MD
Maryland
Party timeline · 1789–2024
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Swing timeline · Maryland
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 19 flips across 60 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 28
Rep 14
D-R 7
Whig 4
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2
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Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dem Harris | Harris 1,902,577 62.6% | Trump 1,035,550 34.1% | Jill Stein 33,134 · 1.1% | 867,027 28.5 pts | R +4.7 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Dem Biden | Biden 1,985,023 65.4% | Trump 976,414 32.2% | Jo Jorgensen 33,488 · 1.1% | 1,008,609 33.2 pts | D +6.8 since 2016 |
| 20161 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,678,006 60.3% | Trump 943,428 33.9% | Gary Johnson 79,605 · 2.9% Jill Stein 35,945 · 1.3% | 734,578 26.4 pts | D +0.3 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,677,844 62.0% | Romney 971,869 35.9% | Gary Johnson 30,195 · 1.1% | 705,975 26.1 pts | D +0.6 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,629,467 61.9% | McCain 959,862 36.5% | None | 669,605 25.4 pts | D +12.5 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 1,334,493 56.0% | Bush 1,024,703 43.0% | None | 309,790 13.0 pts | R +3.3 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore | Gore 1,144,008 56.5% | Bush 813,827 40.2% | Ralph Nader 53,768 · 2.7% | 330,181 16.3 pts | D +0.3 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 966,207 54.3% | Dole 681,530 38.3% | Ross Perot 115,812 · 6.5% | 284,677 16.0 pts | D +1.8 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 988,571 49.8% | Bush 707,094 35.6% | Ross Perot 281,414 · 14.2% | 281,477 14.2 pts | D +17.1 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 826,304 48.2% | Bush 876,167 51.1% | None | 49,863 2.9 pts | D +2.6 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 787,935 47.0% | Reagan 879,918 52.5% | None | 91,983 5.5 pts | R +8.4 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Dem Carter | Carter 726,161 47.1% | Reagan 680,606 44.2% | John B. Anderson 119,537 · 7.8% | 45,555 3.0 pts | R +3.1 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 759,612 53.0% | Ford 672,661 47.0% | None | 86,951 6.1 pts | D +30.0 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 505,781 37.4% | Nixon 829,305 61.3% | John G. Schmitz 18,726 · 1.4% | 323,524 23.9 pts | R +25.5 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 538,310 43.6% | Nixon 517,995 41.9% | George Wallace 178,734 · 14.5% | 20,315 1.6 pts | R +29.3 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 730,912 65.5% | Goldwater 385,495 34.5% | None | 345,417 30.9 pts | D +23.7 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 565,808 53.6% | Nixon 489,538 46.4% | None | 76,270 7.2 pts | D +27.3 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 372,613 40.0% | Eisenhower 559,738 60.0% | None | 187,125 20.1 pts | R +8.5 since 1952 |
| 1952 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 395,337 43.8% | Eisenhower 499,424 55.4% | None | 104,087 11.5 pts | R +10.1 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Rep Dewey | Truman 286,521 48.0% | Dewey 294,814 49.4% | Henry A. Wallace 9,983 · 1.7% | 8,293 1.4 pts | R +5.1 since 1944 |
| 1944 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 315,490 51.9% | Dewey 292,949 48.1% | None | 22,541 3.7 pts | R +13.7 since 1940 |
| 19402 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 384,5462 58.3% | Willkie 269,5342 40.8% | None | 115,012 17.4 pts | R +7.9 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 389,612 62.3% | Landon 231,435 37.0% | None | 158,177 25.3 pts | R +0.2 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 314,314 61.5% | Hoover 184,184 36.0% | Norman Thomas 10,489 · 2.1% | 130,130 25.5 pts | D +40.2 since 1928 |
| 19283 | Rep Hoover | Smith 223,6263 42.3% | Hoover 301,4793 57.1% | None | 77,853 14.7 pts | R +10.7 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 148,072 41.3% | Coolidge 162,414 45.3% | Robert M. La Follette 47,157 · 13.1% | 14,342 4.0 pts | D +9.0 since 1920 |
| 19204,5 | Rep Harding | Cox 180,6264 42.2% | Harding 236,1174 55.1% | Eugene V. Debs 8,876 · 2.1%4 | 55,491 13.0 pts | R +21.0 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 138,359 52.8% | Hughes 117,347 44.8% | J. Frank Hanly 2,903 · 1.1% Allan L. Benson 2,674 · 1.0% | 21,012 8.0 pts | R +16.9 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 112,674 48.6% | Taft 54,956 23.7% | Theodore Roosevelt 57,786 · 24.9% Eugene V. Debs 3,996 · 1.7% | 54,888 23.7 pts | D +25.1 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Rep Taft Bryan 6, Taft 2 | Bryan 115,908 48.6% | Taft 116,513 48.8% | Eugene W. Chafin 3,302 · 1.4% | 605 0.3 pts | R +0.2 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Rep Roosevelt Parker 7, Roosevelt 1 | Parker 109,446 48.8% | Roosevelt 109,497 48.8% | Silas C. Swallow 3,034 · 1.4% Eugene V. Debs 2,247 · 1.0% | 51 0.02 pts | D +5.2 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 122,271 46.2% | McKinley 136,212 51.5% | John G. Woolley 4,582 · 1.7% | 13,941 5.3 pts | D +7.6 since 1896 |
| 18966 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 104,7356 41.8% | McKinley 136,9596 54.6% | Joshua Levering 5,918 · 2.4%6 | 32,224 12.8 pts | R +22.8 since 1892 |
| 18927 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 113,8667 53.4% | Harrison 92,7367 43.5% | John Bidwell 5,877 · 2.8%7 | 21,130 9.9 pts | D +7.0 since 1888 |
| 1888 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 106,168 50.3% | Harrison 99,986 47.4% | Clinton B. Fisk 4,767 · 2.3% | 6,182 2.9 pts | R +3.0 since 1884 |
