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 (
) 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 |
|
 |
| Thomas E. Dewey |
Republican |
294,814 |
 |
|
| 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 |
 |
 |
| Vincent Hallinan |
Progressive |
7,313 |
|
|
1956
| Name |
Party |
Vote Received |
MD |
US |
| Adlai E. Stevenson |
Democratic |
372,613 |
|
|
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Republican |
559,738 |
 |
 |
1960
| Name |
Party |
Vote Received |
MD |
US |
| John F. Kennedy |
Democratic |
565,808 |
 |
 |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Republican |
489,538 |
|
|
1964
| Name |
Party |
Vote Received |
MD |
US |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Democratic |
730,912 |
 |
 |
| Barry M. Goldwater |
Republican |
385,495 |
|
|
1968
| Name |
Party |
Vote Received |
MD |
US |
| Hubert H. Humphrey |
Democratic |
538,310 |
 |
|
| Richard M. Nixon |
Republican |
517,995 |
|
 |
| George C. Wallace |
American |
178,734 |
|
|
1972
| Name |
Party |
Vote Received |
MD |
US |
| George McGovern |
Democratic |
505,781 |
|
|
| Richard M. Nixon |
Republican |
829,305 |
 |
 |
| John G. Schmitz |
American |
18,726 |
|
|
1976
| Name |
Party |
Vote Received |
MD |
US |
| Jimmy Carter |
Democratic |
759,612 |
 |
 |
| Gerald R. Ford |
Republican |
672,661 |
|
|
1980
| Name |
Party |
Vote Received |
MD |
US |
| Jimmy Carter |
Democratic |
726,161 |
 |
|
| Ronald Reagan |
Republican |
680,606 |
|
 |
| 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 |
 |
 |
| 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 |
 |
 |
| 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 |
 |
 |
| 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 |
 |
 |
| 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 |
 |
|
| George W. Bush |
Republican |
813,797 |
|
 |
| 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 |
|
 |
| John F. Kerry |
Democratic |
1,334,493 |
|
|
| 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 |
 |
 |
| 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 |
 |
 |
| Mitt Romney |
Republican |
971,869 |
|
|
| Gary Johnson |
Libertarian |
30,195 |
|
|
| Jill Stein |
Green |
17,110 |
|
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