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1876–2024
Cambridge, MD·Maryland

Cambridge, MD has voted Republican in seven straight presidential elections — R+15 in 2024.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MD
LatestR+15in 2024
TypologyIndustrial Catholic Metrocluster typology
Population32,7542024 ACS

Cambridge, MD, Maryland: Industrial Catholic Metro metro. In 2024, voted R+15%. Democratic peak: D+58 in 1912.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+15MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Industrial Catholic MetroAkashic typology
Population
32,7542024 5-year
Median household income
$61,8392024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
61.6%2024 5-year
Black
24.8%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
6.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+58 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+52 in 1972MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Cambridge, MD
TrumpR+15
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican56.0%9,390
Kamala HarrisDemocratic41.5%6,954
OtherAll other candidates2.6%428
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −14.5% in 2024.flipped R · 2000−14.5%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−7.6%
1896−7.0%
1900No data
1904No data
1908No data
1912+58.1%
1916+5.3%
1920−3.3%
1924−4.7%
1928−48.7%
1932+13.4%
1936+17.2%
1940+21.1%
1944+5.8%
1948+9.1%
1952−6.7%
1956−21.8%
1960+3.5%
1964−7.7%
1968−14.5%
1972−51.6%
1976−2.6%
1980−2.4%
1984−35.5%
1988−26.0%
1992−9.1%
1996+2.7%
2000−5.4%
2004−17.9%
2008−8.2%
2012−4.7%
2016−14.4%
2020−11.9%
2024−14.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−14.5%
6,9549,39016,772
R
−11.9%
6,8578,76415,977
R
−14.4%
6,2458,41315,104
R
−4.7%
7,2577,97615,444
R
−8.2%
6,9128,16815,274
R
−17.9%
5,4117,80113,339
R
−5.4%
5,2325,84711,392
D
+2.7%
4,6134,33710,054
R
−9.1%
3,9334,93410,957
R
−26.0%
3,7096,34310,140
R
−35.5%
3,1606,6999,981
R
−2.4%
4,9085,16010,550
R
−2.6%
4,5284,7689,296
R
−51.6%
2,1366,8599,149
R
−14.5%
2,7144,18310,114
R
−7.7%
4,5645,3279,891
D
+3.5%
4,9644,6269,590
R
−21.8%
3,7335,8099,542
R
−6.7%
4,8235,52410,499
D
+9.1%
4,5073,7518,351
D
+5.8%
4,7644,2419,005
D
+21.1%
6,0883,95310,128
D
+17.2%
5,2933,7359,039
D
+13.4%
4,5473,4668,052
R
−48.7%
2,1806,3338,535
R
−4.7%
3,0473,3566,612
R
−3.3%
3,9504,2188,210
D
+5.3%
2,7502,4685,320
D
+58.1%
5,4852,3875,329
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4,8692,76989
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6,2422,680102
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No data
2,7333,36615
R
−7.0%
2,6383,0485,835
R
−7.6%
2,0152,3654,597
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
13.5%
German
12.1%
American
10.2%
Irish
9.8%
Italian
3.3%
Polish
2.3%
French
1.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.7%
85+
1.0%
3.3%
75–84
4.4%
6.2%
65–74
7.3%
7.2%
55–64
7.9%
5.1%
45–54
5.9%
5.4%
35–44
6.3%
4.9%
25–34
6.0%
3.7%
18–24
3.8%
7.4%
5–17
8.0%
2.2%
<5
3.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$61,839
Cambridge, MD ranks near the middle of US counties.
Cambridge, MD$61,839
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1829.4%
Working age (18–64)13.8%
Seniors (65+)14.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
93.9%
speak English only
Spanish4.3%
Other Indo-European1.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Methodist
15.4%
Other Christian
8.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.4%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Baptist
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 64.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cambridge, MD sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of fifty-eight points in 1912 and a Republican high of fifty-two points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved three points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was fifteen points.

A population of 32,754, a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,839 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Cambridge, MD, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Cambridge, MD, Maryland voted Republican by 14.5 points (R+15), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 16,772 votes cast, 6,954 went Democratic and 9,390 went Republican.
What is Cambridge, MD, Maryland's political typology?
Akashic places Cambridge, MD, Maryland in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 9 times, Republican 22 times, and other 0 times.
When did Cambridge, MD, Maryland last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Cambridge, MD, Maryland voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Cambridge, MD, Maryland?
Cambridge, MD, Maryland has a population of 32,754 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Cambridge, MD, Maryland?
Median household income in Cambridge, MD, Maryland is $61,839 — below the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Cambridge, MD, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Cambridge, MD, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 9 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.