| 18848 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 96,8668 52.1% | Blaine 85,7488 46.1% | John P. St. John 2,827 · 1.5%8 | 11,118 6.0 pts | R +2.8 since 1880 |
| 18809 | Dem Hancock | Hancock 93,7069 54.2% | Garfield 78,5159 45.4% | None | 15,191 8.8 pts | R +3.3 since 1876 |
| 187610 | Dem Tilden | Tilden 91,78010 56.0% | Hayes 71,98110 43.9% | None | 19,799 12.1 pts | D +11.4 since 1872 |
| 187211,12 | Dem Greeley | Greeley 67,68511 50.3% | Grant 66,76211 49.6% | None | 923 0.7 pts | R +33.7 since 1868 |
| 186813 | Dem Seymour | Seymour 62,35713 67.2% | Grant 30,43813 32.8% | None | 31,919 34.4 pts | First sourced year |
| 186414 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 186015 | S-Dem Breckinridge | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185616 | Amer Fillmore | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185217 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184818 | Whig Taylor | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184419 | Whig Clay | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184020 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183621 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183222 | N-R Clay Clay 5, Jackson 3 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182823 | N-R John Quincy Adams John Quincy Adams 6, Jackson 5 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182424 | D-R Jackson Jackson 7, John Quincy Adams 3, Crawford 1 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182025 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181626 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181227 | D-R Madison Madison 6, Clinton 5 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180828 | D-R Madison Madison 9, Pinckney 2 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180429 | D-R Jefferson Jefferson 9, Pinckney 2 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180030 | D-R Jefferson Aaron Burr 5, Charles C. Pinckney 5, John Adams 5, Thomas Jefferson 5 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179631 | Fed Adams John Adams 7, Thomas Jefferson 4, Thomas Pinckney 4, Aaron Burr 3, John Henry 2 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179232 | Ind Washington George Washington 8, John Adams 8 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 178933 | Ind Washington George Washington 6, Robert H. Harrison 6 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2016 The source reports 33,263 write-in votes on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Labor Party of Maryland, 657.
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 10 on the figure in the Socialist-Labor column (906): 'Labor.'
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): Labor 1,178; Third Party 1,645.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1808 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1804 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1792 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1789 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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Adams
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Jefferson
National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R
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Jefferson
National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R
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Madison
National: James Madison · D-R
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National: James Monroe · D-R
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Jackson
National: John Quincy Adams · D-R
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National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
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Clay
National: Andrew Jackson · Dem
Second Party System1836
Harrison
National: Martin Van Buren · Dem
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Second Party System1844
Clay
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Second Party System1848
Taylor
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Pierce
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Fillmore
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Breckinridge
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Civil War1864
Lincoln
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1868
Seymour
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Greeley
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Tilden
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Hancock
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Roosevelt
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Taft
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Harding
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Coolidge
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Hoover
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Dewey
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Johnson
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Humphrey
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Carter
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Carter
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Gore
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Kerry
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
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National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
Clinton
National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
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National: Joe Biden · Dem
Modern Polarization2024
Harris
National: Donald Trump · Rep
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