- Lead
- 3,591
- Total
- 17,234
- vs nation
- D+22.3
Maryland State Legislative Subdistrict 44A
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,939
- Total
- 17,395
- vs nation
- D+18.2
- Lead
- 3,271
- Total
- 17,618
- vs nation
- D+16.5
- Lead
- 3,123
- Total
- 17,475
- vs nation
- D+14.0
- Lead
- 2,681
- Total
- 17,399
- vs nation
- D+8.1
- Lead
- 882
- Total
- 16,060
- vs nation
- D+7.9
- Lead
- 1,375
- Total
- 13,824
- vs nation
- D+9.4
- Lead
- 922
- Total
- 12,381
- vs nation
- R+1.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+20.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,9522024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,482 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $79,9542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 49.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 21.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+35.0 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Legislative District 8, MD · twin score 92.4
presidential history
Party record book
Maryland State Legislative Subdistrict 44A · 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
67.1%
10,927 votes · D+35.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 64.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
69.6%
7,920 votes · R+41.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 67.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
10,927votes
67.1% of the vote · D+35.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 10,388 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
7,920votes
69.6% of the vote · R+41.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 7,731 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
+22.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.8 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +22.3 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+20.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+35.8 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · +18.2 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.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 64.1%10,576 | 35.9%5,935 | 16,511 |
In 2024 it voted Democratic by D+21.1, against D+15.4 in 2008. About 11,400 residents lived here, with White alone at 52.6% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.0 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 41.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.8 points.
A population of 44,952, a 50% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $79,954 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Legislative District 8 and State Legislative Subdistrict 12B.
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 44A. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/2444A/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.