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Morgan County, Alabama's 2020 to 2024 swing magnitude in the context of its longer partisan trajectory, demographic composition, and…
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Morgan County moved 3.2 points right between 2020 and 2024, landing at R+52.4 against a national margin of R+1.4 — a 51.0-point gap to the country it sits in. The longer arc runs the other way: Morgan is 8.6 points more Democratic than it was in 2016, while the US shifted 3.5 points right over the same stretch. The 2024 cycle pulled 53,543 votes out of a 111,000-population county at 29.2% turnout, a participation floor well below Alabama's 59.3%.
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Morgan in Alabama, drawn against the state outline.
Cycle-by-cycle arc
Morgan County moved 3.2 points right from 2020 to 2024, landing at R+52.4 after R+49.2. That shift extends a longer arc: the county has drifted 8.6 points right since 2008, when it sat at R+43.8. The decisive cycle was 2016, when the margin jumped 8.2 points right from R+44.4 to R+52.6. A 3.4-point Democratic snapback in 2020 proved temporary, with 2024 reclaiming the Trump-era ceiling.
Shifted 8.6 pts left across 16 years.
Population, income, education
Morgan County is 81.8% non-Hispanic white across 111,000 people, with a Black share of 11.2% and Hispanic share of 3.3%. Median household income sits at $37,803, and 18.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. Poverty runs at 12.3% and the foreign-born share is 2.7%. The profile — overwhelmingly white, modest income, low college attainment — tracks the rural-North Alabama composition behind the county's rightward trajectory.
Against county, state, and national
| Geography | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Change since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | R+52.6 | R+49.2 | R+52.4 | -8.6 pts |
| Alabama | R+28.1 | R+25.5 | R+30.5 | -2.3 pts |
| AL-5 | R+33.0 | R+27.0 | R+28.7 | +4.3 pts |
| United States | D+2.1 | D+4.5 | R+1.4 | -3.5 pts |
Akashic Atlas, "Morgan County, Alabama's 2020 to 2024 swing magnitude in the context of its longer partisan trajectory, demographic composition, and…", answer ID 6iX39tCXmH06, generated 2026-04-30, retrieved 2026-04-30. https://akashicedge.com/atlas/a/6iX39tCXmH06
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