2016 United States presidential election in Maryland
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County results
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.
On April 26, 2016,[1] in the presidential primaries, Maryland voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated only voted in nonpartisan primary elections (e.g. School Board).[2]
Hillary Clinton won Maryland with 60.3% of the vote. Donald Trump received 33.9% of the vote.[3] Maryland was among the eleven states in which Clinton improved on Barack Obama's 2012 performance, although she only improved by about 300 votes.[4] Maryland was one of four states in which Clinton received over 60% of the vote, the others being Massachusetts, Hawaii and California. Clinton continued the tradition of Democratic dominance in the state of Maryland, capturing large majorities of the vote in the densely populated and heavily nonwhite Democratic Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, while Trump easily outperformed her in more white, sparsely-populated regions elsewhere in the state that tend to vote Republican. While Republicans typically win more counties, they are usually swamped by the heavily Democratic counties between Baltimore and Washington. The state's four largest county-level jurisdictions—Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore counties and the City of Baltimore—all broke for Clinton by double digits, enough to deliver the state to her.
Clinton became the first Democrat to win Anne Arundel County, home to the state capital of Annapolis, since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
Background
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The incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, a Democrat and former U.S. Senator from Illinois, was first elected president in the 2008 election, running with former Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Defeating the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, with 52.9% of the popular vote and 68% of the electoral vote,[5][6] Obama succeeded two-term Republican President George W. Bush, the former Governor of Texas. Obama and Biden were reelected in the 2012 presidential election, defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 51.1% of the popular vote and 61.7% of electoral votes.[7] Although Barack Obama's approval rating in the RealClearPolitics poll tracking average remained between 40 and 50% for most of his second term, it has experienced a surge in early 2016 and reached its highest point since 2012 during June of that year.[8][9] Analyst Nate Cohn has noted that a strong approval rating for Barack Obama would equate to a strong performance for the Democratic candidate, and vice versa.[10]
Following his second term, President Barack Obama was not eligible for another reelection. In October 2015, Obama's running-mate and two-term Vice President Joe Biden decided not to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination either.[11] With their terms expiring on January 20, 2017, the electorate was asked to elect a new president, the 45th president and 48th vice president of the United States, respectively.
Results
| United States presidential election in Maryland, 2016 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Hillary Clinton | Tim Kaine | 1,677,928 | 60.33% | 10 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump | Mike Pence | 943,169 | 33.91% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson | William Weld | 79,605 | 2.86% | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein | Ajamu Baraka | 35,945 | 1.29% | 0 | |
| Others | Write ins | 44,799 | 1.61% | 0 | ||
| Total | 2,781,446 | 100.00% | 10 | |||
Results by county
| County | Hilary Rodham Clinton Democratic |
Donald John Trump Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Allegany | 7,875 | 25.69% | 21,270 | 69.39% | 1,509 | 4.92% | -13,395 | -43.70% | 30,654 |
| Anne Arundel | 128,419 | 47.55% | 122,403 | 45.32% | 19,259 | 7.13% | 6,016 | 2.23% | 270,081 |
| Baltimore County | 218,412 | 55.91% | 149,477 | 38.26% | 22,793 | 5.83% | 68,935 | 17.64% | 390,682 |
| Baltimore City | 202,673 | 84.66% | 25,205 | 10.53% | 11,524 | 4.81% | 177,468 | 74.13% | 239,402 |
| Calvert | 18,225 | 38.44% | 26,176 | 55.21% | 3,007 | 6.34% | -7,951 | -16.77% | 47,408 |
| Caroline | 4,009 | 28.41% | 9,368 | 66.38% | 736 | 5.22% | -5,359 | -37.97% | 14,113 |
| Carroll | 26,567 | 28.92% | 58,215 | 63.38% | 7,066 | 7.69% | -31,648 | -34.46% | 91,848 |
| Cecil | 13,650 | 30.15% | 28,868 | 63.77% | 2,751 | 6.08% | -15,218 | -33.62% | 45,269 |
| Charles | 49,341 | 63.01% | 25,614 | 32.71% | 3,348 | 4.28% | 23,727 | 30.30% | 78,303 |
| Dorchester | 6,245 | 41.02% | 8,413 | 55.26% | 567 | 3.72% | -2,168 | -14.24% | 15,225 |
| Frederick | 56,522 | 44.97% | 59,522 | 47.36% | 9,633 | 7.66% | -3,000 | -2.39% | 125,677 |
