Dorchester County, Maryland
Precinct data
Results by precinct
44 precincts · 16,771 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -07-0607-06 | 990 | 958 | 48 | 1,996 | 49.6% | 48.0% | D+1.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -07-0207-02 | 1,364 | 298 | 67 | 1,729 | 78.9% | 17.2% | D+61.7 |
| Precinct -15-0315-03 | 654 | 514 | 23 | 1,191 | 54.9% | 43.2% | D+11.8 |
| Precinct -14-0114-01 | 296 | 852 | 17 | 1,165 | 25.4% | 73.1% | R+47.7 |
| Precinct -15-0115-01 | 289 | 771 | 18 | 1,078 | 26.8% | 71.5% | R+44.7 |
| Precinct -01-0101-01 | 175 | 750 | 17 | 942 | 18.6% | 79.6% | R+61.0 |
| Precinct -02-0102-01 | 135 | 589 | 8 | 732 | 18.4% | 80.5% | R+62.0 |
| Precinct -07-0107-01 | 316 | 326 | 24 | 666 | 47.4% | 48.9% | R+1.5 |
| Precinct -08-0108-01 | 179 | 356 | 13 | 548 | 32.7% | 65.0% | R+32.3 |
| Precinct -07-0407-04 | 230 | 221 | 18 | 469 | 49.0% | 47.1% | D+1.9 |
| Precinct -07-0307-03 | 127 | 324 | 10 | 461 | 27.5% | 70.3% | R+42.7 |
| Precinct -07-0807-08 | 273 | 157 | 19 | 449 | 60.8% | 35.0% | D+25.8 |
| Precinct -07-0907-09 | 226 | 188 | 14 | 428 | 52.8% | 43.9% | D+8.9 |
| Precinct -09-0109-01 | 84 | 305 | 13 | 402 | 20.9% | 75.9% | R+55.0 |
| Precinct -02-0202-02 | 121 | 235 | 10 | 366 | 33.1% | 64.2% | R+31.1 |
| Precinct -16-0116-01 | 93 | 252 | 13 | 358 | 26.0% | 70.4% | R+44.4 |
| Precinct -07-0707-07 | 235 | 67 | 11 | 313 | 75.1% | 21.4% | D+53.7 |
| Precinct -12-0212-02 | 153 | 121 | 1 | 275 | 55.6% | 44.0% | D+11.6 |
| Precinct -03-0203-02 | 117 | 144 | 12 | 273 | 42.9% | 52.7% | R+9.9 |
| Precinct -06-0106-01 | 46 | 197 | 10 | 253 | 18.2% | 77.9% | R+59.7 |
| Precinct -12-0112-01 | 72 | 163 | 8 | 243 | 29.6% | 67.1% | R+37.4 |
| Precinct -14-0314-03 | 53 | 182 | 7 | 242 | 21.9% | 75.2% | R+53.3 |
| Precinct -07-1007-10 | 165 | 54 | 4 | 223 | 74.0% | 24.2% | D+49.8 |
| Precinct -03-0103-01 | 64 | 124 | 3 | 191 | 33.5% | 64.9% | R+31.4 |
| Precinct -02-0402-04 | 40 | 130 | 5 | 175 | 22.9% | 74.3% | R+51.4 |
| Precinct -13-0113-01 | 22 | 146 | 1 | 169 | 13.0% | 86.4% | R+73.4 |
| Precinct -10-0110-01 | 31 | 111 | 5 | 147 | 21.1% | 75.5% | R+54.4 |
| Precinct -07-0507-05 | 95 | 44 | 5 | 144 | 66.0% | 30.6% | D+35.4 |
| Precinct -04-0104-01 | 36 | 104 | 2 | 142 | 25.4% | 73.2% | R+47.9 |
| Precinct -05-0105-01 | 15 | 121 | 0 | 136 | 11.0% | 89.0% | R+77.9 |
| Precinct -17-0117-01 | 41 | 75 | 6 | 122 | 33.6% | 61.5% | R+27.9 |
| Precinct -02-0302-03 | 17 | 97 | 2 | 116 | 14.7% | 83.6% | R+69.0 |
| Precinct -13-0213-02 | 62 | 43 | 4 | 109 | 56.9% | 39.4% | D+17.4 |
| Precinct -02-0502-05 | 13 | 92 | 1 | 106 | 12.3% | 86.8% | R+74.5 |
| Precinct -14-0414-04 | 34 | 57 | 2 | 93 | 36.6% | 61.3% | R+24.7 |
| Precinct -15-0215-02 | 18 | 56 | 1 | 75 | 24.0% | 74.7% | R+50.7 |
| Precinct -07-1107-11 | 30 | 37 | 0 | 67 | 44.8% | 55.2% | R+10.4 |
| Precinct -14-0214-02 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 50 | 40.0% | 56.0% | R+16.0 |
| Precinct -11-0111-01 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 46 | 17.4% | 82.6% | R+65.2 |
| Precinct -18-0118-01 | 9 | 26 | 2 | 37 | 24.3% | 70.3% | R+45.9 |
| Precinct -17-0217-02 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 18 | 33.3% | 66.7% | R+33.3 |
| Precinct -15-0415-04 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 9.1% | 90.9% | R+81.8 |
| Precinct -03-0303-03 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0.0% | 100.0% | R+100.0 |
| Precinct -07-1207-12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.0% | 100.0% | R+100.0 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −7.6% |
| 1896 | −7.0% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +58.1% |
| 1916 | +5.3% |
| 1920 | −3.3% |
| 1924 | −4.7% |
| 1928 | −48.7% |
| 1932 | +13.4% |
| 1936 | +17.2% |
| 1940 | +21.1% |
| 1944 | +5.8% |
| 1948 | +9.1% |
| 1952 | −6.7% |
| 1956 | −21.8% |
| 1960 | +3.5% |
| 1964 | −7.7% |
| 1968 | −14.5% |
| 1972 | −51.6% |
| 1976 | −2.6% |
| 1980 | −2.4% |
| 1984 | −35.5% |
| 1988 | −26.0% |
| 1992 | −9.1% |
| 1996 | +2.7% |
| 2000 | −5.4% |
| 2004 | −17.9% |
| 2008 | −8.2% |
| 2012 | −4.7% |
| 2016 | −14.4% |
| 2020 | −11.9% |
| 2024 | −14.5% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Democratic.
24,379 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
+495 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +507 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $60,263 in average income, against $64,441 for residents who stayed — 6% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+3.1 on average — 18 points more Democratic-leaning than Dorchester County, MD itself (R+14.5).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Talbot County, MD130R+0.03
- Caroline County, MD110R+37.9
- Wicomico County, MD84R+5.4
- Anne Arundel County, MD67D+13.8
- Sussex County, DE48R+11.0
- Prince George's County, MD39D+74.8
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Talbot County, MD114
- Caroline County, MD88
- Wicomico County, MD82
- Sussex County, DE41
- Queen Anne's County, MD23
- Baltimore County, MD20
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 | −46 |
| 2012 | −220 |
| 2013 | +47 |
| 2014 | −119 |
| 2015 | −135 |
| 2016 | −162 |
| 2017 | −123 |
| 2018 | −174 |
| 2019 | +19 |
| 2021 | +136 |
| 2022 | +133 |
| 2023 | +396 |
| 2024 | +260 |
| 2025 | +495 |
Dorchester's economy has long centered on the Bay's crabbing and farming industries, and its rural, majority-white electorate has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades, delivering R+14.5 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.1 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 51.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 2.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.5 points.
A population of 32,754, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,839 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kemper County and Sussex County.
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Dorchester County, Maryland. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/24019/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.