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1988 Presidential Election

Voter Turnout by Congressional District

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

Democratic Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	11,676	4,298	72	4,370	37.43
Caroline	5,600	1,767	52	1,819	32.48
Cecil	15,129	4,678	81	4,759	31.46
Charles	20,074	6,306	161	6,467	32.22
Dorchester	9,762	2,933	48	2,981	30.54
Harford	17,863	6,579	85	6,664	37.31
Kent	5,432	3,126	154	3,280	60.38
Queen Anne's	8,572	3,206	50	3,256	37.98
St. Mary's	17,009	5,786	118	5,904	34.71
Somerset	6,519	2,216	32	2,248	34.48
Talbot	7,993	2,823	69	2,892	36.18
Wicomico	18,653	7,068	116	7,184	38.51
Worcester	10,732	3,478	104	3,582	33.38
Total	155,014	54,264	1,142	55,406	35.74

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	158,925	57,912	688	58,600	36.87
Harford	27,040	9,333	127	9,460	34.99
Total	185,965	67,245	815	68,060	36.60

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	131,641	45,626	769	46,395	35.24
Baltimore	63,916	25,805	420	26,225	41.03
Howard	21,327	10,381	184	10,565	49.54
Total	216,884	81,812	1,373	83,185	38.35

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	96,682	41,802	606	42,408	43.86
Howard	6,747	2,989	52	3,041	45.07
Prince George's	38,882	15,559	106	15,665	40.29
Total	142,311	60,350	764	61,114	42.94

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	148,262	61,528	725	62,253	41.99

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	17,771	7,068	126	7,194	40.48
Carroll	23,345	8,915	191	9,106	39.01
Frederick	26,986	10,355	249	10,604	39.29
Garrett	4,326	1,576	28	1,604	37.08
Howard	16,581	7,169	152	7,321	44.15
Montgomery	17,559	7,517	118	7,635	43.48
Washington	25,923	9,929	193	10,122	39.05
Total	132,491	52,529	1,057	53,586	40.45

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	201,287	65,637	859	66,496	33.04
Baltimore	20,474	8,171	49	8,220	40.15
Total	221,761	73,808	908	74,716	33.69

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	178,605	82,194	1,929	84,123	47.10

Republican Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	6,488	2,212	56	2,268	34.96
Caroline	2,562	777	24	801	31.26
Cecil	8,129	2,414	40	2,454	30.19
Charles	13,357	3,754	108	3,862	28.91
Dorchester	3,347	1,141	31	1,172	35.02
Harford	8,065	2,831	45	2,876	35.66
Kent	2,539	1,419	53	1,472	57.98
Queen Anne's	3,851	1,475	18	1,493	38.77
St. Mary's	5,934	1,901	80	1,981	33.38
Somerset	2,640	951	23	974	36.89
Talbot	5,586	2,101	74	2,175	38.94
Wicomico	9,498	3,676	75	3,751	39.49
Worcester	4,901	1,617	46	1,663	33.93
Total	76,897	26,269	673	26,942	35.04

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	57,500	19,744	471	20,215	35.16
Harford	14,350	4,862	110	4,972	34.65
Total	71,850	24,606	581	25,187	35.05

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	15,320	4,838	270	5,108	33.34
Baltimore	16,591	5,792	154	5,946	35.84
Howard	9,272	3,617	85	3,702	39.93
Total	41,183	14,247	509	14,756	35.83

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	53,240	21,536	551	22,087	41.49
Howard	4,668	1,817	41	1,858	39.80
Prince George's	8,944	3,243	93	3,336	37.30
Total	66,852	26,596	685	27,281	40.81

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	46,643	17,634	434	18,068	38.74

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	18,186	7,213	189	7,402	40.70
Carroll	20,180	7,218	146	7,364	36.49
Frederick	21,674	8,012	155	8,167	37.68
Garrett	7,130	2,733	72	2,805	39.34
Howard	12,859	4,930	138	5,068	39.41
Montgomery	15,668	6,365	107	6,472	41.31
Washington	19,763	7,529	178	7,707	39.00
Total	115,460	44,000	985	44,985	38.96

