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Wicomico's 2020 to 2024 movement, with the longer arc and Maryland and national baselines as context.
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Wicomico shifted 3.5 points right between 2020 and 2024, landing at R+5.4 while Maryland sat at D+28.5 — a 34.0-point gap between the county and the state containing it. The 2024 margin is milder than 2016's R+9.9, and the cycle-to-cycle arc since 2008 has bounced rather than drifted: D+0.7 from 2008 to 2012, R+4.8 into 2016, D+8.0 back into 2020, then R+3.5 into 2024. The headline isn't Wicomico breaking from its own baseline — it's the divergence from Maryland widening into a 34.0-point gap that points to precinct-level patterns inside the Eastern Shore.
Headline numbers at a glance
Wicomico shifted 3.5 points right between 2020 and 2024, landing at R+5.4 after sitting at R+1.9 four years earlier. The county's lean score of R+5.2 tracks the 2024 result rather than the closer 2020 margin. Turnout came in at 30.8%.
Where the answer lives
Wicomico in Maryland, drawn against the state outline.
From one party to the other
Wicomico shifted 3.5 points right from 2020 to 2024, moving from R+1.9 to R+5.4. The county has stayed Republican every cycle in the series, running R+5.8 in 2008, R+5.0 in 2012, R+9.9 in 2016, and R+1.9 in 2020 before landing at R+5.4. The 2024 margin sits within a few tenths of the 2008 and 2012 readings, with 2016 as the outlier on the right and 2020 as the outlier toward the center.
Held R from 2020 to 2024 (moved -3.5).
Cycle-by-cycle arc
Shifted 0.3 pts right across 16 years.
Population, income, education
Wicomico County is plurality white at 72.6% across 84,644 people, with a 23.3% Black share as the second-largest group. Median household income sits at $39,035 and 21.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree. The foreign-born share is 3.9% and 12.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
Against county, state, and national
| Geography | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | Change since 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wicomico | R+9.9 | R+1.9 | R+5.4 | +0.3 pts |
| Maryland | D+26.9 | D+33.2 | D+28.5 | +1.7 pts |
| MD-1 | R+23.0 | R+14.6 | R+16.9 | +6.1 pts |
| United States | D+2.1 | D+4.5 | R+1.4 | -3.5 pts |
Akashic Atlas, "Wicomico's 2020 to 2024 movement, with the longer arc and Maryland and national baselines as context", answer ID 2Qgvt7exW0Ch, generated 2026-04-29, retrieved 2026-04-30. https://akashicedge.com/atlas/a/2Qgvt7exW0Ch
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