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1988 Presidential Election

Voter Turnout by Congressional District

The following tables show voter turnout for the 1988 Presidential General Election broken down by party affiliation.

Democratic Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	12,866	9,395	306	9,701	75.40
Caroline	5,918	4,273	140	4,413	74.57
Cecil	16,280	11,594	373	11,967	73.51
Charles	22,273	15,632	615	16,247	72.94
Dorchester	10,037	6,847	220	7,067	70.41
Harford	19,317	14,056	445	14,501	75.07
Kent	5,648	4,030	228	4,258	75.39
Queen Anne's	9,188	6,916	262	7,178	78.12
St. Mary's	18,190	12,435	516	12,951	71.20
Somerset	6,833	4,535	195	4,730	69.22
Talbot	8,389	6,121	271	6,392	76.20
Wicomico	20,116	14,488	577	15,065	74.89
Worcester	11,474	7,893	463	8,356	72.83
Total	166,529	118,215	4,611	122,826	73.76

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	169,281	131,411	3,576	134,987	79.74
Harford	29,407	22,162	774	22,936	78.00
Total	198,688	153,573	4,350	157,923	79.48

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	137,670	88,566	1,116	89,682	65.14
Baltimore	67,926	54,412	2,014	56,426	83.07
Howard	23,919	18,881	1,010	19,891	83.16
Total	229,515	161,859	4,140	165,999	72.33

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	107,214	84,119	2,962	87,081	81.22
Howard	7,831	6,253	233	6,486	82.82
Prince George's	41,043	29,779	757	30,536	74.40
Total	156,088	120,151	3,952	124,103	79.51

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	159,185	119,818	3,612	123,430	77.54

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	18,706	13,567	580	14,147	75.63
Carroll	25,868	20,681	686	21,367	82.60
Frederick	30,242	23,262	916	24,178	79.95
Garrett	4,556	3,178	141	3,319	72.85
Howard	18,001	14,599	719	15,318	85.10
Montgomery	20,569	16,479	865	17,344	84.32
Washington	27,430	20,290	926	21,216	77.35
Total	145,372	112,056	4,833	116,889	80.41

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	210,170	118,592	1,522	120,114	57.15
Baltimore	22,495	16,619	320	16,939	75.30
Total	232,665	135,211	1,842	137,053	58.91

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	194,668	151,331	9,119	160,450	82.42

Republican Party

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	8,366	6,238	326	6,564	78.46
Caroline	3,044	2,247	116	2,363	77.63
Cecil	9,702	7,035	366	7,401	76.28
Charles	16,791	2,290	139	2,429	14.47
Dorchester	3,759	2,749	163	2,912	77.47
Harford	10,171	7,517	366	7,883	77.50
Kent	2,867	2,113	161	2,274	79.32
Queen Anne's	4,907	3,730	238	3,968	80.86
St. Mary's	8,103	5,698	407	6,105	75.34
Somerset	2,933	2,145	115	2,260	77.05
Talbot	6,364	4,784	390	5,174	81.30
Wicomico	11,608	8,952	511	9,463	81.52
Worcester	5,828	3,956	322	4,278	73.40
Total	94,443	59,454	3,620	63,074	66.79

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	68,778	53,298	2,461	55,759	81.07
Harford	17,897	13,415	695	14,110	78.84
Total	86,675	66,713	3,156	69,869	80.61

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	18,100	8,140	841	8,981	49.62
Baltimore	20,011	15,787	736	16,523	82.57
Howard	12,347	9,435	585	10,020	81.15
Total	50,458	33,362	2,162	35,524	70.40

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	67,818	52,490	2,952	55,442	81.75
Howard	6,290	4,957	244	5,201	82.69
Prince George's	9,718	7,027	450	7,477	76.94
Total	83,826	64,474	3,646	68,120	81.26

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	53,782	41,283	2,117	43,400	80.70

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	19,245	14,001	756	14,757	76.68
Carroll	24,987	19,830	818	20,648	82.63
Frederick	27,084	21,245	1,018	22,263	82.20
Garrett	7,632	5,537	321	5,858	76.76
Howard	15,395	11,996	718	12,714	82.59
Montgomery	20,090	15,609	1,096	16,705	83.15
Washington	22,221	16,727	994	17,721	79.75
Total	136,654	104,945	5,721	110,666	80.98

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	17,005	7,074	1,087	8,161	47.99
Baltimore	5,714	4,300	178	4,478	78.37
Total	22,719	11,374	1,265	12,639	55.63

