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1988 Presidential Election

Voter Turnout by Congressional District

The following tables show voter turnout for the 1988 Presidential General Election broken down by party affiliation.

Democratic Party

First District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Calvert 12,866 9,395 306 9,701 75.40
Caroline 5,918 4,273 140 4,413 74.57
Cecil 16,280 11,594 373 11,967 73.51
Charles 22,273 15,632 615 16,247 72.94
Dorchester 10,037 6,847 220 7,067 70.41
Harford 19,317 14,056 445 14,501 75.07
Kent 5,648 4,030 228 4,258 75.39
Queen Anne's 9,188 6,916 262 7,178 78.12
St. Mary's 18,190 12,435 516 12,951 71.20
Somerset 6,833 4,535 195 4,730 69.22
Talbot 8,389 6,121 271 6,392 76.20
Wicomico 20,116 14,488 577 15,065 74.89
Worcester 11,474 7,893 463 8,356 72.83
Total 166,529 118,215 4,611 122,826 73.76
Second District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore 169,281 131,411 3,576 134,987 79.74
Harford 29,407 22,162 774 22,936 78.00
Total 198,688 153,573 4,350 157,923 79.48
Third District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 137,670 88,566 1,116 89,682 65.14
Baltimore 67,926 54,412 2,014 56,426 83.07
Howard 23,919 18,881 1,010 19,891 83.16
Total 229,515 161,859 4,140 165,999 72.33
Fourth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Anne Arundel 107,214 84,119 2,962 87,081 81.22
Howard 7,831 6,253 233 6,486 82.82
Prince George's 41,043 29,779 757 30,536 74.40
Total 156,088 120,151 3,952 124,103 79.51
Fifth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Prince George's 159,185 119,818 3,612 123,430 77.54
Sixth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 18,706 13,567 580 14,147 75.63
Carroll 25,868 20,681 686 21,367 82.60
Frederick 30,242 23,262 916 24,178 79.95
Garrett 4,556 3,178 141 3,319 72.85
Howard 18,001 14,599 719 15,318 85.10
Montgomery 20,569 16,479 865 17,344 84.32
Washington 27,430 20,290 926 21,216 77.35
Total 145,372 112,056 4,833 116,889 80.41
Seventh District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 210,170 118,592 1,522 120,114 57.15
Baltimore 22,495 16,619 320 16,939 75.30
Total 232,665 135,211 1,842 137,053 58.91
Eighth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Montgomery 194,668 151,331 9,119 160,450 82.42

Republican Party

First District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Calvert 8,366 6,238 326 6,564 78.46
Caroline 3,044 2,247 116 2,363 77.63
Cecil 9,702 7,035 366 7,401 76.28
Charles 16,791 2,290 139 2,429 14.47
Dorchester 3,759 2,749 163 2,912 77.47
Harford 10,171 7,517 366 7,883 77.50
Kent 2,867 2,113 161 2,274 79.32
Queen Anne's 4,907 3,730 238 3,968 80.86
St. Mary's 8,103 5,698 407 6,105 75.34
Somerset 2,933 2,145 115 2,260 77.05
Talbot 6,364 4,784 390 5,174 81.30
Wicomico 11,608 8,952 511 9,463 81.52
Worcester 5,828 3,956 322 4,278 73.40
Total 94,443 59,454 3,620 63,074 66.79
Second District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore 68,778 53,298 2,461 55,759 81.07
Harford 17,897 13,415 695 14,110 78.84
Total 86,675 66,713 3,156 69,869 80.61
Third District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 18,100 8,140 841 8,981 49.62
Baltimore 20,011 15,787 736 16,523 82.57
Howard 12,347 9,435 585 10,020 81.15
Total 50,458 33,362 2,162 35,524 70.40
Fourth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Anne Arundel 67,818 52,490 2,952 55,442 81.75
Howard 6,290 4,957 244 5,201 82.69
Prince George's 9,718 7,027 450 7,477 76.94
Total 83,826 64,474 3,646 68,120 81.26
Fifth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Prince George's 53,782 41,283 2,117 43,400 80.70
Sixth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 19,245 14,001 756 14,757 76.68
Carroll 24,987 19,830 818 20,648 82.63
Frederick 27,084 21,245 1,018 22,263 82.20
Garrett 7,632 5,537 321 5,858 76.76
Howard 15,395 11,996 718 12,714 82.59
Montgomery 20,090 15,609 1,096 16,705 83.15
Washington 22,221 16,727 994 17,721 79.75
Total 136,654 104,945 5,721 110,666 80.98
Seventh District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 17,005 7,074 1,087 8,161 47.99
Baltimore 5,714 4,300 178 4,478 78.37
Total 22,719 11,374 1,265 12,639 55.63
Eighth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Montgomery 109,848 83,872 5,572 89,444 81.43

