2020 United States presidential election in Maryland

The 2020 United States presidential election in Maryland is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Maryland voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Maryland has 10 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election

2020 United States presidential election in Maryland

November 3, 2020
Turnout	%
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida Delaware Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Incumbent President Donald Trump Republican

By the time that the primary elections were held in the state on June 2, 2020, incumbent President Donald Trump was already the Republican Party's presumptive nominee, being the only viable declared major candidate left. On the Democratic Party's side, Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive nominee after Senator Bernie Sanders, his last competitor, withdrew on April 8, 2020.

Martin O'Malley, former governor of Maryland and Democratic primary candidate in 2016, declined to run for president, while encouraging Beto O'Rourke to do so.[3]

Primary elections

The primary elections were originally scheduled for April 28, 2020. On March 17, they were moved to June 2 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Republican primary

Donald Trump won the Republican primary, and thus received all of the state's 38 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.[5]

Democratic primary

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Maryland Democratic presidential primary[edit]

2020 Maryland Democratic presidential primary[6]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[7]
Joe Biden	879,753	83.7%	96
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	81,939	7.8%
Elizabeth Warren (withdrawn)	27,134	2.6%
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn)	7,180	0.7%
Michael Bloomberg (withdrawn)	6,773	0.6%
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)	6,670	0.6%
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn)	5,685	0.5%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)	4,226	0.4%
Cory Booker (withdrawn)	2,662	0.3%
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)	2,291	0.2%
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)	897	0.1%
Julian Castro (withdrawn)	760	0.1%
Tom Steyer (withdrawn)	671	0.1%
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)	406	0.0%
Uncommitted	23,726	2.3%
Total	1,050,773	100%	96

Green primary

2020 Maryland Green Party primary[8][9]
Candidate	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Howie Hawkins	34	53.1%	34	61.8%	34	64.15%	34	68%
Dario Hunter	16	25%	16	29.1%	16	30.18%	16	32%
Kent Mesplay	2	3.1%	3	5.5%	3	5.66%	Eliminated
Write-ins	2	3.1%	2	3.6%	Eliminated
Sedinam Moyowasiza-Curry	1	1.6%	Eliminated
Empty ballot	9	14.1%	Eliminated
Total votes							64	100.0%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[10]	Safe D	July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[11]	Safe D	July 17, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12]	Safe D	July 14, 2020
Politico[13]	Safe D	July 6, 2020
RCP[14]	Safe D	August 3, 2020
Niskanen[15]	Safe D	March 24, 2020
CNN[16]	Safe D	August 3, 2020
The Economist[17]	Safe D	August 7, 2020
CBS News[18]	Likely D	August 9, 2020
270towin[19]	Safe D	August 2, 2020
ABC News[20]	Safe D	July 31, 2020
NPR[21]	Likely D	August 3, 2020
NBC News[22]	Safe D	August 6, 2020

Polling

with Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Donald Trump (R)	Joe Biden (D)	Undecided
Gonzalez Maryland Poll	May 19–23, 2020	810 (LV)	± 3.5%	31%	59%	6%
Goucher College	Feb 13–19, 2020	718 (LV)	± 3.6%	35%	60%	–

Former candidates

with Donald Trump and Michael Bloomberg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Michael Bloomberg (D) Undecided Goucher College Feb 13–19, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.6% 32% 59% – with Donald Trump and Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Undecided Goucher College Feb 13–19, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.6% 33% 58% – with Donald Trump and Tulsi Gabbard Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Tulsi Gabbard (D) Undecided Goucher College Feb 13–19, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.6% 35% 52% – with Donald Trump and Amy Klobuchar Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Amy Klobuchar (D) Undecided Goucher College Feb 13–19, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.6% 32% 59% – with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Undecided Goucher College Feb 13–19, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.6% 34% 61% – with Donald Trump and Tom Steyer Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Tom Steyer (D) Undecided Goucher College Feb 13–19, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.6% 36% 54% – with Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Undecided Goucher College Feb 13–19, 2020 718 (LV) ± 3.6% 35% 59% –

Hypothetical polling
with Donald Trump and Generic Democrat Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Generic Democrat Undecided Goucher College Sep 13–18, 2019 548 ± 4.2% 28% 65% 4% DFM Research Jan 19–22, 2019 500 ± 4.4% 31% 53% 16%

See also

• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

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