US Election 2020 Maryland profile: How state voted in 2016, demographics and more

Year of entry into union: 1788 Capital: Annapolis Total electors: Ten. In 2016, all 10 electors pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton for president and Tim Kaine for vice-president. How Maryland votes: Blue.Like Maine, Maryland has voted Democrat in every election since 1992. Demographic breakdown: 56.19 percent White, 29.78 percent African-American and 6.23 percent Asian-American. Fun fact: President Donald Trump and Maryland governor Larry Hogan have been engaged in a bitter fight over the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trump in a national address criticised Hogan and said he “didn’t really understand too much about what was going on.” Months later, on being infected by the coronavirus, Trump was admitted to a hospital in Maryland. Follow all the latest news from US Election 2020 here Brush up on how the US elects its president and vice-president here Read profiles of other US states here