evangelical Christians, and 88% of them voted for Bush. 62% of the state approved of Bush, and 60% approved of the decision to go to war in Iraq. 82% of white men and 79% of white women voted for Bush. Finally, 70% of voters over the age of sixty voted for Bush. Alabama was racially divided: Alabama Whites voted 80%–19% for Bush while Blacks voted 91%-9% for Kerry. , Bush is the last Republican to carry Jefferson (home of Birmingham, the state's largest city), and majority-black Marengo counties in a presidential election. Results By county Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Barbour (Largest city: Eufaula) Choctaw (Largest city: Butler) Colbert (Largest city: Muscle Shoals) Conecuh (Largest city: Evergreen) Jackson (Largest city: Scottsboro) Lawrence (Largest city: Moulton) Marengo (Largest city: Linden) By congressional district Bush won 6 of 7 congressional districts, including one held by a Democrat. Electors Technically the voters of Alabama cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Alabama is allocated 9 electors because it has 7 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 9 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 9 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them. An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 13, 2004, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All were pledged to and voted for George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Beth Chapman Marty Connors Martha Hosey Will Sellers Mike Hubbard Floyd Lawson Elbert Peters Bettye Fine Collins Martha Stokes See also United States presidential elections in Alabama References Alabama 2004 2004 Alabama elections