Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), 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.
Where a cell reads All others, no named candidate led — the source’s residual bucket did. That bucket holds every name past the ones the contest itemises, including candidates who had withdrawn but still drew votes. It is a total, not a person, so it carries no candidate colour.
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 Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa)
Year
Total registered
2018
1,343,695
2020
1,429,494
2022
1,407,060
2024
1,463,845
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+2,393 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +18,737 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa) in Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa): net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−4,413
2012
−1,405
2013
+1,227
2014
−2
2015
−22
2016
−1,894
2017
−388
2018
−23
2019
+382
2021
+6,906
2022
+4,651
2023
+6,192
2024
+5,133
2025
+2,393
Anchored by Jefferson County's urban core, the Birmingham market stretches into reliably Republican Tuscaloosa and Anniston exurbs, creating a viewing audience that mixes a substantial Black urban electorate with predominantly white rural and suburban counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.5 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 69.2 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.7 points.
A population of 1,972,775, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,894 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hattiesburg-Laurel and Columbus-Tupelo-West Point-Houston.
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How did Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama voted Republican by 29.7 points (R+29.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 878,697 votes cast, 303,027 went Democratic and 563,856 went Republican.
When did Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama?
Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama has a population of 1,972,775 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama?
Median household income in Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama is $66,894 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Birmingham (Anniston and Tuscaloosa), Alabama from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.
