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Barbour County's 2020 to 2024 swing within its multi-cycle trajectory, peer cohort, and demographic profile.
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Barbour County voted R+14.7 in 2024, a 7.0-point rightward shift from R+7.7 in 2020 that sits inside a 13.2-point realignment since Obama carried the county at D+3.1 in 2012. The county still runs 18.5 points to the left of AL-2's R+33.2 — a gap that points to a precinct-level pattern inside the district, anchored by Barbour's 46.3% Black population against a 51.3% white share. Turnout collapsed to 28.6% in 2024, against 59.3% statewide.
Headline numbers at a glance
Barbour County voted R+14.7 in 2024, a 7.0-point rightward shift from R+7.7 in 2020. The lean score sits at R+11.6, with turnout at 28.6%.
Where the answer lives
Barbour in Alabama, drawn against the state outline.
From one party to the other
Held R from 2020 to 2024 (moved -7.0).
Cycle-by-cycle arc
Barbour County swung 7.0 points right from 2020 to 2024, landing at R+14.7 after R+7.7 four years earlier.
Shifted 13.2 pts left across 16 years.
Population, income, education
Barbour County is plurality white at 51.3%, with a 46.3% Black share across 29,000 people. Median household income sits at $25,100 and the poverty rate runs at 26.8%. Bachelor's-degree attainment is 10.9% and the foreign-born share is 1.5%.
Against county, state, and national
| Geography | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Change since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour | R+5.6 | R+7.7 | R+14.7 | -13.2 pts |
| Alabama | R+28.1 | R+25.5 | R+30.5 | -2.3 pts |
| AL-2 | R+32.5 | R+29.4 | R+33.2 | -0.7 pts |
| United States | D+2.1 | D+4.5 | R+1.4 | -3.5 pts |
Akashic Atlas, "Barbour County's 2020 to 2024 swing within its multi-cycle trajectory, peer cohort, and demographic profile", answer ID Im7RYR2_07Vh, generated 2026-04-30, retrieved 2026-04-30. https://akashicedge.com/atlas/a/Im7RYR2_07Vh
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