Howard county west of western Baltimore county was solid Republican up till early 2000s , Kerry won in 2004 was the start of Dem rule. This is due to housing development, immigration and massive invasion.
And they are still wiping out multiple forests to build many more house developments here. Traffic is hell, schools crowded, taxes go up and up.
This shows a Balkininized citizenry is easily ruled even if they have the vote. By having so many new people here all different cultures they dont think of opposing even more.
Also in the 1990s Roscoe Bartlet was the house rep(Howard county) , and he was really conservative.
Now they got Elj Cummings,
Columbia is about as socialist as Takoma Park. The Rouse left-overs pushed low-income housing into the area through the 90's and beyond so that the takers could take from the makers. Elkridge used to be nice... now in decline. It's a mess.