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Election 1996 Results

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1996 presidential election in Maryland

Bill Clinton (Democrat) beat Bob Dole (Republican) in Maryland in 1996, 54.3% to 38.3%, a margin of 16.0 points and 284,677 votes.

Maryland voted 7.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+8.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1992, when Bill Clinton also won.

Republicans led in 16 of the 24 counties and Democrats in 8. The largest, Montgomery, cast 334,898 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.2 points. The closest was Worcester, where 34 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Bill Clinton won Democratic 966,207 54.3%
Bob Dole Republican 681,530 38.3%
Ross Perot Reform 115,812 6.5%
All other candidates 17,321 1.0%
Total1,780,870

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Montgomery 198,807 59.4% 117,730 35.2% 18,361 334,898 D+24.2
Baltimore 132,599 49.1% 114,449 42.4% 22,920 269,968 D+6.7
Prince George's 176,612 73.5% 52,697 21.9% 10,993 240,302 D+51.6
Baltimore City 145,441 79.3% 28,467 15.5% 9,415 183,323 D+63.8
Anne Arundel 72,147 42.0% 83,574 48.7% 15,964 171,685 R+6.7
Howard 47,569 49.8% 40,849 42.8% 7,090 95,508 D+7.0
Harford 29,779 38.1% 39,686 50.8% 8,726 78,191 R+12.7
Frederick 25,081 38.4% 34,494 52.8% 5,728 65,303 R+14.4
Carroll 17,122 32.3% 30,316 57.2% 5,559 52,997 R+24.9
Washington 16,481 39.1% 21,434 50.9% 4,227 42,142 R+11.8
Charles 15,890 44.4% 17,432 48.7% 2,501 35,823 R+4.3
Wicomico 12,303 45.1% 12,687 46.5% 2,296 27,286 R+1.4
Allegany 11,025 42.4% 12,136 46.7% 2,840 26,001 R+4.3
Cecil 10,144 41.5% 10,885 44.5% 3,431 24,460 R+3.0
St. Mary's 9,988 42.0% 11,835 49.7% 1,985 23,808 R+7.8
Calvert 10,008 42.5% 11,509 48.8% 2,049 23,566 R+6.4
Worcester 7,587 44.8% 7,621 45.0% 1,723 16,931 R+0.2
Queen Anne's 5,054 37.1% 7,147 52.4% 1,438 13,639 R+15.3
Talbot 4,821 37.5% 6,997 54.4% 1,037 12,855 R+16.9
Dorchester 4,613 45.9% 4,337 43.1% 1,104 10,054 D+2.7
Garrett 3,121 31.9% 5,400 55.2% 1,265 9,786 R+23.3
Caroline 3,251 39.8% 3,874 47.4% 1,052 8,177 R+7.6
Somerset 3,557 49.6% 2,919 40.7% 693 7,169 D+8.9
Kent 3,207 45.8% 3,055 43.7% 736 6,998 D+2.2

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Maryland in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+28.5
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+33.2
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+26.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+26.1
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.4
2004 John Kerry (D) D+13.0
2000 Al Gore (D) D+16.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+16.0
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+5.5
1980 Jimmy Carter (D) D+3.0
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+6.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+23.9
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+1.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+30.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+7.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+20.1
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.5
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.4
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.7
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+25.3
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+25.5
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+14.7
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+4.0
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+13.0
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+24.9
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) R+0.3
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) level
1900 William McKinley (R) R+5.3
1896 William McKinley (R) R+13.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+9.9
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+2.9
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.0
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+8.8
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+12.1
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Horatio Seymour (D) D+34.4