Cecil County, Maryland
Precinct data
Results by precinct
28 precincts · 52,831 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -05-00305-003 | 1,332 | 2,482 | 90 | 3,904 | 34.1% | 63.6% | R+29.5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -03-00303-003 | 1,404 | 2,207 | 93 | 3,704 | 37.9% | 59.6% | R+21.7 |
| Precinct -05-00505-005 | 862 | 2,229 | 75 | 3,166 | 27.2% | 70.4% | R+43.2 |
| Precinct -03-00103-001 | 1,428 | 1,396 | 99 | 2,923 | 48.9% | 47.8% | D+1.1 |
| Precinct -05-00405-004 | 1,210 | 1,618 | 71 | 2,899 | 41.7% | 55.8% | R+14.1 |
| Precinct -01-00101-001 | 917 | 1,833 | 60 | 2,810 | 32.6% | 65.2% | R+32.6 |
| Precinct -06-00106-001 | 622 | 2,119 | 57 | 2,798 | 22.2% | 75.7% | R+53.5 |
| Precinct -03-00203-002 | 1,159 | 1,543 | 76 | 2,778 | 41.7% | 55.5% | R+13.8 |
| Precinct -07-00107-001 | 732 | 1,887 | 64 | 2,683 | 27.3% | 70.3% | R+43.0 |
| Precinct -07-00207-002 | 1,015 | 1,581 | 69 | 2,665 | 38.1% | 59.3% | R+21.2 |
| Precinct -05-00205-002 | 901 | 1,440 | 52 | 2,393 | 37.7% | 60.2% | R+22.5 |
| Precinct -04-00104-001 | 856 | 1,278 | 59 | 2,193 | 39.0% | 58.3% | R+19.2 |
| Precinct -08-00108-001 | 391 | 1,709 | 47 | 2,147 | 18.2% | 79.6% | R+61.4 |
| Precinct -06-00206-002 | 397 | 1,630 | 46 | 2,073 | 19.2% | 78.6% | R+59.5 |
| Precinct -09-00109-001 | 377 | 1,256 | 40 | 1,673 | 22.5% | 75.1% | R+52.5 |
| Precinct -02-00202-002 | 571 | 1,009 | 54 | 1,634 | 34.9% | 61.8% | R+26.8 |
| Precinct -02-00102-001 | 557 | 1,023 | 37 | 1,617 | 34.4% | 63.3% | R+28.8 |
| Precinct -04-00204-002 | 857 | 582 | 36 | 1,475 | 58.1% | 39.5% | D+18.6 |
| Precinct -03-00403-004 | 421 | 950 | 45 | 1,416 | 29.7% | 67.1% | R+37.4 |
| Precinct -09-00209-002 | 347 | 952 | 54 | 1,353 | 25.6% | 70.4% | R+44.7 |
| Precinct -04-00304-003 | 345 | 623 | 23 | 991 | 34.8% | 62.9% | R+28.1 |
| Precinct -05-00605-006 | 324 | 426 | 22 | 772 | 42.0% | 55.2% | R+13.2 |
| Precinct -05-00105-001 | 173 | 544 | 19 | 736 | 23.5% | 73.9% | R+50.4 |
| Precinct -06-00306-003 | 146 | 520 | 10 | 676 | 21.6% | 76.9% | R+55.3 |
| Precinct -06-00406-004 | 101 | 268 | 13 | 382 | 26.4% | 70.2% | R+43.7 |
| Precinct -07-00307-003 | 60 | 281 | 13 | 354 | 16.9% | 79.4% | R+62.4 |
| Precinct -03-00503-005 | 59 | 278 | 4 | 341 | 17.3% | 81.5% | R+64.2 |
| Precinct -07-00407-004 | 64 | 207 | 4 | 275 | 23.3% | 75.3% | R+52.0 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +10.8% |
| 1896 | −3.5% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +79.6% |
| 1916 | +13.6% |
| 1920 | +0.5% |
| 1924 | −4.7% |
| 1928 | −44.0% |
| 1932 | +9.0% |
| 1936 | +15.1% |
| 1940 | +16.0% |
| 1944 | +11.8% |
| 1948 | +5.5% |
| 1952 | −7.4% |
| 1956 | −18.8% |
| 1960 | −9.7% |
| 1964 | +19.1% |
| 1968 | −13.7% |
| 1972 | −43.7% |
| 1976 | +6.7% |
| 1980 | −9.2% |
| 1984 | −32.3% |
| 1988 | −25.6% |
| 1992 | −2.0% |
| 1996 | −3.0% |
| 2000 | −11.0% |
| 2004 | −20.9% |
| 2008 | −14.6% |
| 2012 | −19.4% |
| 2016 | −34.0% |
| 2020 | −26.3% |
| 2024 | −30.7% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 7.5 points more Democratic.
74,417 registered voters · 2026
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+401 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +2,271 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $62,581 in average income, against $85,738 for residents who stayed — 27% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+17.1 on average — 48 points more Democratic-leaning than Cecil County, MD itself (R+30.7).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- New Castle County, DE643D+32.6
- Harford County, MD392R+13.7
- Baltimore County, MD146D+24.3
- Chester County, PA141D+14.5
- Delaware County, PA57D+23.7
- Lancaster County, PA57R+16.0
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- New Castle County, DE533
- Harford County, MD364
- Chester County, PA108
- Baltimore County, MD86
- Sussex County, DE58
- Baltimore city, MD58
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +29 |
| 2012 | −242 |
| 2013 | −106 |
| 2014 | +50 |
| 2015 | +10 |
| 2016 | −110 |
| 2017 | −282 |
| 2018 | +44 |
| 2019 | +102 |
| 2021 | +329 |
| 2022 | +836 |
| 2023 | +736 |
| 2024 | +474 |
| 2025 | +401 |
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.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 79.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 44.0 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.7 points.
A population of 104,960, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $92,007 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Sussex County and Berkeley County.
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Cecil County, Maryland. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/24015/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.