Anniston-Oxford, AL · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Calhoun County, Alabama. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Anniston-Oxford, AL, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Anniston-Oxford, AL
Year
Total registered
2018
76,168
2020
81,674
2022
80,216
2024
84,073
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−69 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −2,767 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Anniston-Oxford, AL in Anniston-Oxford, AL: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−752
2012
−606
2013
−659
2014
−534
2015
−438
2016
−502
2017
−259
2018
−159
2019
−475
2021
−123
2022
+655
2023
+893
2024
+261
2025
−69
Anchored by a former steel and munitions manufacturing base, Anniston-Oxford sits in the Alabama Piedmont and has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 40 points in recent cycles, reflecting both its rural surroundings and a shrinking but historically union-tied workforce.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.4 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 63.1 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.6 points.
A population of 116,090, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,029 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Dothan, AL and Gadsden, AL.
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How did Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 44.6 points (R+44.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 48,653 votes cast, 13,194 went Democratic and 34,912 went Republican.
When did Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama?
Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama has a population of 116,090 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama is $55,029 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Anniston-Oxford, AL, Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
