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  • Alabama certifies votes in the November 5th Presidential election

    By Mike Cason, mcason@al.com

    Alabama certified the results of the 2024 general election on Tuesday, affirming Donald Trump’s dominance as he received 64.6% of the votes cast for president, topping the 62% that he got in 2016 and 2020.

    Vice President Kamala Harris got 34.1%.

    Three independent candidates and the write-in votes accounted for the other 1.3%.

    Trump received 1,462,616 votes in Alabama, about 21,000 more than four years ago. Harris received 772,412, about 77,000 fewer than Joe Biden got in 2020.

    The Alabama State Canvassing Board, including Secretary of State Wes Allen, certified the results received from the counties on November 26th in a short ceremony at the Capitol.
    Representatives of Gov. Kay Ivey and Attorney General Steve Marshall, who are on the board, attended the meeting.

    Trump carried 55 of Alabama’s 67 counties. He received more than 90% of the vote in four counties.

    Here are the 10 counties with the highest percentage vote for Trump:
    Winston, 91.4%
    Cleburne, 91.3%
    Marion, 90.4%
    Blount, 90%
    Cullman, 89.7%
    Geneva, 88.1%
    Lamar, 87.6%
    Cherokee, 87.3%
    Franklin, 86.1%
    Covington, 85.9%.

    Most of the dozen counties where Vice President Kamala Harris beat Trump were sparsely populated counties in the Black Belt. Harris did win Jefferson County, the state’s largest, as well as Montgomery County.

    Here are the 11 counties that Trump lost, according to the results certified by the Alabama State Canvassing Board. They are listed in the order of the lowest percentages for Trump.

    Macon: Harris, 6,084 votes, 77.7%
    Trump, 1,682 votes, 21.5%
    Greene: Harris, 3,133 votes, 77.6%.
    Trump, 885 votes, 21.9%.
    Bullock: Harris, 2,983 votes, 72.6%.
    Trump, 1,101 votes, 26.8%.
    Perry: Harris, 3,174 votes, 71.1%.
    Trump, 1,269 votes, 28.4%.
    Sumter: Harris, 3,725 votes, 70.2%.
    Trump: 1,542 votes, 29%.
    Lowndes: Harris, 3,867 votes, 68.4%.
    Trump, 1,758 votes, 31.1%.
    Dallas: Harris, 10,236 votes, 65.9%.
    Trump, 5,190, 33.4%.
    Montgomery: Harris, 57,946 votes, 64.5%.
    Trump, 30,477 votes, 33.9%.
    Wilcox: Harris, 3,449 votes, 65.5%.
    Trump, 1,793 votes, 34.1%.
    Jefferson: Harris, 162,112 votes, 54.3%.
    Trump, 131,123 votes, 43.9%.