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2016 presidential election in Maryland

Hillary Clinton (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Maryland in 2016, 60.3% to 33.9%, a margin of 26.4 points and 734,759 votes.

Maryland voted 24.3 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 2012, when Barack Obama won.

Republicans led in 17 of the 24 counties and Democrats in 7. The largest, Montgomery, cast 478,873 votes and went to the Democrat by 55.4 points. The closest was Kent, where 301 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
Hillary Clinton won Democratic 1,677,928 60.3%
Donald Trump Republican 943,169 33.9%
All other candidates 160,349 5.8%
Total2,781,446

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Montgomery 357,837 74.7% 92,704 19.4% 28,332 478,873 D+55.4
Baltimore 218,412 55.9% 149,477 38.3% 22,793 390,682 D+17.6
Prince George's 344,049 88.1% 32,811 8.4% 13,525 390,385 D+79.7
Anne Arundel 128,419 47.5% 122,403 45.3% 19,259 270,081 D+2.2
Baltimore City 202,673 84.7% 25,205 10.5% 11,524 239,402 D+74.1
Howard 102,597 63.3% 47,484 29.3% 12,112 162,193 D+34.0
Harford 47,077 35.2% 77,860 58.2% 8,735 133,672 R+23.0
Frederick 56,522 45.0% 59,522 47.4% 9,633 125,677 R+2.4
Carroll 26,567 28.9% 58,215 63.4% 7,066 91,848 R+34.5
Charles 49,341 63.0% 25,614 32.7% 3,348 78,303 D+30.3
Washington 21,129 32.0% 40,998 62.1% 3,864 65,991 R+30.1
St. Mary's 17,534 35.2% 28,663 57.5% 3,645 49,842 R+22.3
Calvert 18,225 38.4% 26,176 55.2% 3,007 47,408 R+16.8
Cecil 13,650 30.2% 28,868 63.8% 2,751 45,269 R+33.6
Wicomico 18,050 42.4% 22,198 52.2% 2,299 42,547 R+9.7
Allegany 7,875 25.7% 21,270 69.4% 1,509 30,654 R+43.7
Worcester 9,753 34.5% 17,210 60.9% 1,310 28,273 R+26.4
Queen Anne's 7,973 30.1% 16,993 64.1% 1,557 26,523 R+34.0
Talbot 8,653 42.1% 10,724 52.2% 1,176 20,553 R+10.1
Dorchester 6,245 41.0% 8,413 55.3% 567 15,225 R+14.2
Caroline 4,009 28.4% 9,368 66.4% 736 14,113 R+38.0
Garrett 2,567 18.3% 10,776 76.9% 668 14,011 R+58.6
Kent 4,575 45.7% 4,876 48.7% 570 10,021 R+3.0
Somerset 4,196 42.4% 5,341 53.9% 363 9,900 R+11.6

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