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1876–2024
Queen Anne's County, Maryland
Queen Anne's County·Maryland

Queen Anne's County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

A rural Chesapeake county where statewide Democrats rarely compete

18762024·38 elections
Queen Anne's County, Maryland · Marylandstater (talk) 22:49, 6 May 2008 (UTC) · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+28
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
51,825
2024 ACS
Most similar
Cole County
MO · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 32,347 votes cast
Trump · R+28
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−27.6%
11,27320,20032,347
2020R
−26.5%
10,70918,74130,290
2016R
−34.5%
7,97316,99326,178
2012R
−29.2%
8,55615,82324,888
2008R
−27.1%
8,57515,08724,045
2004R
−34.0%
7,07014,48921,794
2000R
−22.2%
6,2579,97016,761
1996R
−15.3%
5,0547,14713,639
1992R
−14.9%
4,6686,82914,514
1988R
−33.7%
3,8577,80311,703
1984R
−39.4%
2,9386,7849,763
1980R
−10.2%
3,8204,7499,112
1976R
−0.3%
3,4573,4796,936
1972R
−42.9%
1,7124,3806,217
1968R
−14.9%
1,9692,8886,155
1964D
+34.9%
4,0521,9556,007
1960D
+3.6%
3,1262,9066,032
1956R
−11.4%
2,6413,3215,962
1952R
−1.8%
3,0583,1706,265
1948D
+13.1%
2,6602,0384,742
1944D
+17.6%
3,0272,1195,146
1940D
+17.5%
3,5812,5086,126
1936D
+29.1%
3,5481,9465,503
1932D
+39.7%
3,6831,5835,294
1928D
+0.6%
2,7002,6665,389
1924D
+30.5%
3,1551,6564,908
1920D
+23.6%
3,5192,1575,762
1916D
+27.6%
2,2061,2423,499
1912D
+59.0%
3,3341,3113,426
1908D
+100.0%
3,8852,086113
1904D
+100.0%
4,5381,487140
1900D
+100.0%
2,5441,8738
1896D
+13.0%
2,5161,9174,616
1892D
+17.4%
2,2811,5794,023
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
4.6%
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
20.0%
Methodist
10.2%
Other Christian
6.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 59.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Straddling the Eastern Shore and the Bay Bridge corridor, Queen Anne's County has delivered Republican presidential margins exceeding 25 points in recent cycles, making it one of Maryland's most reliably right-leaning jurisdictions despite its proximity to the Baltimore–Washington metro.

The Republican margin in Queen Anne's County reached its widest at forty-three points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was twenty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Queen Anne's County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $112,826, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 51,825 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 Cole County and Roanoke County.