- Lead
- 6,977
- Total
- 42,868
- vs nation
- D+17.7
Maryland State Legislative Subdistrict 34A
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,057
- Total
- 41,709
- vs nation
- D+14.9
- Lead
- 3,738
- Total
- 36,705
- vs nation
- D+8.1
- Lead
- 5,786
- Total
- 35,907
- vs nation
- D+12.3
- Lead
- 5,544
- Total
- 35,060
- vs nation
- D+8.5
- Lead
- 1,942
- Total
- 30,948
- vs nation
- D+8.7
- Lead
- 4,082
- Total
- 25,981
- vs nation
- D+15.2
- Lead
- 4,253
- Total
- 22,437
- vs nation
- D+10.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+16.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 86,2202024 5-year
- Population density
- 794 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 109 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $93,9192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 50.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+55.5 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+16.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Legislative District 32, MD · twin score 89.7
presidential history
Party record book
Maryland State Legislative Subdistrict 34A · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Samuel J. Tilden1876
77.7%
1,257 votes · D+55.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1916 · 76.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
57.7%
5,061 votes · R+16.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 51.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
24,349votes
58.4% of the vote · D+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 24,274 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,297votes
40.3% of the vote · D+16.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 16,292 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Alton B. Parker1904
+67.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+47.5 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +65.1 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
−6.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+16.8 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · −8.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+16.4 in 2024, compared with D+15.8 in 2008. Median household income was $112,265 in the 2024 ACS 5-year, among the higher figures for a state house district.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 55.5 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 16.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.3 points.
A population of 86,220, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,919 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Legislative District 32 and State Legislative District 10.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Maryland State Legislative Subdistrict 34A. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2434A/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.