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Elections

Presidential Candidates 1948–2012

The following shows the number of votes per candidate for all Presidential General Elections from 1948 to 2012 in the State of Maryland. Write-in candidates are not listed.

A check mark (check) in the MD column marks the candidate who won in Maryland, while the same check mark in the US column marks the candidates who won the national race.

1948
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Harry S. Truman Democratic 286,521   check
Thomas E. Dewey Republican 294,814 check  
Henry A. Wallace Progressive 9,983    
Norman Thomas Socialist 2,914    
1952
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Adlai E. Stevenson Democratic 395,337    
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 499,424 check check
Vincent Hallinan Progressive 7,313    
1956
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Adlai E. Stevenson Democratic 372,613    
Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican 559,738 check check
1960
Name Party Vote Received MD US
John F. Kennedy Democratic 565,808 check check
Richard M. Nixon Republican 489,538    
1964
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic 730,912 check check
Barry M. Goldwater Republican 385,495    
1968
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Hubert H. Humphrey Democratic 538,310 check  
Richard M. Nixon Republican 517,995   check
George C. Wallace American 178,734    
1972
Name Party Vote Received MD US
George McGovern Democratic 505,781    
Richard M. Nixon Republican 829,305 check check
John G. Schmitz American 18,726    
1976
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Jimmy Carter Democratic 759,612 check check
Gerald R. Ford Republican 672,661    
1980
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Jimmy Carter Democratic 726,161 check  
Ronald Reagan Republican 680,606   check
Edward E. Clark Libertarian 14,192    
John B. Anderson Independent 119,537    
1984
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Walter F. Mondale Democratic 787,935    
Ronald Reagan Republican 879,918 check check
David Bergland Libertarian 5,721    
Gus Hall Communist 898    
Larry Holmes Workers 745    
Dennis L. Serrette Alliance 656    
1988
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Michael S. Dukakis Democratic 826,304    
George Bush Republican 876,167 check check
Ronald E. Paul Libertarian 6,748    
Lenora B. Fulani Alliance 5,115    
Kyle McDaniel Write-In 24    
1992
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Bill Clinton Democratic 988,571 check check
George Bush Republican 707,094    
Andre Marrou Libertarian 4,715    
Ross Perot Independent 281,414    
1996
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Bill Clinton Democratic 966,207 check check
Bob Dole Republican 681,530    
Harry Browne Libertarian 8,765    
Ross Perot Reform 115,812    
John Hagelin Natural-Law 2,517    
Howard Phillips Taxpayers 3,402    
2000
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Al Gore Democratic 1,140,782 check  
George W. Bush Republican 813,797   check
Harry Browne Libertarian 5,310    
Pat Buchanan Reform 4,248    
Ralph Nader Green 53,768    
Howard Phillips Constitution 919    
2004
Name Party Vote Received MD US
George Bush Republican 1,024,703   check
John F. Kerry Democratic 1,334,493 check  
David Cobb Green 3,632    
Michael Badnarik Libertarian 6,094    
Michael Anthony Peroutka Constitution 3,421    
Ralph Nader Populist 11,854    
2008
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Barack Obama Democratic 1,629,467 check check
John McCain Republican 959,862    
Cynthia McKinney Green 4,747    
Bob Barr Libertarian 9,842    
Ralph Nader Independent 14,713    
Chuck Baldwin Constitution 3,760    
2012
Name Party Vote Received MD US
Barack Obama Democratic 1,677,844 check check
Mitt Romney Republican 971,869    
Gary Johnson Libertarian 30,195    
Jill Stein Green 17,110    
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