| Garrett | 2,567 | 18.32% | 10,776 | 76.91% | 668 | 4.77% | -8,209 | -58.59% | 14,011 |
| Harford | 47,077 | 35.22% | 77,860 | 58.25% | 8,735 | 6.53% | -30,783 | -23.03% | 133,672 |
| Howard | 102,597 | 63.26% | 47,484 | 29.28% | 12,112 | 7.47% | 55,113 | 33.98% | 162,193 |
| Kent | 4,575 | 45.65% | 4,876 | 48.66% | 570 | 5.69% | -301 | -3.00% | 10,021 |
| Montgomery | 357,837 | 74.72% | 92,704 | 19.36% | 28,332 | 5.92% | 265,133 | 55.37% | 478,873 |
| Prince George's | 344,049 | 88.13% | 32,811 | 8.40% | 13,525 | 3.46% | 311,238 | 79.73% | 390,385 |
| Queen Anne's | 7,973 | 30.06% | 16,993 | 64.07% | 1,557 | 5.87% | -9,020 | -34.01% | 26,523 |
| St. Mary's | 17,534 | 35.18% | 28,663 | 57.51% | 3,645 | 7.31% | -11,129 | -22.33% | 49,842 |
| Somerset | 4,196 | 42.38% | 5,341 | 53.95% | 363 | 3.67% | -1,145 | -11.57% | 9,900 |
| Talbot | 8,653 | 42.10% | 10,724 | 52.18% | 1,176 | 5.72% | -2,071 | -10.08% | 20,553 |
| Washington | 21,129 | 32.02% | 40,998 | 62.13% | 3,864 | 5.86% | -19,869 | -30.11% | 65,991 |
| Wicomico | 18,050 | 42.42% | 22,198 | 52.17% | 2,299 | 5.40% | -4,148 | -9.75% | 42,547 |
| Worcester | 9,753 | 34.50% | 17,210 | 60.87% | 1,310 | 4.63% | -7,457 | -26.37% | 28,273 |
| Totals | 1,677,928 | 60.33% | 943,169 | 33.91% | 160,349 | 5.76% | 734,759 | 26.42% | 2,781,446 |
By congressional district
Clinton won 7 of the state's 8 congressional districts. [12]
| District | Clinton | Trump | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 35% | 60% | Andy Harris |
| 2nd | 58% | 37% | Dutch Ruppersberger |
| 3rd | 63% | 32% | John Sarbanes |
| 4th | 77% | 20% | Donna Edwards |
| Anthony Brown | |||
| 5th | 65% | 31% | Steny Hoyer |
| 6th | 55% | 40% | John Delaney |
| 7th | 74% | 22% | Elijah Cummings |
| 8th | 64% | 31% | Chris Van Hollen |
| Jamie Raskin |
Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican
- Somerset (largest town: Princess Anne)
Counties that swung from Republican to Democratic
- Anne Arundel (largest community: Glen Burnie)
Primary elections
Democratic primary
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| Maryland Democratic primary, April 26, 2016 | |||||
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
| Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
| Hillary Clinton | 533,252 | 63.03% | 60 | 16 | 76 |
| Bernie Sanders | 281,280 | 33.25% | 35 | 1 | 36 |
| Rocky De La Fuente | 3,390 | 0.40% | N/A | ||
| Uncommitted | 28,134 | 3.33% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Free delegates | N/A | 7 | 7 | ||
| Total | 846,056 | 100% | 95 | 24 | 119 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Republican primary
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| Maryland Republican primary, April 26, 2016 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
| Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
 Donald Trump |
248,343 | 54.10% | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| John Kasich | 106,614 | 23.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Cruz | 87,093 | 18.97% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 5,946 | 1.30% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Rubio (withdrawn) | 3,201 | 0.70% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeb Bush (withdrawn) | 2,770 | 0.60% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rand Paul (withdrawn) | 1,533 | 0.33% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Christie (withdrawn) | 1,239 | 0.27% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) | 1,012 | 0.22% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Huckabee (withdrawn) | 837 | 0.18% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Santorum (withdrawn) | 478 | 0.10% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total: | 459,066 | 100.00% | 38 | 0 | 38 |
| Source: The Green Papers | |||||
Minor parties
Green primary
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2016 Green Party presidential primaries
Libertarian convention
| Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote (Round One)[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Delegate Votes | Percentage | |
| Gary Johnson | 10 | 56% | |
| Marc Allan Feldman | 4 | 22% | |
| Darryl W. Perry | 2 | 11% | |
| Austin Petersen | 2 | 11% | |
| Others | - | - | |
| Total | 18 | 100% | |
| Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote (Round Two)[13] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Delegate Votes | Percentage | |
| Gary Johnson | 10 | 67% | |
| Marc Allan Feldman | 2 | 13% | |
| Darryl W. Perry | 2 | 13% | |
| John McAfee | 1 | 7% | |
| Others | - | - | |
| Total | 15 | 100% | |
Polling
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See also
- Democratic Party presidential debates, 2016
- Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2016
- Republican Party presidential debates, 2016
- Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016
References
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