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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Demographically, I would think Maryland should be a swing state or maybe fall into a D+5 category more like Virginia. What is keeping MD in the extreme partisan column, third behind Vermont and Massachusetts?

Maryland's demographics IMHO point more center-right:

- Very conservative western MD, Eastern shore, southern MD
-  Baltimore county suburbs very culturally conservatives, especially the old-timey, "hon," "crabs and Old Bay," Americana type culture
[b]- Socially conservative Black population[/b]
- Fiscally conservative new immigrant wealth in places like Potomac 
- Religious conservative Latino immigrants 
- Pro-Israel Jews
- pro-Business Howard County
- wealthy retirees in Calvert County
- Annapolis isn't very progressive either, lots of wealthy lawyers with yachts

So who is driving Maryland so heavily to the left?

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The overwhelmingly majority of black people vote for Democrats, socially conservative or not. Maryland is the 5th blackest state, even counting DC. Add in enough liberal white voters, unlike the other very black states like Mississippi, and you've got a solidly Democrat state.[/quote]

This. Baltimore drags down the whole state.[/quote]

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