8%	180
Bullock	68.1%	3,210	31.7%	1,494	0.3%	13
Butler	40.6%	3,413	59.2%	4,979	0.3%	24
Calhoun	33.3%	15,083	65.9%	29,814	0.8%	352
Chambers	41.0%	5,347	58.5%	7,622	0.5%	63
Cherokee	33.6%	3,040	65.5%	5,923	1.0%	86
Chilton	22.6%	3,778	76.9%	12,829	0.5%	86
Choctaw	45.7%	3,303	53.9%	3,897	0.4%	27
Clarke	40.6%	4,627	59.1%	6,730	0.3%	37
Clay	28.8%	1,893	70.3%	4,624	0.9%	59
Cleburne	24.0%	1,391	75.4%	4,370	0.6%	37
Coffee	25.4%	4,480	73.9%	13,019	0.7%	117
Colbert	44.3%	10,598	55.1%	13,188	0.6%	149
Conecuh	45.2%	2,719	54.3%	3,271	0.5%	31
Coosa	41.1%	2,055	58.1%	2,905	0.8%	41
Covington	23.4%	3,423	76.0%	11,119	0.6%	85
Crenshaw	30.9%	1,698	68.7%	3,777	0.5%	25
Cullman	22.9%	8,045	76.2%	26,818	0.9%	328
Dale	24.6%	4,484	74.7%	13,621	0.7%	126
Dallas	60.2%	11,175	39.5%	7,335	0.3%	63
DeKalb	29.4%	7,092	70.0%	16,904	0.6%	139
Elmore	22.6%	6,471	76.9%	22,056	0.5%	153
Escambia	30.8%	3,814	68.7%	8,513	0.5%	68
Etowah	35.9%	15,328	63.3%	26,999	0.8%	353
Fayette	30.1%	2,408	69.2%	5,534	0.7%	60
Franklin	36.8%	4,514	62.7%	7,690	0.5%	65
Geneva	20.1%	2,113	79.3%	8,342	0.6%	65
Greene	79.3%	3,764	20.2%	958	0.5%	26
Hale	58.3%	4,631	41.3%	3,281	0.4%	33
Henry	33.3%	2,452	66.3%	4,881	0.4%	28
Houston	25.3%	9,144	74.2%	26,874	0.5%	183
Jackson	42.5%	8,635	56.8%	11,534	0.7%	152
Jefferson	45.2%	132,286	54.2%	158,680	0.7%	2,001
Lamar	28.4%	1,956	71.1%	4,894	0.5%	35
Lauderdale	39.4%	14,628	59.7%	22,161	0.9%	318
Lawrence	44.0%	6,155	55.2%	7,730	0.8%	116
Lee	36.4%	16,227	62.7%	27,972	0.9%	411
Limestone	31.4%	9,126	67.8%	19,702	0.8%	245
Lowndes	70.3%	4,233	29.7%	1,786	0.0%	2
Macon	82.9%	7,800	16.7%	1,570	0.4%	37
Madison	40.2%	52,644	58.9%	77,173	0.9%	1,245
Marengo	48.8%	5,037	50.9%	5,255	0.3%	30
Marion	29.6%	3,808	69.8%	8,983	0.7%	84
Marshall	26.8%	8,452	72.3%	22,783	0.8%	256
Mobile	40.7%	63,732	58.7%	92,014	0.7%	1,025
Monroe	38.5%	3,666	61.2%	5,831	0.4%	37
Montgomery	50.4%	45,160	49.2%	44,097	0.4%	393
Morgan	30.1%	14,131	69.1%	32,477	0.8%	399
Perry	68.2%	3,767	31.5%	1,738	0.3%	18
Pickens	42.9%	3,915	56.6%	5,170	0.5%	47
Pike	36.5%	4,334	63.0%	7,483	0.6%	66
Randolph	31.3%	2,817	68.1%	6,127	0.6%	57
Russell	49.8%	8,375	49.6%	8,337	0.6%	97
St. Clair	18.7%	5,456	80.6%	23,500	0.7%	205
Shelby	18.8%	14,850	80.4%	63,435	0.8%	621
Sumter	70.4%	4,527	29.2%	1,880	0.4%	26
Talladega	38.0%	11,374	61.3%	18,331	0.6%	193
Tallapoosa	30.4%	5,451	69.0%	12,392	0.6%	109
Tuscaloosa	37.9%	26,447	61.4%	42,877	0.7%	506
Walker	31.8%	9,016	67.6%	19,167	0.6%	184
Washington	38.1%	3,145	61.4%	5,060	0.5%	42
Wilcox	67.5%	3,838	32.3%	1,834	0.2%	10
Winston	21.5%	2,236	78.0%	8,130	0.5%	57

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