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1988 Presidential Election

Statewide Voter Turnout

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

Democratic Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	18,706	13,567	580	14,147	75.63
Anne Arundel	107,214	84,119	2,962	87,081	81.22
Baltimore City	347,840	207,158	2,638	209,796	60.31
Baltimore	259,702	202,442	5,910	208,352	80.23
Calvert	12,866	9,395	306	9,701	75.40
Caroline	5,918	4,273	140	4,413	74.57
Carroll	25,868	20,681	686	21,367	82.60
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
Frederick	30,242	23,262	916	24,178	79.95
Garrett	4,556	3,178	141	3,319	72.85
Harford	48,724	36,218	1,219	37,437	76.83
Howard	49,751	39,733	1,962	41,695	83.81
Kent	5,648	4,030	228	4,258	75.39
Montgomery	215,237	167,810	9,984	177,794	82.60
Prince George's	200,228	149,597	4,369	153,966	76.90
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
Washington	27,430	20,290	926	21,216	77.35
Wicomico	20,116	14,488	577	15,065	74.89
Worcester	11,474	7,893	463	8,356	72.83
Total	1,482,710	564,928	36,459	1,108,673	74.77

Republican Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	19,245	14,001	756	14,757	76.68
Anne Arundel	67,818	52,490	2,952	55,442	81.75
Baltimore City	35,105	15,214	1,928	17,142	48.83
Baltimore	94,503	73,385	3,375	76,760	81.22
Calvert	8,366	6,238	326	6,564	78.46
Caroline	3,044	2,247	116	2,363	77.63
Carroll	24,987	19,830	818	20,648	82.63
Cecil	9,702	7,035	366	7,401	76.28
Charles	16,791	12,005	586	12,591	74.99
Dorchester	3,759	2,749	163	2,912	77.47
Frederick	27,084	21,245	1,018	22,263	82.20
Garrett	7,632	5,537	321	5,858	76.76
Harford	28,068	20,932	1,061	21,993	78.36
Howard	34,032	26,388	1,547	27,935	82.08
Kent	2,867	2,113	161	2,274	79.32
Montgomery	129,938	99,481	6,668	106,149	81.69
Prince George's	63,500	48,310	2,567	50,877	80.12
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
Washington	22,221	16,727	994	17,721	79.75
Wicomico	11,608	8,952	511	9,463	81.52
Worcester	5,828	3,956	322	4,278	73.40
Total	638,405	475,192	27,706	502,898	78.77

Decline and Other Parties

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	1,788	965	78	1,043	58.33
Anne Arundel	16,640	12,009	721	12,730	76.50
Baltimore City	15,979	7,412	2,118	9,530	59.64
Baltimore	19,372	13,458	613	14,071	72.64
Calvert	1,753	1,217	72	1,289	73.53
Caroline	602	380	21	401	66.61
Carroll	3,897	2,747	942	3,689	94.66
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
Frederick	6,297	4,544	222	4,766	75.69
Garrett	382	239	30	269	70.42
Harford	5,865	3,839	228	4,067	69.34
Howard	12,056	9,126	458	9,584	79.50
Kent	472	303	26	329	69.70
Montgomery	55,467	39,636	2,426	42,062	75.83
Prince George's	30,110	19,412	871	20,283	67.36
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
Washington	3,599	2,166	150	2,316	64.35
Wicomico	2,431	1,478	118	1,596	65.65
Worcester	1,158	704	67	771	66.58
Total	188,965	126,915	9,682	136,597	72.29

All Registered Voters

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	39,739	28,533	1,414	29,947	75.36
Anne Arundel	191,672	148,618	6,635	155,253	81.00
Baltimore City	398,924	229,783	6,685	236,468	59.28
Baltimore	373,577	289,285	9,898	299,183	80.09
Calvert	22,985	16,850	704	17,554	76.37
Caroline	9,564	6,900	277	7,177	75.04
Carroll	54,752	43,258	1,628	44,886	81.98
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
Frederick	63,623	49,051	2,156	51,207	80.49
Garrett	12,570	8,954	492	9,446	75.15
Harford	82,657	60,989	2,508	63,497	76.82
Howard	95,839	75,247	3,967	79,214	82.65
Kent	8,987	6,446	415	6,861	76.34
Montgomery	400,642	306,927	19,078	326,005	81.37
Prince George's	293,838	217,319	7,807	225,126	76.62
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
Washington	53,250	39,183	2,070	41,253	77.47
Wicomico	34,155	24,918	1,206	26,124	76.49
Worcester	18,460	12,553	852	13,405	72.62
Total	2,310,080	1,674,320	73,030	1,747,350	75.64