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1988 Presidential Election

Statewide Voter Turnout

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

Democratic Party

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 17,771 7,068 126 7,194 40.48
Anne Arundel 96,682 41,802 606 42,408 43.86
Baltimore City 332,928 111,263 1,628 112,891 33.91
Baltimore 243,315 91,888 1,157 93,045 38.24
Calvert 11,676 4,298 72 4,370 37.43
Caroline 5,600 1,767 52 1,819 32.48
Carroll 23,345 8,915 191 9,106 39.01
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
Frederick 26,986 10,355 249 10,604 39.29
Garrett 4,326 1,576 28 1,604 37.08
Harford 44,903 15,912 212 16,124 35.91
Howard 44,655 20,539 388 20,927 46.86
Kent 5,432 3,126 154 3,280 60.38
Montgomery 196,164 89,711 2,047 91,758 46.78
Prince George's 187,144 77,087 831 77,918 41.64
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
Washington 25,923 9,929 193 10,122 39.05
Wicomico 18,653 7,068 116 7,184 38.51
Worcester 10,732 3,478 104 3,582 33.38
Total 1,381,293 533,730 8,713 542,443 39.27

Republican Party

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 18,186 7,213 189 7,402 40.70
Anne Arundel 53,240 21,536 551 22,087 41.49
Baltimore City 30,548 8,174 628 8,802 28.81
Baltimore 78,839 27,121 664 27,785 35.24
Calvert 6,488 2,212 56 2,268 34.96
Caroline 2,562 777 24 801 31.26
Carroll 20,180 7,218 146 7,364 36.49
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
Frederick 21,674 8,012 155 8,167 37.68
Garrett 7,130 2,733 72 2,805 39.34
Harford 22,415 7,693 155 7,848 35.01
Howard 26,799 10,364 264 10,628 39.66
Kent 2,539 1,419 53 1,472 57.98
Montgomery 110,829 46,241 1,113 47,354 42.73
Prince George's 55,587 20,877 527 21,404 38.51
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
Washington 19,763 7,529 178 7,707 39.00
Wicomico 9,498 3,676 75 3,751 39.49
Worcester 4,901 1,617 46 1,663 33.93
Total 534,022 198,149 5,270 203,419 38.09

Decline and Other Parties

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 1,572 118 6 124 7.89
Anne Arundel 12,132 0 0 0 0.00
Baltimore City 13,536 0 0 0 0.00
Baltimore 15,194 0 0 0 0.00
Calvert 1,382 0 0 0 0.00
Caroline 476 0 0 0 0.00
Carroll 3,085 136 3 139 4.51
Cecil 2,234 0 0 0 0.00
Charles 2,592 0 0 0 0.00
Dorchester 435 0 0 0 0.00
Frederick 4,744 0 0 0 0.00
Garrett 333 26 0 26 7.81
Harford 4,577 0 0 0 0.00
Howard 9,209 295 4 299 3.25
Kent 373 56 4 60 16.09
Montgomery 45,943 3,702 26 3,728 8.11
Prince George's 27,150 387 6 393 1.45
Queen Anne's 670 0 0 0 0.00
St. Mary's 1,506 0 0 0 0.00
Somerset 327 9 1 10 3.06
Talbot 864 0 0 0 0.00
Washington 3,014 210 4 214 7.10
Wicomico 2,026 0 0 0 0.00
Worcester 903 0 0 0 0.00
Total 154,277 4,939 54 4,993 3.24

All Registered Voters

  Registered Voters Voted Polls Voted Absentee Total %
Allegany 37,529 14,399 321 14,720 39.22
Anne Arundel 162,054 63,338 1,157 64,495 39.80
Baltimore City 377,012 119,437 2,256 121,693 32.28
Baltimore 337,348 119,009 1,821 120,830 35.82
Calvert 19,546 6,510 128 6,638 33.96
Caroline 8,638 2,544 76 2,620 30.33
Carroll 46,610 16,269 340 16,609 35.63
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
Frederick 53,404 18,367 404 18,771 35.15
Garrett 11,789 4,335 100 4,435 37.62
Harford 71,895 23,605 367 23,972 33.34
Howard 80,663 31,198 656 31,854 39.49
Kent 8,344 4,601 211 4,812 57.67
Montgomery 352,936 139,654 3,186 142,840 40.47
Prince George's 269,881 98,351 1,364 99,715 36.95
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
Washington 48,700 17,668 375 18,043 37.05
Wicomico 30,177 10,744 191 10,935 36.24
Worcester 16,536 5,095 150 5,245 31.72
Total 2,069,592 736,818 14,037 750,855 36.28