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Maryland 2012 vs 2016: county swing

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

Allegany County: swing R+12.1Anne Arundel County: swing D+2.3Calvert County: swing R+9.3Charles County: swing R+1.0Dorchester County: swing R+9.7Kent County: swing R+2.7Queen Anne's County: swing R+4.8St. Mary's County: swing R+7.5Somerset County: swing R+13.4Talbot County: swing D+2.2Caroline County: swing R+14.6Carroll County: swing R+1.6Frederick County: swing D+0.7Garrett County: swing R+8.2Montgomery County: swing D+11.5Prince George's County: swing R+0.8Washington County: swing R+12.5Worcester County: swing R+8.4Cecil County: swing R+14.2Howard County: swing D+12.0Wicomico County: swing R+4.8Baltimore County: swing D+0.6Harford County: swing R+4.6Baltimore city: swing R+1.9
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122016SwingVotes 2012Votes 2016
Caroline County R+23.4 R+38.0 R+14.6 13,357 14,113
Cecil County R+19.4 R+33.6 R+14.2 42,480 45,269
Somerset County flipped D+1.9 R+11.5 R+13.4 10,399 9,900
Washington County R+17.6 R+30.1 R+12.5 62,755 65,991
Allegany County R+31.6 R+43.7 R+12.1 29,850 30,654
Dorchester County R+4.6 R+14.3 R+9.7 15,444 15,225
Calvert County R+7.5 R+16.8 R+9.3 45,518 47,408
Worcester County R+18.0 R+26.4 R+8.4 27,420 28,273
Garrett County R+50.4 R+58.6 R+8.2 13,157 14,011
St. Mary's County R+14.8 R+22.3 R+7.5 47,824 49,842
Queen Anne's County R+29.2 R+34.0 R+4.8 24,888 26,523
Wicomico County R+5.0 R+9.8 R+4.8 42,259 42,547
Harford County R+18.4 R+23.0 R+4.6 125,954 133,672
Kent County R+0.3 R+3.0 R+2.7 9,904 10,021
Baltimore city D+76.1 D+74.2 R+1.9 254,005 239,402
Carroll County R+32.9 R+34.5 R+1.6 87,536 91,848
Charles County D+31.3 D+30.3 R+1.0 75,222 78,303
Prince George's County D+80.5 D+79.7 R+0.8 387,744 390,385
Baltimore County D+17.0 D+17.6 D+0.6 384,782 390,682
Frederick County R+3.1 R+2.4 D+0.7 117,115 125,677
Talbot County R+12.3 R+10.1 D+2.2 20,459 20,553
Anne Arundel County flipped R+0.1 D+2.2 D+2.3 260,155 270,081
Montgomery County D+43.8 D+55.3 D+11.5 455,992 478,873
Howard County D+22.0 D+34.0 D+12.0 153,108 162,193

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