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	109,848	83,872	5,572	89,444	81.43

Decline and Other Parties

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	1,753	1,217	72	1,289	73.53
Caroline	602	380	21	401	66.61
Cecil	2,752	1,826	118	1,944	70.64
Charles	3,374	2,290	139	2,429	71.99
Dorchester	532	333	31	364	68.42
Harford	2,379	1,511	98	1,609	67.63
Kent	472	303	26	329	69.70
Queen Anne's	917	610	42	652	71.10
St. Mary's	1,998	1,266	108	1,374	68.77
Somerset	414	265	23	288	69.57
Talbot	1,110	690	60	750	67.57
Wicomico	2,431	1,478	118	1,596	65.65
Worcester	1,158	704	67	771	66.58
Total	19,892	12,873	923	13,796	69.35

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	12,830	8,917	396	9,313	72.59
Harford	3,486	2,328	130	2,458	70.51
Total	16,316	11,245	526	11,771	72.14

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	7,526	4,103	1,503	5,606	74.49
Baltimore	4,882	3,426	175	3,601	73.76
Howard	6,017	4,501	255	4,756	79.04
Total	18,425	12,030	1,933	13,963	75.78

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	16,640	12,009	721	12,730	76.50
Howard	2,338	1,809	72	1,881	80.45
Prince George's	4,976	2,935	150	3,085	62.00
Total	23,954	16,753	943	17,696	73.87

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	25,134	16,477	721	17,198	68.43

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	1,788	965	78	1,043	58.33
Carroll	3,897	2,747	942	3,689	94.66
Frederick	6,297	4,544	222	4,766	75.69
Garrett	382	239	30	269	70.42
Howard	3,701	2,816	131	2,947	79.63
Montgomery	7,164	5,282	289	5,571	77.76
Washington	3,599	2,166	150	2,316	64.35
Total	26,828	18,759	1,842	20,601	76.79

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	8,453	3,309	616	3,925	46.43
Baltimore	1,660	1,115	42	1,157	69.70
Total	10,113	4,424	658	5,082	50.25

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	48,303	34,354	2,137	36,491	75.55

All Registered Voters

First District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Calvert	22,985	16,850	704	17,554	76.37
Caroline	9,564	6,900	277	7,177	75.04
Cecil	28,734	20,455	857	21,312	74.17
Charles	42,438	29,927	1,340	31,267	73.68
Dorchester	14,328	9,929	414	10,343	72.19
Harford	31,867	23,084	909	23,993	75.29
Kent	8,987	6,446	415	6,861	76.34
Queen Anne's	15,012	11,256	542	11,798	78.59
St. Mary's	28,291	19,399	1,031	20,430	72.21
Somerset	10,180	6,945	333	7,278	71.49
Talbot	15,863	11,595	721	12,316	77.64
Wicomico	34,155	24,918	1,206	26,124	76.49
Worcester	18,460	12,553	852	13,405	72.62
Total	280,864	200,257	9,601	209,858	74.72

Second District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore	250,889	193,626	6,433	200,059	79.74
Harford	50,790	37,905	1,599	39,504	77.78
Total	301,679	231,531	8,032	239,563	79.41

Third District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	163,296	100,809	3,460	104,269	63.85
Baltimore	92,819	73,625	2,925	76,550	82.47
Howard	42,283	32,817	1,850	34,667	81.99
Total	298,398	207,251	8,235	215,486	72.21

Fourth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Anne Arundel	191,672	148,618	6,635	155,253	81.00
Howard	16,459	13,019	549	13,568	82.44
Prince George's	55,737	39,741	1,357	41,098	73.74
Total	263,868	201,378	8,541	209,919	79.55

Fifth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Prince George's	238,101	177,578	6,450	184,028	77.29

Sixth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	39,739	28,533	1,414	29,947	75.36
Carroll	54,752	43,258	1,628	44,886	81.98
Frederick	63,623	49,051	2,156	51,207	80.49
Garrett	12,570	8,954	492	9,446	75.15
Howard	37,097	29,411	1,568	30,979	83.51
Montgomery	47,823	37,370	2,250	39,620	82.85
Washington	53,250	39,183	2,070	41,253	77.47
Total	308,854	235,760	11,578	247,338	80.08

Seventh District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Baltimore City	235,628	128,975	3,225	132,200	56.11
Baltimore	29,869	22,034	540	22,574	75.58
Total	265,497	151,009	3,765	154,774	58.30

Eighth District
	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Montgomery	352,819	269,557	16,828	286,385	81.17