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1876–2024
Congressional District 4·Maryland

Maryland 4th Congressional District has voted Democratic in thirteen straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MD
Latest
D+73
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
434,256
2024 ACS

Maryland 4th Congressional District, Maryland: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+73%. Democratic peak: D+79 in 2020.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+73MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
434,2562024 5-year
Median household income
$103,9852024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
14.5%2024 5-year
Black
55.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
22.4%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+79 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+19 in 1928MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
3 counties · 3 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+73.2%
151,90721,274178,540
D
+78.9%
171,53218,527194,031
D
+78.7%
154,96516,481175,876
D
+77.8%
155,59818,600176,178
D
+75.9%
148,80719,765169,927
D
+61.8%
117,43427,296145,887
D
+58.3%
97,56624,625125,055
D
+49.2%
79,98825,564110,705
D
+39.5%
76,68729,932118,468
D
+19.6%
61,02940,846102,978
D
+16.2%
61,41644,239106,117
D
+8.7%
44,57236,83389,246
D
+14.9%
50,76337,61288,375
R
−17.9%
36,49252,67990,215
R
−0.6%
32,72833,24780,213
D
+28.0%
37,37021,02958,400
D
+15.1%
27,97620,65348,629
R
−2.7%
17,74318,72436,467
R
−14.1%
13,06017,38230,633
R
−1.4%
6,6676,85813,732
R
−0.3%
6,3306,37012,701
D
+25.3%
7,4134,40311,888
D
+28.9%
6,7243,70110,472
D
+26.3%
5,1532,9798,255
R
−18.7%
2,9934,3817,428
R
−5.3%
2,3312,6315,623
R
−14.0%
2,2232,9585,261
D
+6.9%
1,5781,3703,029
D
+73.8%
2,4506602,426
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2,3301,22336
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2,8461,27413
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1,2781,5495
R
−11.6%
1,1531,4592,640
D
+5.2%
1,2141,0932,331
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
3.0%
German
3.0%
Irish
2.8%
English
2.4%
Italian
1.4%
Polish
0.6%
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.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
1.1%
1.7%
75–84
2.4%
4.1%
65–74
5.3%
6.2%
55–64
7.1%
6.3%
45–54
6.7%
6.8%
35–44
6.8%
6.8%
25–34
6.9%
4.6%
18–24
4.5%
8.2%
5–17
7.9%
3.1%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$103,985
Congressional District 4 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 4$103,985
Maryland$103,678
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
10.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1814.2%
Working age (18–64)9.5%
Seniors (65+)10.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
68.4%
speak English only
Spanish19.4%
Other languages5.0%
Other Indo-European4.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander2.8%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
11.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
11.7%
Baptist
8.2%
Non-Christian
7.9%
Methodist
6.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Maryland 4th Congressional District sits in the Mid-Atlantic. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 2 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Maryland 4th Congressional District reached its widest at seventy-nine points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was seventy-three points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $103,985, a 15% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 434,256 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 4, Maryland — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/2404/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 4, Maryland vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 4, Maryland voted Democratic by 73.2 points (D+73), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 178,540 votes cast, 151,907 went Democratic and 21,274 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 4, Maryland's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 4, Maryland as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 21 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 4, Maryland last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 4, Maryland voted Republican was 1972.
How many people live in Congressional District 4, Maryland?
Congressional District 4, Maryland has a population of 434,256 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 4, Maryland?
Median household income in Congressional District 4, Maryland is $103,985 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Congressional District 4, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 4, Maryland from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.