Election 2020 Results
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2020 presidential election in Maryland
Joe Biden (Democrat) beat Donald Trump (Republican) in Maryland in 2020, 65.4% to 32.2%, a margin of 33.2 points and 1,008,609 votes.
Maryland voted 28.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.
The Democratic hold continued from 2016, when Hillary Clinton won.
Republicans led in 14 of the 24 counties and Democrats in 10. The largest, Montgomery, cast 533,801 votes and went to the Democrat by 59.6 points. The closest was Talbot, where 116 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden won | Democratic | 1,985,023 | 65.4% |
| Donald Trump | Republican | 976,414 | 32.2% |
| All other candidates | 75,593 | 2.5% | |
| Total | 3,037,030 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery | 419,607 78.6% | 101,240 19.0% | 12,954 | 533,801 | D+59.6 |
| Prince George's | 379,195 89.3% | 37,103 8.7% | 8,556 | 424,854 | D+80.5 |
| Baltimore | 258,477 62.3% | 146,302 35.2% | 10,328 | 415,107 | D+27.0 |
| Anne Arundel | 172,819 55.8% | 127,811 41.3% | 8,972 | 309,602 | D+14.5 |
| Baltimore City | 207,239 87.3% | 25,386 10.7% | 4,826 | 237,451 | D+76.6 |
| Howard | 129,428 70.7% | 48,393 26.4% | 5,240 | 183,061 | D+44.3 |
| Harford | 63,080 42.6% | 80,904 54.6% | 4,159 | 148,143 | R+12.0 |
| Frederick | 77,657 53.3% | 63,657 43.7% | 4,256 | 145,570 | D+9.6 |
| Carroll | 36,432 36.4% | 60,137 60.0% | 3,647 | 100,216 | R+23.7 |
| Charles | 62,161 69.5% | 25,573 28.6% | 1,749 | 89,483 | D+40.9 |
| Washington | 26,055 38.4% | 40,236 59.3% | 1,512 | 67,803 | R+20.9 |
| St. Mary's | 23,138 41.6% | 30,824 55.4% | 1,701 | 55,663 | R+13.8 |
| Calvert | 22,580 46.0% | 25,336 51.6% | 1,180 | 49,096 | R+5.6 |
| Cecil | 16,809 35.4% | 29,439 62.0% | 1,214 | 47,462 | R+26.6 |
| Wicomico | 22,053 47.7% | 22,941 49.6% | 1,218 | 46,212 | R+1.9 |
| Worcester | 12,561 39.6% | 18,573 58.6% | 560 | 31,694 | R+19.0 |
| Allegany | 9,158 29.9% | 20,889 68.2% | 598 | 30,645 | R+38.3 |
| Queen Anne's | 10,712 35.4% | 18,747 61.9% | 840 | 30,299 | R+26.5 |
| Talbot | 11,063 49.0% | 10,947 48.5% | 547 | 22,557 | D+0.5 |
| Dorchester | 6,859 42.9% | 8,767 54.9% | 356 | 15,982 | R+11.9 |
| Caroline | 5,090 32.3% | 10,273 65.1% | 416 | 15,779 | R+32.8 |
| Garrett | 3,281 21.0% | 12,000 76.9% | 328 | 15,609 | R+55.9 |
| Kent | 5,329 49.4% | 5,195 48.1% | 270 | 10,794 | D+1.2 |
| Somerset | 4,241 41.8% | 5,739 56.6% | 167 | 10,147 | R+14.8 |
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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |