Kamala D. Harris won Howard County with 68.4% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 182,291 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 41.3 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Howard County that is loaded, the margin moved 2.9 points toward Republicans.
Howard County leans Democratic by 43.8 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Howard County voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 5 of 7 presidential elections from 2000 to 2024. On average its margin sat 24.8 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 182,291 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 78.8% of the 231,185 citizens aged 18 and over in Howard County.
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