A permanent, source-linked view of the county's 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential history, turnout, election-administration context, and non-conclusive review signals.
“Other” includes all other loaded presidential candidates and write-ins. Margin is the absolute gap between the Democratic and Republican vote buckets, divided by all loaded presidential votes.
Equipment metadata is jurisdiction context only. It is not a vote or turnout row, does not prove or disprove an advisory signal, and does not guarantee every precinct or ballot mode used one identical setup.
These calculated indicators are prompts for checking source data, reporting grain, denominators, and local context. They are not evidence or findings of fraud, misconduct, or an incorrect election outcome.
average down ballot difference · severity 8.92
Average down-ballot difference
Average President-vs-down-ballot difference crossed threshold: DEM 15.57%, REP -1.56%.
Calculation detail
The average gap between presidential votes and same-party down-ballot votes is large enough to review. Split-ticket voting can explain some gap; this flag identifies areas needing supporting records.
Traceability
Sources and provenance
4 referenced sources
Canonical geography
Talladega County · county:01121
Geometry registry artifact: al-counties.geojson
Official 2012/2016/2020 county presidential baseline rows
Official 2012/2016/2020 county presidential baseline rows
Alabama Secretary of State
Official county historical baselines for context only. 2016 and 2020 are county aggregates from official precinct matrix ZIPs; 2012 uses the official county presidential workbook.Open source Official 2024 county presidential rows
Official 2024 county presidential rows
Alabama Secretary of State
Official county presidential aggregates from the 67 county XLS matrices; reconciles to 2,265,090 presidential votes.Open source EAC fallback turnout rows
EAC fallback turnout rows
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
National EAC fallback turnout rows. Alabama-native turnout artifacts are collected as leads, but EAC remains active until the SOS ballots-cast and ALVR denominator timing are reconciled.Open source equipment_context
Verified Voting Verifier AL 2024 equipment context
Verified Voting
Verified Voting Verifier data is jurisdiction-level election-administration context. Most rows are counties, but some states report state-level rows and some county rows can summarize mixed tabulation, accessible-device, absentee, poll-book, or other configurations. Treat it as source-linked context, not proof every precinct in a county used one identical setup, and not a turnout or vote-result source.Open source