Alabama Electoral College Guide
Alabama casts 9 electoral votes in presidential elections. Safely Republican electoral vote. Alabama's 9 electoral votes have gone to Republicans in every election since 1980. The state is not competitive at the presidential level.
Role in the Electoral College
Safely Republican electoral vote. Alabama's 9 electoral votes have gone to Republicans in every election since 1980. The state is not competitive at the presidential level.
Electoral Vote History
Alabama's 9 EC votes are reliably Republican. The only exception was the 1948 Dixiecrat revolt when the state's electors refused to vote for Truman.
Electoral College Basics
The United States uses an Electoral College system to elect the president. Each state receives electoral votes equal to its total congressional representation: number of House seats + 2 (senators). Alabama has 7 House seats + 2 senators = 9 electoral votes.
A candidate needs 270 out of 538 electoral votes to win the presidency. Alabama’s 9 electoral votes represent 1.7% of the total needed.
Most states use a winner-take-all system — the popular vote winner receives all electoral votes. The exception is Maine and Nebraska, which allocate electoral votes by congressional district. Alabama uses the winner-take-all system.