2016 Maryland precinct and election results shapefile.

## RDH Date retrieval
01/12/2022

## Sources
Election results from the Maryland State Board of Elections (https://elections.maryland.gov/elections/2016/election_data/index.html)
Precinct shapefile primarily from the Maryland Department of Planning. Charles County and Garrett County instead sourced from the respective county governments.

## Fields metadata

Vote Column Label Format
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Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is:
G16PREDCli
The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special.
Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election.
Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below).
Character 7 represents the party of the candidate.
Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name.

Office Codes
AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture
ATG - Attorney General
AUD - Auditor
COM - Comptroller
COU - City Council Member
DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House
GOV - Governor
H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large.
HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number
HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number
INS - Commissioner of Insurance
LAB - Commissioner of Labor
LTG - Lieutenant Governor
LND - Commissioner of Public Lands
PRE - President
PSC - Public Service Commissioner
PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner
RGT - State University Regent
RRC - Railroad Commissioner
SAC - State Court of Appeals
SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals
SOS - Secretary of State
SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number
SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction
SSC - State Supreme Court
TRE - Treasurer
USS - U.S. Senate

Party Codes
D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively.
See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states.

## Fields

G16PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party)
G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party)
G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party)
G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party)
G16PREOTH - Write-in Votes

G16USSRSZE - Kathy Szeliga (Republican Party)
G16USSDVAN - Chris Van Hollen (Democratic Party)
G16USSGFLO - Margaret Flowers (Green Party)
G16USSOTH - Write-in Votes

G16H01RHAR - Andy Harris (Republican Party)
G16H01DWER - Joe Werner (Democratic Party)
G16H01LBEE - Matt Beers (Libertarian Party)
G16H01OTH - Write-in Votes

G16H02RMCD - Pat McDonough (Republican Party)
G16H02DRUP - C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger (Democratic Party)
G16H02LKAS - Kristin S. Kasprzak (Libertarian Party)
G16H02OTH - Write-in Votes

G16H03RPLA - Mark Plaster (Republican Party)
G16H03DSAR - John Sarbanes (Democratic Party)
G16H03GEZE - Nnabu Eze (Green Party)
G16H03OTH - Write-in Votes

G16H04RMCD - George E. McDermott (Republican Party)
G16H04DBRO - Anthony G. Brown (Democratic Party)
G16H04LKRA - Benjamin Lee Krause (Libertarian Party)
G16H04GCLA - Kamesha T. Clark (Green Party)
G16H04OTH - Write-in Votes

G16H05RARN - Mark Arness (Republican Party)
G16H05DHOY - Steny H. Hoyer (Democratic Party)
G16H05LSUM - Jason Summers (Libertarian Party)
G16H05OTH - Write-in Votes

G16H06RHOE - Amie Hoeber (Republican Party)
G16H06DDEL - John K. Delaney (Democratic Party)
G16H06LHOW - David L. Howser (Libertarian Party)
G16H06GGLU - George Gluck (Green Party)
G16H06OTH - Write-in Votes

G16H07RVAU - Corrogan R. Vaughn (Republican Party)
G16H07DCUM - Elijah Cummings (Democratic Party)
G16H07GHOE - Myles B. Hoenig (Green Party)
G16H07OTH - Write-in Votes

G16H08RCOX - Dan Cox (Republican Party)
G16H08DRAS - Jamie Raskin (Democratic Party)
G16H08LWUN - Jasen Wunder (Libertarian Party)
G16H08GWAL - Nancy Wallace (Green Party)
G16H08OTH - Write-in Votes

## Processing Steps
Early, Provisional, and Absentee votes are reported only at the county level. These votes are apportioned to precincts by candidate in the same shares that the Election Day vote was split among precincts within a county.