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Maryland 2008 vs 2016: county swing

18 of 24 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Allegany County: swing R+17.8Anne Arundel County: swing D+4.0Calvert County: swing R+10.5Charles County: swing D+4.8Dorchester County: swing R+6.1Kent County: swing R+3.4Queen Anne's County: swing R+7.0St. Mary's County: swing R+9.5Somerset County: swing R+8.9Talbot County: swing R+0.4Caroline County: swing R+15.0Carroll County: swing R+3.3Frederick County: swing R+1.4Garrett County: swing R+18.4Montgomery County: swing D+10.7Prince George's County: swing D+1.2Washington County: swing R+17.2Worcester County: swing R+10.9Cecil County: swing R+19.1Howard County: swing D+12.1Wicomico County: swing R+4.0Baltimore County: swing D+3.1Harford County: swing R+4.2Baltimore city: swing R+1.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082016SwingVotes 2008Votes 2016
Cecil County R+14.5 R+33.6 R+19.1 42,494 45,269
Garrett County R+40.2 R+58.6 R+18.4 12,872 14,011
Allegany County R+25.9 R+43.7 R+17.8 29,742 30,654
Washington County R+12.9 R+30.1 R+17.2 61,600 65,991
Caroline County R+23.0 R+38.0 R+15.0 13,218 14,113
Worcester County R+15.5 R+26.4 R+10.9 27,346 28,273
Calvert County R+6.3 R+16.8 R+10.5 44,057 47,408
St. Mary's County R+12.8 R+22.3 R+9.5 44,409 49,842
Somerset County R+2.6 R+11.5 R+8.9 9,924 9,900
Queen Anne's County R+27.0 R+34.0 R+7.0 24,045 26,523
Dorchester County R+8.2 R+14.3 R+6.1 15,274 15,225
Harford County R+18.8 R+23.0 R+4.2 123,295 133,672
Wicomico County R+5.8 R+9.8 R+4.0 41,854 42,547
Kent County flipped D+0.4 R+3.0 R+3.4 10,020 10,021
Carroll County R+31.2 R+34.5 R+3.3 84,760 91,848
Frederick County R+1.0 R+2.4 R+1.4 111,186 125,677
Baltimore city D+75.5 D+74.2 R+1.3 245,968 239,402
Talbot County R+9.7 R+10.1 R+0.4 20,328 20,553
Prince George's County D+78.5 D+79.7 D+1.2 374,026 390,385
Baltimore County D+14.5 D+17.6 D+3.1 380,938 390,682
Anne Arundel County flipped R+1.8 D+2.2 D+4.0 259,619 270,081
Charles County D+25.5 D+30.3 D+4.8 70,127 78,303
Montgomery County D+44.6 D+55.3 D+10.7 439,261 478,873
Howard County D+21.9 D+34.0 D+12.1 145,233 162,193

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