November 2016 Group Watch: Thousands of AL Voters Didn’t Vote for President
More than 13,000 Alabama voters went to the polls last Tuesday and did not vote in the presidential race. According to the secretary of state’s office, 2.1 million ballots were cast and as expected, Alabama supported Donald Trump. The more than 13,000 ballots cast in the state that did not include a vote for president overwhelmed the last time the incumbent president was not on the ballot. In 2008, when President Obama defeated John McCain, 5,843 Alabama ballots did not include a vote for president. McCain carried Alabama by more than 450,000 votes over Obama.
