How Maryland has voted since 1960

Maryland has 10 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 14 times and Republican 3 times. It has backed the national winner in 11 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 28.5 points, 30.0 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 69.4% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 14th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 1992. Its closest result was in 1968, when Hubert Humphrey won it by 1.7 points.

  1. 1960Kennedy+7.2
  2. 1964Johnson+30.9
  3. 1968Humphrey+1.7
  4. 1972Nixon+23.9
  5. 1976Carter+6.1
  6. 1980Carter+3.0
  7. 1984Reagan+5.5
  8. 1988Bush+2.9
  9. 1992Clinton+14.2
  10. 1996Clinton+16.0
  11. 2000Gore+16.3
  12. 2004Kerry+13.0
  13. 2008Obama+25.5
  14. 2012Obama+26.1
  15. 2016Clinton+26.4
  16. 2020Biden+33.2
  17. 2024Harris+28.5

Each box is one election: the winner in Maryland and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

Election night

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Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 7 Democrats, 1 Republican

All 8 members
  1. 1 Andy Harris (R)
  2. 2 Johnny Olszewski (D)
  3. 3 Sarah Elfreth (D)
  4. 4 Glenn Ivey (D)
  5. 5 Steny H. Hoyer (D)
  6. 6 April McClain Delaney (D)
  7. 7 Kweisi Mfume (D)
  8. 8 Jamie Raskin (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Maryland margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Maryland in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: D+7.2 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+30.9 (nation D+22.6)'641968: D+1.7 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+23.9 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+6.1 (nation D+2.1)'761980: D+3.0 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+5.5 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+2.9 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+14.2 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+16.0 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+16.3 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+13.0 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+25.5 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+26.1 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+26.4 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+33.2 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+28.5 (nation R+1.5)'24

Maryland margin National popular vote

By county

Donald Trump won 16 of Maryland's 24 counties in 2024; Kamala Harris won 8.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Montgomery County519,221D+52.8→D 40.8
Baltimore County412,915D+24.3→D 18.9
Prince George's County404,009D+74.8→D 58.7
Anne Arundel County311,572D+13.8→D 10.9
Baltimore city230,754D+72.4→D 57.1
Howard County182,291D+41.3→D 32.5
Frederick County156,114D+8.7→D 6.8
Harford County150,090R+13.7→R 11.3
Carroll County102,651R+24.7→R 20.0
Charles County92,097D+40.5→D 32.3

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Garrett County (42.7), Allegany County (32.5), Caroline County (31.4); toward the Democrat, Prince George's County (58.7), Baltimore city (57.1), Montgomery County (40.8) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 62.6%1,902,577Trump 34.1%1,035,5503.3%D+28.5R+1.569.4%10
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 65.4%1,985,023Trump 32.2%976,4142.5%D+33.2D+4.569.4%10
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 60.3%1,677,928Trump 33.9%943,1695.8%D+26.4D+2.167.1%10
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 62.0%1,677,844Romney 35.9%971,8692.1%D+26.1D+3.967.3%10
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 61.9%1,629,467McCain 36.5%959,8621.6%D+25.5D+7.367.8%10
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 56.0%1,334,493Bush 43.0%1,024,7031.1%D+13.0R+2.563.0%10
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 56.5%1,144,008Bush 40.2%813,8273.3%D+16.3D+0.555.9%10
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 54.3%966,207Dole 38.3%681,530Perot 6.5%D+16.0D+8.550.8%10
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 49.8%988,571Bush 35.6%707,094Perot 14.2%D+14.2D+5.658.1%10
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 48.2%826,304Bush 51.1%876,1670.7%R+2.9R+7.752.6%10
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 47.0%787,935Reagan 52.5%879,9180.5%R+5.5R+18.254.5%10
1980 Jimmy CarterCarter lostCarter 47.1%726,161Reagan 44.2%680,606Anderson 7.8%D+3.0R+9.752.6%10
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 53.0%759,612Ford 47.0%672,6610.0%D+6.1D+2.1—10
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 37.4%Nixon 61.3%1.4%R+23.9R+23.2—10
1968 Hubert HumphreyHumphrey lostHumphrey 43.6%Nixon 41.9%Wallace 14.5%D+1.7R+0.7—10
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 65.5%Goldwater 34.5%0.0%D+30.9D+22.6—10
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 53.6%Nixon 46.4%0.0%D+7.2D+0.2—9

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 919601950 census
  • 101964–19681960 census
  • 101972–19801970 census
  • 101984–19881980 census
  • 101992–20001990 census
  • 102004–20082000 census
  • 102012–20202010 census
  • 102024–20282020 census
  • 102032–2040projected

Projected: Maryland's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 10. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Maryland cast electoral votes in 43 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 28 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican9+20.1✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican9+11.6✓
1948Thomas E. Dewey Republican8+1.4–
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic8+3.7✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic8+17.6✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic8+25.5✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic8+26.1✓
1928Herbert Hoover Republican8+14.8✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican8+4.0✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican8+13.3✓
1916Woodrow Wilson Democratic8+8.2✓
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic8+23.9✓
1908William Jennings Bryan DemocraticSplit: Bryan 6, Taft 28+-0.3–
1904Alton B. Parker DemocraticSplit: Parker 7, Roosevelt 18+0.0–
1900William McKinley Republican8+5.4✓
1896William McKinley Republican8+13.6✓
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic8+10.2✓
1888Grover Cleveland Democratic8+3.0–
1884Grover Cleveland Democratic8+6.1✓
1880Winfield S. Hancock Democratic8+8.8–
1876Samuel J. Tilden Democratic8+12.1–
1872Horace Greeley Liberal Republican and Democratic8+0.7–
1868Horatio Seymour Democratic7+34.4–
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican7+10.2✓
1860John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic8+0.8–
1856Millard Fillmore American (Know Nothing)8+9.6–
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic8+6.6✓
1848Zachary Taylor Whig8+4.4✓
1844Henry Clay Whig8+4.8–
1840William Henry Harrison Whig10+7.7✓
1836William Henry Harrison Whig10+7.5–
1832Henry Clay National RepublicanSplit: Clay 5, Jackson 38+0.0–
1828John Quincy Adams National RepublicanSplit: Adams 6, Jackson 511+0.5–
1824Andrew Jackson Democratic-RepublicanSplit: Jackson 7, Adams 3, Crawford 111+-0.3–
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican11—✓
1816James Monroe Democratic-Republican8—✓
1812James Madison Democratic-RepublicanSplit: Madison 6, Clinton 511—✓
1808James Madison Democratic-RepublicanSplit: Madison 9, Pinckney 211—✓
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-RepublicanSplit: Jefferson 9, Pinckney 211—✓
1800Thomas Jefferson Democratic-RepublicanVotes (two per elector): Jefferson 5, Burr 5, Adams 5, Pinckney 510—✓
1796John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 7, Jefferson 4, Pinckney 4, Burr 3, Henry 210—✓
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 8, Adams 88—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 6, Harrison 66—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.