A permanent, source-linked view of the county's 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential history, turnout, election-administration context, and non-conclusive review signals.
“Other” includes all other loaded presidential candidates and write-ins. Margin is the absolute gap between the Democratic and Republican vote buckets, divided by all loaded presidential votes.
Equipment metadata is jurisdiction context only. It is not a vote or turnout row, does not prove or disprove an advisory signal, and does not guarantee every precinct or ballot mode used one identical setup.
These calculated indicators are prompts for checking source data, reporting grain, denominators, and local context. They are not evidence or findings of fraud, misconduct, or an incorrect election outcome.
average down ballot difference · severity 4.87
Average down-ballot difference
Average President-vs-down-ballot difference crossed threshold: DEM 7.84%, REP -3.57%.
Calculation detail
The average gap between presidential votes and same-party down-ballot votes is large enough to review. Split-ticket voting can explain some gap; this flag identifies areas needing supporting records.
Traceability
Sources and provenance
4 referenced sources
Canonical geography
Washington County · county:24043
Geometry registry artifact: md-counties.geojson
Official Maryland 2016 and 2020 county presidential historical baseline rows
Official Maryland 2016 and 2020 county presidential historical baseline rows
Maryland State Board of Elections
Official county/county-equivalent 2016 and 2020 presidential baseline rows for 24 Maryland jurisdictions. Rows are contextual historical baselines used for county:<GEOID> flip joins; 2012 remains uncollected.Open source Official 2024 general election all-precinct candidate rows
Official 2024 general election all-precinct candidate rows
Maryland State Board of Elections
Official statewide raw precinct CSV. Rows include county, election district-precinct, office, candidate, party, winner/write-in markers, and early, election-night, mail-in, provisional, and second mail-in vote columns. President and U.S. Senate rows reconcile at the same 1,958 local reporting units.Open source EAC fallback turnout rows
EAC fallback turnout rows
U.S. Election Assistance Commission
National EAC fallback turnout rows. Prefer state election office denominator artifacts when available; keep fallback caveats visible in the app.Open source equipment_context
Verified Voting Verifier data is jurisdiction-level election-administration context. Most rows are counties, but some states report state-level rows and some county rows can summarize mixed tabulation, accessible-device, absentee, poll-book, or other configurations. Treat it as source-linked context, not proof every precinct in a county used one identical setup, and not a turnout or vote-result source.Open source