3-4 liberal counties actually. To define the whole state as "liberal" shows a clear lack of knowledge of how things in the state work.
You're a clever one.
It doesn't matter if the majority rules from only "3-4 liberal counties"; they dominate the state. It's wholly irrelevant, when speaking of the state as a whole, to say there are very Republican areas that get outvoted. I suppose you would also object to New York and California being labeled "liberal?"
Politically mixed would of course be a more accurate term to describe many states in this nation. Setting states in one of two political camps is a little simple if you ask me.
The only states to vote for Kerry more strongly than Maryland are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont and New York (and DC). So if it's not liberal, then only those 4 states + city can be described as "liberal"