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Talladega-Sylacauga, AL·Alabama

Talladega-Sylacauga, AL voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 35 points.

Piedmont Alabama's manufacturing corridor, where union legacy meets rural realignment

1876 — 2024·38 elections
AL
Latest
R+35
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
91,321
2024 ACS

Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+35%. Democratic peak: D+73 in 1936.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+35MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population
91,3212024 5-year
Median household income
$57,7292024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
62.7%2024 5-year
Black
29.7%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
2.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+73 in 1936MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+71 in 1964MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 0 D · 2 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−35.0%
12,37625,85838,518
R
−26.6%
14,93425,86641,142
R
−26.3%
13,90323,99538,362
R
−16.0%
16,09622,29538,642
R
−18.4%
16,05223,36039,767
R
−22.4%
13,42921,23634,899
R
−9.4%
13,36816,18930,018
R
−0.5%
12,50612,65226,909
R
−5.2%
13,02514,63431,062
R
−20.3%
10,15115,37825,789
R
−23.3%
10,27116,65227,405
D
+3.7%
12,54211,61624,850
D
+25.7%
13,1107,62121,374
R
−48.3%
5,34015,43520,916
O
+6.5%
3,7222,26522,567
R
−71.0%
010,92415,376
D
+10.9%
7,2225,79613,104
D
+11.4%
6,6545,26712,116
D
+19.7%
6,5294,37610,933
O
−18.0%
08684,829
D
+58.9%
4,1811,0695,287
D
+72.1%
5,3128516,189
D
+72.7%
5,0977286,008
D
+68.1%
4,6188675,507
R
−5.7%
2,3922,6805,086
D
+37.1%
2,5201,1363,726
D
+30.3%
3,1441,6724,853
D
+43.5%
2,4069323,385
D
+61.5%
2,0752203,016
D
+35.3%
1,7277982,635
D
+47.7%
2,1977243,088
D
+4.2%
2,5612,3445,142
D
+36.4%
3,1471,4214,742
O
+43.9%
3,5922157,690
D
+6.2%
3,3122,9186,320
D
+0.8%
2,6392,5965,260
D
+6.7%
2,9552,5795,610
D
+24.4%
3,3612,0425,403

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
12.2%
American
10.8%
Irish
8.4%
German
6.1%
Scottish
1.6%
Italian
0.8%
French
0.8%
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: 42.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.1%
2.8%
75–84
3.4%
5.9%
65–74
6.4%
7.0%
55–64
7.3%
6.4%
45–54
6.6%
5.8%
35–44
6.5%
6.5%
25–34
6.1%
3.8%
18–24
3.7%
7.4%
5–17
7.5%
2.7%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$57,729
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL ranks near the middle of US counties.
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL$57,729
Alabama$63,999
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.3%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1825.9%
Working age (18–64)15.3%
Seniors (65+)12.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
96.7%
speak English only
Spanish2.3%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
34.2%
Other Christian
12.0%
Methodist
4.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.7%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 44.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Talladega and Talladega Counties anchor a mid-sized metro whose white working-class majority has shifted sharply toward Republican presidential margins over the past two decades, even as local races occasionally split the ticket.

The shift began with civil rights. 1984 marked the realignment in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, by a twenty-three points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-one points in 1964. The 2024 margin was thirty-five points.

The political shift has tracked, in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 63% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $57,729, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/45180/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama vote in 2024?
In 2024, Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama voted Republican by 35.0 points (R+35), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 38,518 votes cast, 12,376 went Democratic and 25,858 went Republican.
What is Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Talladega-Sylacauga, 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 21 times, Republican 14 times, and other 3 times.
When did Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama voted Democratic was 1980.
How many people live in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama?
Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama has a population of 91,321 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama?
Median household income in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama is $57,729 — below the national median of $80,734. The Alabama state median is $63,999.
What is the political history of Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Talladega-Sylacauga, AL, Alabama from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.