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1876–2024
Calvert County, Maryland
Calvert County·Maryland

Calvert County delivered a near-tie in 2024.

A Chesapeake bedroom county trending steadily Republican over two decades

18762024·38 elections
Calvert County, Maryland · Preservation Maryland · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+11
in 2024
Archetype
Tossup
since the recent cycles
Population
94,313
2024 ACS
Most similar
Lowndes County
GA · similarity 0.98
18 precincts · 54,191 votes cast
Trump · R+11
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−10.9%
23,43829,36154,191
2020R
−5.6%
22,58725,34649,112
2016R
−17.0%
18,22526,17646,714
2012R
−7.5%
20,52923,95245,518
2008R
−6.3%
20,29923,09544,057
2004R
−17.9%
15,96723,01739,351
2000R
−10.1%
12,98616,00429,806
1996R
−6.4%
10,00811,50923,566
1992R
−6.1%
8,61910,02623,249
1988R
−26.3%
6,37610,95617,397
1984R
−20.6%
5,4558,30313,840
1980R
−6.4%
4,7455,44010,870
1976D
+14.7%
4,6263,4398,065
1972R
−28.2%
2,2324,0246,344
1968D
+1.6%
2,0321,9465,449
1964D
+30.8%
3,3351,7655,100
1960D
+7.7%
2,5352,1734,708
1956R
−16.9%
1,9662,7644,730
1952R
−11.2%
2,2092,7695,012
1948R
−1.8%
1,8511,9193,805
1944R
−17.0%
1,5492,1843,733
1940D
+1.9%
2,1492,0674,246
1936R
−5.3%
1,8722,0823,979
1932R
−4.0%
1,6961,8383,577
1928R
−28.8%
1,1442,0853,262
1924R
−11.1%
1,2421,5642,893
1920R
−17.0%
1,2301,7413,001
1916R
−3.3%
9109751,957
1912D
+43.9%
1,8131,0351,773
1908D
+100.0%
1,79271429
1904D
+100.0%
2,3191,03022
1900R
−100.0%
8651,4144
1896R
−18.5%
8811,2942,233
1892R
−9.8%
9421,1532,163
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
9.8%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
21.8%
Other Christian
6.3%
Methodist
6.1%
Non-Christian
3.0%
Baptist
1.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Calvert sits along the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, its population swelled by Washington–Baltimore commuters. Once competitive, it has shifted decisively rightward since 2000, posting an R+10.9 margin in 2024.

The county's recent history is a story of close margins. The Democratic margin reached 100 points in 1904; the Republican margin reached 100 points in 1900. Most other elections have been decided by single-digit points.

Calvert County's demographics — a population of 94,313, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $133,922 — situate the county close to national averages on several dimensions. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lowndes County and Putnam County.