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1876–2024
Cecil County, Maryland
Cecil County·Maryland

Cecil County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A Mid-Atlantic county that votes like the rural South

18762024·38 elections
Cecil County, Maryland · Dough4872 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+31
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
104,960
2024 ACS
Most similar
Horry County
SC · similarity 0.99
28 precincts · 52,831 votes cast
Trump · R+31
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−30.7%
17,62833,87152,831
2020R
−26.3%
16,80929,43947,939
2016R
−34.0%
13,65028,86844,752
2012R
−19.4%
16,55724,80642,480
2008R
−14.6%
17,66523,85542,494
2004R
−20.9%
14,68022,55637,674
2000R
−11.0%
12,32715,49428,876
1996R
−3.0%
10,14410,88524,460
1992R
−2.0%
10,23210,78427,319
1988R
−25.6%
7,80713,22421,155
1984R
−32.3%
6,68113,11119,885
1980R
−9.2%
7,9379,67318,846
1976D
+6.7%
8,9507,83316,783
1972R
−43.7%
4,11310,75915,191
1968R
−13.7%
4,5176,46214,214
1964D
+19.1%
7,8545,33013,184
1960R
−9.7%
6,0657,36813,433
1956R
−18.8%
4,9367,21712,153
1952R
−7.4%
5,5906,48212,098
1948D
+5.5%
4,3233,8668,236
1944D
+11.8%
4,6623,6808,342
1940D
+16.0%
5,3603,8789,288
1936D
+15.1%
4,9143,6178,582
1932D
+9.0%
4,2823,5697,959
1928R
−44.0%
2,2015,7067,962
1924R
−4.7%
2,8633,1566,266
1920D
+0.5%
3,4683,4356,957
1916D
+13.6%
2,5871,9594,627
1912D
+79.6%
5,2801,5094,736
1908D
+100.0%
5,0372,84755
1904D
+100.0%
6,0662,42558
1900D
+100.0%
2,9882,95924
1896R
−3.5%
2,9083,1286,230
1892D
+10.8%
2,8982,3105,459
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%
Polish
0.5%
African American
5.8%
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
Other Christian
8.7%
Methodist
5.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.8%
Baptist
4.0%
Non-Christian
2.7%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cecil County sits at Maryland's northeastern corner, culturally and politically closer to neighboring Pennsylvania and Delaware's rural precincts than to the Baltimore suburbs. Its R+30.8 presidential margin in 2024 makes it one of the state's most reliably Republican jurisdictions.

The Republican margin in Cecil County reached its widest at forty-four points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was thirty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cecil County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $92,007, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 104,960 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Horry County and Tioga County.