Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., drew record numbers of voters to the Maryland polls during the state's primary elections Tuesday, The Washington Post reported.
Nearly 41,000 Democratic voters cast votes for either candidate, while only half as many Republicans showed up. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was nearly guaranteed the Republican nomination going into the election, possibly causing the lower Republican voters, according to The Post.
Obama won Maryland with 59 percent of the vote and also took neighbors Virginia and the District.
In Virginia's Prince William County, twice as many voters went Democratic - perhaps partially due to Virginia's open primary system. Virginia voters do not register for a specific party, according to The Post.
In Prince William, Obama claimed 63 percent of Democratic votes, while McCain received slightly over half of the Republicans'.
In 2004, no candidate contested Bush for the Republican nomination, and in 2000, former Vice President Al Gore only received opposition from former Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J.
-CHRISTOPHER COTTRELL
