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Maryland 2012 vs 2020: county swing

8 of 24 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 5 changed hands.

Allegany County: swing R+6.7Anne Arundel County: swing D+14.6Calvert County: swing D+1.9Charles County: swing D+9.6Dorchester County: swing R+7.4Kent County: swing D+1.6Queen Anne's County: swing D+2.7St. Mary's County: swing D+1.0Somerset County: swing R+16.7Talbot County: swing D+12.8Caroline County: swing R+9.4Carroll County: swing D+9.2Frederick County: swing D+12.7Garrett County: swing R+5.5Montgomery County: swing D+15.8Prince George's County: swing D+0.1Washington County: swing R+3.3Worcester County: swing R+1.0Cecil County: swing R+7.2Howard County: swing D+22.3Wicomico County: swing D+3.1Baltimore County: swing D+10.1Harford County: swing D+6.4Baltimore city: swing D+0.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Somerset County flipped D+1.9 R+14.8 R+16.7 10,399 10,147
Caroline County R+23.4 R+32.8 R+9.4 13,357 15,794
Dorchester County R+4.6 R+12.0 R+7.4 15,444 15,977
Cecil County R+19.4 R+26.6 R+7.2 42,480 47,462
Allegany County R+31.6 R+38.3 R+6.7 29,850 30,641
Garrett County R+50.4 R+55.9 R+5.5 13,157 15,611
Washington County R+17.6 R+20.9 R+3.3 62,755 67,779
Worcester County R+18.0 R+19.0 R+1.0 27,420 31,691
Prince George's County D+80.5 D+80.6 D+0.1 387,744 424,855
Baltimore city D+76.1 D+76.6 D+0.5 254,005 237,461
St. Mary's County R+14.8 R+13.8 D+1.0 47,824 55,665
Kent County flipped R+0.3 D+1.3 D+1.6 9,904 10,794
Calvert County R+7.5 R+5.6 D+1.9 45,518 49,112
Queen Anne's County R+29.2 R+26.5 D+2.7 24,888 30,290
Wicomico County R+5.0 R+1.9 D+3.1 42,259 46,216
Harford County R+18.4 R+12.0 D+6.4 125,954 148,186
Carroll County R+32.9 R+23.7 D+9.2 87,536 100,327
Charles County D+31.3 D+40.9 D+9.6 75,222 89,498
Baltimore County D+17.0 D+27.1 D+10.1 384,782 414,932
Frederick County flipped R+3.1 D+9.6 D+12.7 117,115 145,615
Talbot County flipped R+12.3 D+0.5 D+12.8 20,459 22,555
Anne Arundel County flipped R+0.1 D+14.5 D+14.6 260,155 309,617
Montgomery County D+43.8 D+59.6 D+15.8 455,992 533,743
Howard County D+22.0 D+44.3 D+22.3 153,108 183,062

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