See main article: 2016 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware |
| Country: | Delaware |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 United States presidential election in Delaware |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2020 United States presidential election in Delaware |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Turnout: | 65.35% |
| Image1: | Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Hillary Clinton |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Tim Kaine |
| Electoral Vote1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 235,603 |
| Percentage1: | 53.09% |
| Nominee2: | Donald Trump |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 185,127 |
| Percentage2: | 41.72% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Barack Obama |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Donald Trump |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
The 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Delaware voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Delaware has three electoral votes in the Electoral College.[1]
Clinton carried the state with 53.1% of the vote to Trump's 41.7%, a victory margin of 11.38%[2] Although Democrats continued their streak of winning Delaware, a state that has not gone to the Republicans in a presidential election since 1988, it swung 7.19% to the right relative to 2012, and Trump managed to flip Kent County. This was the first time since 1968 that Delaware did not vote for the same candidate as neighboring Pennsylvania.
See main article: 2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary. Five candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:
See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries.
Six candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[3]
On April 2, 2016, the Green Party of Delaware announced that all four of its delegates would support Jill Stein at the national convention.[4]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill Stein | 14 | 100% | 4 | |
| William Kreml | - | - | - | |
| Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry | - | - | - | |
| Kent Mesplay | - | - | - | |
| Darryl Cherney | - | - | - | |
| Total | 14 | 100% | 4 |
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Times[5] | November 6, 2016 | ||
| CNN[6] | November 4, 2016 | ||
| Cook Political Report[7] | November 7, 2016 | ||
| Electoral-vote.com[8] | November 8, 2016 | ||
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[9] | November 7, 2016 | ||
| Fox News[10] | November 7, 2016 |
| County | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Kent | 33,351 | 44.63% | 36,991 | 49.50% | 4,387 | 5.87% | -3,640 | -4.87% | 74,729 | ||||||||||
| New Castle | 162,919 | 61.95% | 85,525 | 32.52% | 14,535 | 5.53% | 77,394 | 29.43% | 262,979 | ||||||||||
| Sussex | 39,333 | 37.07% | 62,611 | 59.01% | 4,162 | 3.92% | -23,278 | -21.94% | 106,106 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 235,603 | 53.09% | 185,127 | 41.71% | 23,084 | 5.20% | 50,476 | 11.38% | 443,814 | ||||||||||
Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the At-Large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
According to Delaware's Elections website, voter turnout was 65.57% with 445,228 ballots cast out of 679,027 registered voters.[12]