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Maryland 2004 vs 2008: county swing

0 of 24 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

County20042008SwingVotes 2004Votes 2008
Allegany County R+28.2 R+25.9 D+2.3 29,855 29,742
Garrett County R+46.4 R+40.2 D+6.2 12,484 12,872
Cecil County R+20.9 R+14.5 D+6.4 37,674 42,494
Somerset County R+9.4 R+2.6 D+6.8 8,994 9,924
Kent County flipped R+6.7 D+0.4 D+7.1 9,285 10,020
Queen Anne's County R+34.1 R+27.0 D+7.1 21,794 24,045
Worcester County R+22.6 R+15.5 D+7.1 25,229 27,346
Caroline County R+31.5 R+23.0 D+8.5 11,356 13,218
Carroll County R+40.7 R+31.2 D+9.5 79,349 84,760
Harford County R+28.3 R+18.8 D+9.5 112,728 123,295
Dorchester County R+17.9 R+8.2 D+9.7 13,339 15,274
Baltimore County D+4.6 D+14.5 D+9.9 353,479 380,938
Baltimore city D+65.0 D+75.5 D+10.5 213,563 245,968
Anne Arundel County R+12.5 R+1.8 D+10.7 239,667 259,619
Talbot County R+20.7 R+9.7 D+11.0 18,864 20,328
Montgomery County D+33.2 D+44.6 D+11.4 415,225 439,261
Calvert County R+17.9 R+6.3 D+11.6 39,351 44,057
Howard County D+9.4 D+21.9 D+12.5 133,810 145,233
Wicomico County R+18.3 R+5.8 D+12.5 37,503 41,854
St. Mary's County R+26.3 R+12.8 D+13.5 37,916 44,409
Prince George's County D+64.4 D+78.5 D+14.1 318,474 374,026
Washington County R+28.6 R+12.9 D+15.7 57,904 61,600
Frederick County R+20.3 R+1.0 D+19.3 100,594 111,186
Charles County D+1.6 D+25.5 D+23.9 58,241 70,127

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data