Straight-ticket ballots reach 70% of all Alabama votes; Democrats increase share

States Newsroom · November 5, 2026

More than 70% of Alabama voters cast straight-ticket party ballots on Tuesday, a record that also featured a higher percentage of those votes going to Democrats. The Secretary of State’s Office published a news release Thursday that said almost 1.2 million of the nearly 1.7 million votes were straight ticket. Of…

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