Voter turnout in the Alabama primary was 20%.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowAug 5, 2026
The claim's 20% figure is close to some Alabama counties' May primary turnout (Madison and Limestone, about 20%), but the statewide May primary figure reported by the Alabama Reflector was about 23.11%, and the August special primary was only about 5%.
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… We needed President Trump to come in. We got to cut back on these dang bureaucrats who are stealing us blind. The American people need to wake up and get out and vote. My God, folks, this is, this is, this is past serious. We only had 20% of the people vote in Alabama in the primary, 20%. We, we better get upwards of 50, 60, 70% in some of these states, or we're going to get whitewashed. People are going to run right over the top of us, and especially these states that are going to jam the ballot boxes with, with all these fake ballots. …
The Charlie Kirk Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The Alabama Reflector reports statewide primary turnout of 23.11% with 879,381 ballots cast, which is above the claimed 20%.[2]
Supports. WAFF reports that Madison County's May primary turnout was roughly 20% (67,675 of 329,000 registered voters), and Limestone County's was just over 20%.[3]
Context. Parca reports the May primary overall turnout remained below 25%, and the August special congressional primary drew only about 5% of registered voters, so the claimed 20% does not match that later election.[4][5]
Context. The official Secretary of State county data show county-level May primary turnout ranging from roughly 17% to over 40%, so a single 20% figure depends on the geographic scope used.[1]
Sources
5 sources: 1 primary, 4 not rated
- 1Primary Election - May 19, 2026sos.alabama.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 2Alabama primary turnout unchanged from 2022, but Democratic ...alabamareflector.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Only 1 in 5 Madison County voters cast a ballot in May. These volunteers are knocking on doors to change thatwaff.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Special Congressional Primary Continues Trend of Declining ...parcalabama.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 5'A perfect storm for nobody to show up': Why Alabama voters ...democracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: context
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