Presidential elections · 2000–2024
Talbot County, MD — Presidential Election Results (2000–2024)
In 2024, Talbot County, Maryland split almost evenly — 11,119 Democratic to 11,125 Republican of 22,830 votes cast. From 2020 to 2024 it shifted 0.5 points toward Republicans. That makes it 28.5 points more Republican than Maryland overall (D+28.5).
Data: MIT Election Data & Science Lab, Harvard Dataverse.
Margin by election, 2000–2024
Democratic minus Republican, in points of all votes cast — blue bars Democratic, red Republican.
Every election in Talbot County
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other | Dem share | Rep share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11,119 | 11,125 | 586 | 48.7% | 48.7% | Even |
| 2020 | 11,062 | 10,946 | 547 | 49.0% | 48.5% | D+0.5 |
| 2016 | 8,653 | 10,724 | 1,176 | 42.1% | 52.2% | R+10.1 |
| 2012 | 8,808 | 11,339 | 312 | 43.1% | 55.4% | R+12.4 |
| 2008 | 9,035 | 10,995 | 298 | 44.4% | 54.1% | R+9.6 |
| 2004 | 7,367 | 11,288 | 209 | 39.1% | 59.8% | R+20.8 |
| 2000 | 5,854 | 8,874 | 506 | 38.4% | 58.3% | R+19.8 |
Talbot County presidential elections — FAQ
How did Talbot County shift between 2020 and 2024?+
Talbot County shifted 0.5 points toward Republicans between 2020 (D+0.5) and 2024 (Even).
Is Talbot County more Democratic or Republican than Maryland overall?+
In 2024, Talbot County went Even while Maryland overall went D+28.5 — 28.5 points more Republican than the state.
Where does this election data come from?+
County-level presidential returns (2000–2024) come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL), published on the Harvard Dataverse. pumsdata is an independent product that makes the data easy to map and compare, and is not affiliated with MEDSL or Harvard.