United States presidential elections in Maryland

Presidential elections in Maryland

Number of elections	59
Voted Democratic	27
Voted Republican	14
Voted Whig	5
Voted Democratic-Republican	8
Voted Federalist	1
Voted other	4 [lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate	43
Voted for losing candidate	16

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Maryland, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Maryland has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Considered a bellwether state during the 20th century, only voting for the losing candidate three times during that century, Maryland has since become one of the most blue (Democratic) states, last voting for a Republican candidate in 1988.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates [lower-alpha 2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2020 [1]	Joe Biden	1,985,023	65.36	Donald Trump	976,414	32.15	—			10
2016 [2]	Donald Trump [lower-alpha 3]	943,169	33.91	Hillary Clinton	1,677,928	60.33	-			10
2012 [3]	Barack Obama	1,677,844	61.97	Mitt Romney	971,869	35.90	-			10
2008 [4]	Barack Obama	1,629,467	61.92	John McCain	959,862	36.47	-			10
2004 [5]	George W. Bush	1,024,703	42.93	John Kerry	1,334,493	55.91	-			10
2000 [6]	George W. Bush [lower-alpha 3]	813,797	40.18	Al Gore	1,145,782	56.57	-			10
1996 [7]	Bill Clinton	966,207	54.25	Bob Dole	681,530	38.27	Ross Perot	115,812	6.50	10
1992	Bill Clinton	988,571	49.80	George H. W. Bush	707,094	35.62	Ross Perot	281,414	14.18	10
1988	George H. W. Bush	876,167	51.11	Michael Dukakis	826,304	48.20	-			10
1984	Ronald Reagan	879,918	52.51	Walter Mondale	787,935	47.02	-			10
1980	Ronald Reagan	680,606	44.18	Jimmy Carter	726,161	47.14	John B. Anderson	119,537	7.76	10
1976	Jimmy Carter	759,612	53.04	Gerald Ford	672,661	46.96	-			10
1972	Richard Nixon	829,305	61.26	George McGovern	505,781	37.36	-			10
1968	Richard Nixon	517,995	41.94	Hubert Humphrey	538,310	43.59	George Wallace	178,734	14.47	10
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	730,912	65.47	Barry Goldwater	385,495	34.53	-			10
1960	John F. Kennedy	565,808	53.61	Richard Nixon	489,538	46.39	-			9
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	559,738	60.04	Adlai Stevenson II	372,613	39.96	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors [lower-alpha 4]	-		9
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	499,424	55.36	Adlai Stevenson II	395,337	43.83	-			9
1948	Harry S. Truman	286,521	48.01	Thomas E. Dewey	294,814	49.40	Strom Thurmond	2,476	0.41	8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	315,490	51.85	Thomas E. Dewey	292,949	48.15	-			8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	384,546	58.25	Wendell Willkie	269,534	40.83	-			8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	389,612	62.35	Alf Landon	231,435	37.04	-			8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	314,314	61.50	Herbert Hoover	184,184	36.04	-			8
1928	Herbert Hoover	301,479	57.06	Al Smith	223,626	42.33	-			8
1924	Calvin Coolidge	162,414	45.29	John W. Davis	148,072	41.29	Robert M. La Follette	47,157	13.15	8
1920	Warren G. Harding	236,117	55.11	James M. Cox	180,626	42.16	Parley P. Christensen	1,645	0.38	8
1916	Woodrow Wilson	138,359	52.80	Charles E. Hughes	117,347	44.78	-			8
1912	Woodrow Wilson	112,674	48.57	Theodore Roosevelt	57,789	24.91	William H. Taft	54,956	23.69	8
1908	William H. Taft	116,513	48.85	William Jennings Bryan	115,908	48.59	-			8	Electoral vote split two for Taft to six for Bryan.
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	109,497	48.83	Alton B. Parker	109,446	48.81	-			8	Electoral vote split one for Roosevelt to seven for Parker.
1900	William McKinley	136,185	51.50	William Jennings Bryan	122,238	46.23	-			8
1896	William McKinley	136,959	54.73	William Jennings Bryan	104,150	41.62	-			8
1892	Grover Cleveland	113,866	53.39	Benjamin Harrison	92,736	43.48	James B. Weaver	796	0.37	8
1888	Benjamin Harrison [lower-alpha 3]	99,986	47.40	Grover Cleveland	106,188	50.34	-			8
1884	Grover Cleveland	96,866	52.07	James G. Blaine	85,748	46.10	-			8
1880	James A. Garfield	78,515	45.59	Winfield S. Hancock	93,706	54.41	-			8
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes [lower-alpha 3]	71,980	43.95	Samuel J. Tilden	91,779	56.05	-			8
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	66,760	49.66	Horace Greeley	67,687	50.34	-			8
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	30,438	32.8	Horatio Seymour	62,357	67.2	-			7
1864	Abraham Lincoln	40,153	55.1	George B. McClellan	32,739	44.9	-			7

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	2,294	2.5	Stephen A. Douglas	5,966	6.4	John C. Breckinridge	42,482	45.9	John Bell	41,760	45.1	8

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates [lower-alpha 2]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
1856	James Buchanan	39,123	45.04	John C. Frémont	285	0.33	Millard Fillmore	47,452	54.63	8
1852	Franklin Pierce	40,022	53.28	Winfield Scott	35,077	46.69	John P. Hale	21	0.03	8
1848	Zachary Taylor	37,702	52.10	Lewis Cass	34,528	47.72	Martin Van Buren	129	0.18	8
1844	James K. Polk	32,706	47.61	Henry Clay	35,984	52.39	-			8
1840	William Henry Harrison	33,528	53.83	Martin Van Buren	28,752	46.17	-			10
1836	Martin Van Buren	22,267	46.27	William Henry Harrison	25,852	53.73	various [lower-alpha 5]			10
1832	Andrew Jackson	19,156	49.99	Henry Clay	19,160	50.01	William Wirt	no ballots		10	Electoral vote split five for Clay to three for Jackson, with two votes withheld.
1828	Andrew Jackson	22,782	49.75	John Quincy Adams	23,014	50.25	-			11	Electoral vote split six for Adams to five for Jackson.

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become president, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1824	Andrew Jackson	14,523	43.73	John Quincy Adams	14,632	44.05	Henry Clay	695	2.09	William H. Crawford	3,364	10.13	Electoral vote split, seven for Jackson, three for Adams, and one for Crawford.

Elections from 1788-1789 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 8 of Maryland's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Runner-up (nationally)	Electoral Votes	Notes
1820	James Monroe	-	11	Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816	James Monroe	Rufus King	8
1812	James Madison	DeWitt Clinton	11	Electoral vote split, 6 for Madison, 5 for Clinton.
1808	James Madison	Charles C. Pinckney	11	Electoral vote split, nine for Madison and 2 for Pinckney.
1804	Thomas Jefferson	Charles C. Pinckney	11	Electoral vote split, nine for Jefferson, two for Pinckney.
1800	Thomas Jefferson	John Adams	10	Electoral vote split, five for Jefferson, five for Adams.
1796	John Adams	Thomas Jefferson	11	Electoral vote split, seven for Adams, four for Jefferson.
1792	George Washington	-	8	Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89	George Washington	-	6	Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

• Elections in Maryland

Notes

1. John C. Breckinridge 1860; Millard Fillmore, 1856; George Washington, 1788-89, 1792
2. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
3. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
5. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Maryland.

References

1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times . 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

• Willis, John T., Presidential Elections in Maryland, Lomond Publications, Inc. (1984). ISBN   0-912338-45-8.