Talbot County, Maryland
Precinct data
Results by precinct
12 precincts · 22,830 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -01-00201-002 | 2,245 | 1,778 | 102 | 4,125 | 54.4% | 43.1% | D+11.3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -01-00101-001 | 2,350 | 1,502 | 115 | 3,967 | 59.2% | 37.9% | D+21.4 |
| Precinct -04-00104-001 | 735 | 1,816 | 63 | 2,614 | 28.1% | 69.5% | R+41.4 |
| Precinct -01-00501-005 | 983 | 1,414 | 51 | 2,448 | 40.2% | 57.8% | R+17.6 |
| Precinct -01-00301-003 | 1,158 | 935 | 63 | 2,156 | 53.7% | 43.4% | D+10.3 |
| Precinct -03-00103-001 | 794 | 1,156 | 44 | 1,994 | 39.8% | 58.0% | R+18.2 |
| Precinct -02-00102-001 | 1,115 | 757 | 55 | 1,927 | 57.9% | 39.3% | D+18.6 |
| Precinct -02-00302-003 | 412 | 486 | 21 | 919 | 44.8% | 52.9% | R+8.1 |
| Precinct -03-00303-003 | 507 | 338 | 23 | 868 | 58.4% | 38.9% | D+19.5 |
| Precinct -05-00205-002 | 253 | 388 | 17 | 658 | 38.4% | 59.0% | R+20.5 |
| Precinct -05-00105-001 | 330 | 284 | 13 | 627 | 52.6% | 45.3% | D+7.3 |
| Precinct -02-00202-002 | 237 | 271 | 19 | 527 | 45.0% | 51.4% | R+6.5 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −3.8% |
| 1896 | −7.2% |
| 1900 | No data |
| 1904 | No data |
| 1908 | No data |
| 1912 | +54.9% |
| 1916 | +10.4% |
| 1920 | +1.3% |
| 1924 | +7.4% |
| 1928 | −24.2% |
| 1932 | +22.5% |
| 1936 | +2.6% |
| 1940 | −8.4% |
| 1944 | −14.6% |
| 1948 | −20.8% |
| 1952 | −27.8% |
| 1956 | −37.5% |
| 1960 | −18.1% |
| 1964 | +11.7% |
| 1968 | −25.8% |
| 1972 | −50.1% |
| 1976 | −22.3% |
| 1980 | −19.1% |
| 1984 | −42.9% |
| 1988 | −34.6% |
| 1992 | −15.6% |
| 1996 | −16.9% |
| 2000 | −19.8% |
| 2004 | −20.8% |
| 2008 | −9.6% |
| 2012 | −12.4% |
| 2016 | −10.2% |
| 2020 | +0.5% |
| 2024 | −0.0% |
U.S. Senate
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 4.4 points more Republican.
28,986 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
+45 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +1,243 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $128,233 in average income, against $124,187 for residents who stayed — 3% higher. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+2.8 on average — 2.9 points more Democratic-leaning than Talbot County, MD itself (R+0.03).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Caroline County, MD117R+37.9
- Dorchester County, MD114R+14.5
- Anne Arundel County, MD85D+13.8
- Queen Anne's County, MD84R+27.6
- Montgomery County, MD43D+52.8
- Baltimore County, MD30D+24.3
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Dorchester County, MD130
- Caroline County, MD112
- Queen Anne's County, MD62
- Anne Arundel County, MD58
- Sussex County, DE36
- Wicomico County, MD34
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 | +112 |
| 2012 | +121 |
| 2013 | +9 |
| 2014 | −280 |
| 2015 | +26 |
| 2016 | −196 |
| 2017 | +9 |
| 2018 | +97 |
| 2019 | +242 |
| 2021 | +437 |
| 2022 | +253 |
| 2023 | +167 |
| 2024 | +201 |
| 2025 | +45 |
Talbot County, anchored by Easton on Maryland's Eastern Shore, recorded a dead-even 2024 presidential result despite its historically Republican lean — a rare zero-margin outcome that makes it a precise bellwether for Shore-wide shifts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 50.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.0 points.
A population of 37,917, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $84,811 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of James City County and Beaufort County.
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Talbot County, Maryland. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/24041/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.