- Lead
- 8,901
- Total
- 26,363
- vs nation
- R+32.3
Maryland State Legislative Subdistrict 42C
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,587
- Total
- 24,957
- vs nation
- R+34.9
- Lead
- 9,295
- Total
- 21,769
- vs nation
- R+44.8
- Lead
- 8,636
- Total
- 21,072
- vs nation
- R+44.8
- Lead
- 8,021
- Total
- 20,370
- vs nation
- R+46.6
- Lead
- 9,301
- Total
- 19,256
- vs nation
- R+45.8
- Lead
- 6,457
- Total
- 15,452
- vs nation
- R+42.3
- Lead
- 4,138
- Total
- 12,675
- vs nation
- R+41.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+33.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,6382024 5-year
- Population density
- 346 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 123 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $123,5512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 88.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+5.8 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+62.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Legislative Subdistrict 7B, MD · twin score 93.5
presidential history
Party record book
Maryland State Legislative Subdistrict 42C · 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
48.2%
689 votes · R+3.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 48.1%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
80.3%
4,310 votes · R+62.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 78.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
8,279votes
31.4% of the vote · R+33.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,216 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17,180votes
65.2% of the vote · R+33.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 15,803 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
+11.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+8.6 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +10.1 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1944
+49.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.6 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +46.6 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.
In 2024 it voted Republican by R+34.1, against R+39.4 in 2008. Median household income was $118,211 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 5.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 62.8 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.8 points.
A population of 42,638, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $123,551 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Legislative Subdistrict 7B and State Legislative Subdistrict 35A.
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 42C. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2442C/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.