Democratic turnout soars across Alabama in midterm election

By: Andrea Tinker

Outlets: Alabama Reflector

Published: November 5, 2026

Words: 1,027

Last Updated: 4 days, 12 hours ago

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Alabama Democrats Tuesday nearly doubled their midterm turnout from four years ago and saw their percentage of the vote increase in all 67 counties.

According to the Alabama Secretary of State’s office, voter turnout Tuesday was 43.9% with 1.7 million ballots cast. That’s up from 38.9% turnout and 1.3 million ballots cast in 2022.

In contrast to 2022, when many Democratic statewide candidates were unknowns and newcomers to politics, the …

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