Decline and Other Parties

First District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Calvert 1,753 1,217 72 1,289 73.53
Caroline 602 380 21 401 66.61
Cecil 2,752 1,826 118 1,944 70.64
Charles 3,374 2,290 139 2,429 71.99
Dorchester 532 333 31 364 68.42
Harford 2,379 1,511 98 1,609 67.63
Kent 472 303 26 329 69.70
Queen Anne's 917 610 42 652 71.10
St. Mary's 1,998 1,266 108 1,374 68.77
Somerset 414 265 23 288 69.57
Talbot 1,110 690 60 750 67.57
Wicomico 2,431 1,478 118 1,596 65.65
Worcester 1,158 704 67 771 66.58
Total 19,892 12,873 923 13,796 69.35
Second District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore 12,830 8,917 396 9,313 72.59
Harford 3,486 2,328 130 2,458 70.51
Total 16,316 11,245 526 11,771 72.14
Third District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 7,526 4,103 1,503 5,606 74.49
Baltimore 4,882 3,426 175 3,601 73.76
Howard 6,017 4,501 255 4,756 79.04
Total 18,425 12,030 1,933 13,963 75.78
Fourth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Anne Arundel 16,640 12,009 721 12,730 76.50
Howard 2,338 1,809 72 1,881 80.45
Prince George's 4,976 2,935 150 3,085 62.00
Total 23,954 16,753 943 17,696 73.87
Fifth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Prince George's 25,134 16,477 721 17,198 68.43
Sixth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 1,788 965 78 1,043 58.33
Carroll 3,897 2,747 942 3,689 94.66
Frederick 6,297 4,544 222 4,766 75.69
Garrett 382 239 30 269 70.42
Howard 3,701 2,816 131 2,947 79.63
Montgomery 7,164 5,282 289 5,571 77.76
Washington 3,599 2,166 150 2,316 64.35
Total 26,828 18,759 1,842 20,601 76.79
Seventh District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 8,453 3,309 616 3,925 46.43
Baltimore 1,660 1,115 42 1,157 69.70
Total 10,113 4,424 658 5,082 50.25
Eighth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Montgomery 48,303 34,354 2,137 36,491 75.55

All Registered Voters

First District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Calvert 22,985 16,850 704 17,554 76.37
Caroline 9,564 6,900 277 7,177 75.04
Cecil 28,734 20,455 857 21,312 74.17
Charles 42,438 29,927 1,340 31,267 73.68
Dorchester 14,328 9,929 414 10,343 72.19
Harford 31,867 23,084 909 23,993 75.29
Kent 8,987 6,446 415 6,861 76.34
Queen Anne's 15,012 11,256 542 11,798 78.59
St. Mary's 28,291 19,399 1,031 20,430 72.21
Somerset 10,180 6,945 333 7,278 71.49
Talbot 15,863 11,595 721 12,316 77.64
Wicomico 34,155 24,918 1,206 26,124 76.49
Worcester 18,460 12,553 852 13,405 72.62
Total 280,864 200,257 9,601 209,858 74.72
Second District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore 250,889 193,626 6,433 200,059 79.74
Harford 50,790 37,905 1,599 39,504 77.78
Total 301,679 231,531 8,032 239,563 79.41
Third District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 163,296 100,809 3,460 104,269 63.85
Baltimore 92,819 73,625 2,925 76,550 82.47
Howard 42,283 32,817 1,850 34,667 81.99
Total 298,398 207,251 8,235 215,486 72.21
Fourth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Anne Arundel 191,672 148,618 6,635 155,253 81.00
Howard 16,459 13,019 549 13,568 82.44
Prince George's 55,737 39,741 1,357 41,098 73.74
Total 263,868 201,378 8,541 209,919 79.55
Fifth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Prince George's 238,101 177,578 6,450 184,028 77.29
Sixth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 39,739 28,533 1,414 29,947 75.36
Carroll 54,752 43,258 1,628 44,886 81.98
Frederick 63,623 49,051 2,156 51,207 80.49
Garrett 12,570 8,954 492 9,446 75.15
Howard 37,097 29,411 1,568 30,979 83.51
Montgomery 47,823 37,370 2,250 39,620 82.85
Washington 53,250 39,183 2,070 41,253 77.47
Total 308,854 235,760 11,578 247,338 80.08
Seventh District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Baltimore City 235,628 128,975 3,225 132,200 56.11
Baltimore 29,869 22,034 540 22,574 75.58
Total 265,497 151,009 3,765 154,774 58.30
Eighth District
  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Montgomery 352,819 269,557 16,828 286,385 81.17