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Maryland 2016 vs 2020: county swing

1 of 24 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 3 changed hands.

County20162020SwingVotes 2016Votes 2020
Somerset County R+11.5 R+14.8 R+3.3 9,900 10,147
Prince George's County D+79.7 D+80.6 D+0.9 390,385 424,855
Dorchester County R+14.3 R+12.0 D+2.3 15,225 15,977
Baltimore city D+74.2 D+76.6 D+2.4 239,402 237,461
Garrett County R+58.6 R+55.9 D+2.7 14,011 15,611
Kent County flipped R+3.0 D+1.3 D+4.3 10,021 10,794
Montgomery County D+55.3 D+59.6 D+4.3 478,873 533,743
Caroline County R+38.0 R+32.8 D+5.2 14,113 15,794
Allegany County R+43.7 R+38.3 D+5.4 30,654 30,641
Cecil County R+33.6 R+26.6 D+7.0 45,269 47,462
Worcester County R+26.4 R+19.0 D+7.4 28,273 31,691
Queen Anne's County R+34.0 R+26.5 D+7.5 26,523 30,290
Wicomico County R+9.8 R+1.9 D+7.9 42,547 46,216
St. Mary's County R+22.3 R+13.8 D+8.5 49,842 55,665
Washington County R+30.1 R+20.9 D+9.2 65,991 67,779
Baltimore County D+17.6 D+27.1 D+9.5 390,682 414,932
Howard County D+34.0 D+44.3 D+10.3 162,193 183,062
Charles County D+30.3 D+40.9 D+10.6 78,303 89,498
Talbot County flipped R+10.1 D+0.5 D+10.6 20,553 22,555
Carroll County R+34.5 R+23.7 D+10.8 91,848 100,327
Harford County R+23.0 R+12.0 D+11.0 133,672 148,186
Calvert County R+16.8 R+5.6 D+11.2 47,408 49,112
Frederick County flipped R+2.4 D+9.6 D+12.0 125,677 145,615
Anne Arundel County D+2.2 D+14.5 D+12.3 270,081 309,617

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