Feb 24, 2020

New Primary Election Voter Registration Numbers


     The Alabama Secretary of State's office has released the numbers for voter registrations leading up to the Alabama Primary election a week from tomorrow.

They say the number of registered voters is higher than ever: 3,576,107.



It means there are 509,375 more registered voters than in the 2016 election, and 587,893 more than in the 2012 presidential election.

The state population is 4,908,621

Of that number 3,765,887 are adults.



The numbers means there are 3,576,107 registered voters of the 3,765,887 Alabama adults of voting age. And189,780 adults are not registered. About 45,000 adult Alabama residents are in prison and may therefore be ineligible to vote.

Of course being registered and actually voting are two very different things.  Turnout is much lower.



In 2016  1,260,551 Alabamians voted in the primary elections, twice as many in the Republican Primary as in the Democratic Primary.

There is no party registration in Alabama, so people can choose which primary to vote in next month...but in the event of a runoff, they can only take part if they voted in the primary that resulted in the runoff.

In some election years, Democrats vote in the GOP primary to select the weakest candidate, and vis versa. 

399,899 voted in the 2016 Democratic Primary
860,652 voted in the 2016 GOP Primary


Registered Voter totals for last three presidential primary elections:

2020: 3,576,107
2016: 3,066,732
2012: 2,988,214





 

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