Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+58%. Republican peak: R+81 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+58MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 246,9892024 5-year
- Median household income
- $78,7752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+81 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, ALOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 24,934 | 95,798 | 122,249 | ||
| R | 24,578 | 83,544 | 109,679 | ||
| R | 18,458 | 72,883 | 93,805 | ||
| R | 18,424 | 66,016 | 85,338 | ||
| R | 19,386 | 61,271 | 81,413 | ||
| R | 15,599 | 52,971 | 69,320 | ||
| R | 13,997 | 40,872 | 56,480 | ||
| R | 12,776 | 29,487 | 47,119 | ||
| R | 12,195 | 26,270 | 46,476 | ||
| R | 9,271 | 25,933 | 35,598 | ||
| R | 7,272 | 24,964 | 33,045 | ||
| R | 8,448 | 18,652 | 28,353 | ||
| R | 9,191 | 13,256 | 22,967 | ||
| R | 2,923 | 15,104 | 18,375 | ||
| O | 1,821 | 2,154 | 18,404 | ||
| R | 0 | 10,870 | 13,400 | ||
| D | 5,647 | 4,812 | 10,636 | ||
| R | 3,878 | 4,293 | 8,415 | ||
| D | 3,386 | 3,179 | 6,617 | ||
| O | 0 | 767 | 3,445 | ||
| D | 2,002 | 695 | 2,727 | ||
| D | 2,681 | 617 | 3,501 | ||
| D | 2,337 | 433 | 2,966 | ||
| D | 2,097 | 544 | 2,780 | ||
| R | 1,317 | 1,388 | 2,719 | ||
| D | 1,023 | 549 | 1,978 | ||
| D | 1,230 | 556 | 1,937 | ||
| D | 766 | 216 | 1,140 | ||
| D | 623 | 37 | 926 | ||
| D | 439 | 109 | 639 | ||
| D | 454 | 126 | 614 | ||
| D | 444 | 396 | 921 | ||
| D | 726 | 404 | 1,181 | ||
| D | 912 | 382 | 1,382 | ||
| D | 724 | 547 | 1,271 | ||
| D | 776 | 702 | 1,488 | ||
| D | 767 | 663 | 1,453 | ||
| D | 789 | 662 | 1,451 |
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
18.5%
English
15.6%
Irish
10.4%
German
10.1%
Italian
2.9%
French
2.3%
Scottish
2.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,775
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$78,775
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.1%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.0%
Working age (18–64)9.3%
Seniors (65+)7.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.1%
speak English only
Spanish3.5%
Other Indo-European1.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 46.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Anchored by retiree-heavy Fairhope and resort-adjacent Foley, this Baldwin County corridor has trended sharply Republican even as rapid in-migration from other states slowly diversifies its electorate.
The shift began with civil rights. 1964 marked the realignment in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, by a eighty-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at eighty-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was fifty-eight points.
The political shift has tracked, in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 82% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $78,775, and a 10% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 58.0 points (R+58), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 122,249 votes cast, 24,934 went Democratic and 95,798 went Republican.
What is Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 19 times, Republican 17 times, and other 2 times.
When did Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1960.
How many people live in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama?
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama has a population of 246,989 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama is $78,775 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 17 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.