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	15,228	3,336	358	3,694	24.26
Baltimore	4,748	1,585	39	1,624	34.20
Total	19,976	4,921	397	5,318	26.62

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	95,161	39,876	1,006	40,882	42.96

Decline and Other Parties

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	1,382	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	476	0	0	0	0.00
Cecil	2,234	0	0	0	0.00
Charles	2,592	0	0	0	0.00
Dorchester	435	0	0	0	0.00
Harford	1,880	0	0	0	0.00
Kent	373	56	4	60	16.09
Queen Anne's	670	0	0	0	0.00
St. Mary's	1,506	0	0	0	0.00
Somerset	327	0	1	1	0.31
Talbot	864	0	0	0	0.00
Wicomico	2,026	0	0	0	0.00
Worcester	903	0	0	0	0.00
Total	15,668	56	5	61	0.39

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	10,209	0	0	0	00.00
Harford	2,697	0	0	0	00.00
Total	12,906	0	0	0	00.00

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	5,805	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	3,718	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	4,611	172	4	176	3.82
Total	14,134	172	4	176	1.25

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	12,132	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	1,747	47	0	47	2.69
Prince George's	4,730	92	4	96	2.03
Total	18,609	139	4	143	0.77

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	22,420	295	2	297	1.32

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	1,572	118	6	124	7.89
Carroll	3,085	136	3	139	4.51
Frederick	4,744	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	333	26	0	26	7.81
Howard	2,851	76	0	76	2.67
Montgomery	5,335	433	1	434	8.13
Washington	3,014	210	4	214	7.10
Total	20,934	999	14	1,013	4.84

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	7,731	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	1,267	0	0	0	0.00
Total	8,998	0	0	0	0.00

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	40,608	3,269	25	3,294	8.11

All Registered Voters

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	19,546	6,510	128	6,638	33.96
Caroline	8,638	2,544	76	2,620	30.33
Cecil	25,492	7,092	121	7,213	28.30
Charles	36,023	10,060	269	10,329	28.67
Dorchester	13,544	4,074	79	4,153	30.66
Harford	27,808	9,410	130	9,540	34.31
Kent	8,344	4,601	211	4,812	57.67
Queen Anne's	13,093	4,681	68	4,749	36.27
St. Mary's	24,449	7,687	198	7,885	32.25
Somerset	9,486	3,176	56	3,232	34.07
Talbot	14,443	4,924	143	5,067	35.08
Wicomico	30,177	10,744	191	10,935	36.24
Worcester	16,536	5,095	150	5,245	31.72
Total	247,579	80,598	1,820	82,418	33.29

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	226,634	77,656	1,159	78,815	34.78
Harford	44,087	14,195	237	14,432	32.74
Total	270,721	91,851	1,396	93,247	34.44

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	152,766	50,464	1,039	51,503	33.71
Baltimore	84,225	31,597	574	32,171	38.20
Howard	35,210	14,170	273	14,443	41.02
Total	272,201	96,231	1,886	98,117	36.05

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	162,054	63,338	1,157	64,495	39.80
Howard	13,162	4,853	93	4,946	37.58
Prince George's	52,556	18,894	203	19,097	36.34
Total	227,772	87,085	1,453	88,538	38.87

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	217,325	79,457	1,161	80,618	37.10

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	37,529	14,399	321	14,720	39.22
Carroll	46,610	16,269	340	16,609	35.63
Frederick	53,404	18,367	404	18,771	35.15
Garrett	11,789	4,335	100	4,435	37.62
Howard	32,291	12,175	290	12,465	38.60
Montgomery	38,562	14,315	226	14,541	37.71
Washington	48,700	17,668	375	18,043	37.05
Total	268,885	97,528	2,056	99,584	37.04

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	224,246	68,973	1,217	70,190	31.30
Baltimore	26,489	9,756	88	9,844	37.16
Total	250,735	78,729	1,305	80,034	31.92

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	314,374	125,339	2,960	128,299	40.81

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