The 2016 United States presidential election in Maryland was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Maryland voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Maryland has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Clinton won Maryland with 60.3% of the vote, while Trump received 33.9%. Maryland was among the eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which Clinton improved on Barack Obama's 2012 raw vote total, although by just 84 votes. Maryland was one of four states in which Clinton received over 60% of the vote, the others being Massachusetts, Hawaii, and California. However, Maryland was the only one of those eleven states to have voted more Democratic in both 2012 and 2016. In this election, Maryland voted 24.32% to the left of the nation at-large.

Clinton continued the tradition of Democratic dominance in the state of Maryland, capturing large majorities of the vote in the densely populated and heavily nonwhite Democratic Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area, while Trump easily outperformed her in more white, sparsely populated regions elsewhere in the state that tend to vote Republican. While Republicans typically win more counties, they are usually swamped by the heavily Democratic counties between Baltimore and Washington. Though Trump won 17 of Maryland's 24 county-level jurisdictions, the state's four largest county-level jurisdictions—Montgomery, Prince George's and Baltimore counties and the City of Baltimore—all broke for Clinton by double digits, enough to deliver the state to her.

Clinton became the first Democrat to win Anne Arundel County, home to the state capital of Annapolis, since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. Therefore, Trump became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Anne Arundel County since Calvin Coolidge in 1924.

Primary elections Maryland's presidential primaries were held on April 26, 2016.

Democratic primary

Republican primary

Minor parties Green primary

Winning Projected delegates June 12 Maryland Jill Stein 51 96% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 6

Libertarian convention + Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote (round one)CandidateDelegate VotesPercentage Gary Johnson 10 56%Marc Allan Feldman 4 22%Darryl W. Perry 2 11%Austin Petersen 2 11%Others - -Total18100%

+ Libertarian National Convention, Maryland Delegate Vote (round two)CandidateDelegate VotesPercentage Gary Johnson 10 67%Marc Allan Feldman 2 13%Darryl W. Perry 2 13%John McAfee 1 7%Others - -Total15100%

General election Polling

Predictions SourceRankingAs ofLos Angeles Times November 6, 2016CNNNovember 4, 2016Cook Political ReportNovember 7, 2016Electoral-vote.comNovember 8, 2016 Rothenberg Political Report November 7, 2016Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 7, 2016RealClearPoliticsNovember 8, 2016Fox NewsNovember 7, 2016

Results + 2016 United States presidential election in MarylandPartyCandidateRunning mateVotes%Electoral votes Democratic Hillary Clinton Tim Kaine 1,677,928 60.33% 10 Republican Donald Trump Mike Pence 943,169 33.91% 0 Libertarian Gary Johnson William Weld 79,605 2.86% 0 Green Jill Stein Ajamu Baraka 35,945 1.29% 0 Others Write ins 44,799 1.61% 0 Total 2,781,446 100.00% 10

By county CountyHillary ClintonDemocraticDonald TrumpRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % Allegany 7,875 25.69% 21,270 69.39% 1,509 4.92% −13,395 −43.70% 30,654 Anne Arundel 128,419 47.55% 122,403 45.32% 19,259 7.13% 6,016 2.23% 270,081 Baltimore 218,412 55.91% 149,477 38.26% 22,793 5.83% 68,935 17.65% 390,682 Baltimore City 202,673 84.66% 25,205 10.53% 11,524 4.81% 177,468 74.13% 239,402 Calvert 18,225 38.44% 26,176 55.21% 3,007 6.35% −7,951 −16.77% 47,408 Caroline 4,009 28.41% 9,368 66.38% 736 5.21% −5,359 −37.97% 14,113 Carroll 26,567 28.92% 58,215 63.38% 7,066 7.70% −31,648 −34.46% 91,848 Cecil 13,650 30.15% 28,868 63.77% 2,751 6.08% −15,218 −33.62% 45,269 Charles 49,341 63.01% 25,614 32.71% 3,348 4.28% 23,727 30.30% 78,303 Dorchester 6,245 41.02% 8,413 55.26% 567 3.72% −2,168 −14.24% 15,225 Frederick 56,522 44.97% 59,522 47.36% 9,633 7.67% −3,000 −2.39% 125,677 Garrett 2,567 18.32% 10,776 76.91% 668 4.77% −8,209 −58.59% 14,011 Harford 47,077 35.22% 77,860 58.25% 8,735 6.53% −30,783 −23.03% 133,672 Howard 102,597 63.26% 47,484 29.28% 12,112 7.46% 55,113 33.98% 162,193 Kent 4,575 45.65% 4,876 48.66% 570 5.69% −301 −3.01% 10,021 Montgomery 357,837 74.72% 92,704 19.36% 28,332 5.92% 265,133 55.36% 478,873 Prince George's 344,049 88.13% 32,811 8.40% 13,525 3.47% 311,238 79.73% 390,385 Queen Anne's 7,973 30.06% 16,993 64.07% 1,557 5.87% −9,020 −34.01% 26,523 St. Mary's 17,534 35.18% 28,663 57.51% 3,645 7.31% −11,129 −22.33% 49,842 Somerset 4,196 42.38% 5,341 53.95% 363 3.67% −1,145 −11.57% 9,900 Talbot 8,653 42.10% 10,724 52.18% 1,176 5.72% −2,071 −10.08% 20,553 Washington 21,129 32.02% 40,998 62.13% 3,864 5.85% −19,869 −30.11% 65,991 Wicomico 18,050 42.42% 22,198 52.17% 2,299 5.41% −4,148 −9.75% 42,547 Worcester 9,753 34.50% 17,210 60.87% 1,310 4.63% −7,457 −26.37% 28,273Totals1,677,92860.33%943,16933.91%160,3495.76%734,75926.42%2,781,446

County that flipped from Democratic to Republican Somerset (largest town: Princess Anne)

County that flipped from Republican to Democratic Anne Arundel (largest community: Glen Burnie)

By congressional district Clinton won seven of the state's eight congressional districts. District Clinton Trump Representative 33% 61%Andy Harris 59% 35%Dutch Ruppersberger 62% 32%John Sarbanes77%19%Donna EdwardsAnthony Brown 63% 32%Steny Hoyer55% 39%John Delaney74% 20%Elijah Cummings63%30%Chris Van HollenJamie Raskin

See also United States presidential elections in Maryland 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

References

External links RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions