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1988 Presidential Election

Statewide Voter Turnout

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

Democratic Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	17,771	7,068	126	7,194	40.48
Anne Arundel	96,682	41,802	606	42,408	43.86
Baltimore City	332,928	111,263	1,628	112,891	33.91
Baltimore	243,315	91,888	1,157	93,045	38.24
Calvert	11,676	4,298	72	4,370	37.43
Caroline	5,600	1,767	52	1,819	32.48
Carroll	23,345	8,915	191	9,106	39.01
Cecil	15,129	4,678	81	4,759	31.46
Charles	20,074	6,306	161	6,467	32.22
Dorchester	9,762	2,933	48	2,981	30.54
Frederick	26,986	10,355	249	10,604	39.29
Garrett	4,326	1,576	28	1,604	37.08
Harford	44,903	15,912	212	16,124	35.91
Howard	44,655	20,539	388	20,927	46.86
Kent	5,432	3,126	154	3,280	60.38
Montgomery	196,164	89,711	2,047	91,758	46.78
Prince George's	187,144	77,087	831	77,918	41.64
Queen Anne's	8,572	3,206	50	3,256	37.98
St. Mary's	17,009	5,786	118	5,904	34.71
Somerset	6,519	2,216	32	2,248	34.48
Talbot	7,993	2,823	69	2,892	36.18
Washington	25,923	9,929	193	10,122	39.05
Wicomico	18,653	7,068	116	7,184	38.51
Worcester	10,732	3,478	104	3,582	33.38
Total	1,381,293	533,730	8,713	542,443	39.27

Republican Party

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	18,186	7,213	189	7,402	40.70
Anne Arundel	53,240	21,536	551	22,087	41.49
Baltimore City	30,548	8,174	628	8,802	28.81
Baltimore	78,839	27,121	664	27,785	35.24
Calvert	6,488	2,212	56	2,268	34.96
Caroline	2,562	777	24	801	31.26
Carroll	20,180	7,218	146	7,364	36.49
Cecil	8,129	2,414	40	2,454	30.19
Charles	13,357	3,754	108	3,862	28.91
Dorchester	3,347	1,141	31	1,172	35.02
Frederick	21,674	8,012	155	8,167	37.68
Garrett	7,130	2,733	72	2,805	39.34
Harford	22,415	7,693	155	7,848	35.01
Howard	26,799	10,364	264	10,628	39.66
Kent	2,539	1,419	53	1,472	57.98
Montgomery	110,829	46,241	1,113	47,354	42.73
Prince George's	55,587	20,877	527	21,404	38.51
Queen Anne's	3,851	1,475	18	1,493	38.77
St. Mary's	5,934	1,901	80	1,981	33.38
Somerset	2,640	951	23	974	36.89
Talbot	5,586	2,101	74	2,175	38.94
Washington	19,763	7,529	178	7,707	39.00
Wicomico	9,498	3,676	75	3,751	39.49
Worcester	4,901	1,617	46	1,663	33.93
Total	534,022	198,149	5,270	203,419	38.09

Decline and Other Parties

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	1,572	118	6	124	7.89
Anne Arundel	12,132	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore City	13,536	0	0	0	0.00
Baltimore	15,194	0	0	0	0.00
Calvert	1,382	0	0	0	0.00
Caroline	476	0	0	0	0.00
Carroll	3,085	136	3	139	4.51
Cecil	2,234	0	0	0	0.00
Charles	2,592	0	0	0	0.00
Dorchester	435	0	0	0	0.00
Frederick	4,744	0	0	0	0.00
Garrett	333	26	0	26	7.81
Harford	4,577	0	0	0	0.00
Howard	9,209	295	4	299	3.25
Kent	373	56	4	60	16.09
Montgomery	45,943	3,702	26	3,728	8.11
Prince George's	27,150	387	6	393	1.45
Queen Anne's	670	0	0	0	0.00
St. Mary's	1,506	0	0	0	0.00
Somerset	327	9	1	10	3.06
Talbot	864	0	0	0	0.00
Washington	3,014	210	4	214	7.10
Wicomico	2,026	0	0	0	0.00
Worcester	903	0	0	0	0.00
Total	154,277	4,939	54	4,993	3.24

All Registered Voters

	Registered Voters	Voted Polls	Voted Absentee	Total	%
Allegany	37,529	14,399	321	14,720	39.22
Anne Arundel	162,054	63,338	1,157	64,495	39.80
Baltimore City	377,012	119,437	2,256	121,693	32.28
Baltimore	337,348	119,009	1,821	120,830	35.82
Calvert	19,546	6,510	128	6,638	33.96
Caroline	8,638	2,544	76	2,620	30.33
Carroll	46,610	16,269	340	16,609	35.63
Cecil	25,492	7,092	121	7,213	28.30
Charles	36,023	10,060	269	10,329	28.67
Dorchester	13,544	4,074	79	4,153	30.66
Frederick	53,404	18,367	404	18,771	35.15
Garrett	11,789	4,335	100	4,435	37.62
Harford	71,895	23,605	367	23,972	33.34
Howard	80,663	31,198	656	31,854	39.49
Kent	8,344	4,601	211	4,812	57.67
Montgomery	352,936	139,654	3,186	142,840	40.47
Prince George's	269,881	98,351	1,364	99,715	36.95
Queen Anne's	13,093	4,681	68	4,749	36.27
St. Mary's	24,449	7,687	198	7,885	32.25
Somerset	9,486	3,176	56	3,232	34.07
Talbot	14,443	4,924	143	5,067	35.08
Washington	48,700	17,668	375	18,043	37.05
Wicomico	30,177	10,744	191	10,935	36.24
Worcester	16,536	5,095	150	5,245	31.72
Total	2,069,592	736,818	14,037	750,855	36.28