United States presidential elections in Delaware explained

State:Delaware
Number Of Elections:59
Voted Democratic:23
Voted Republican:20
Voted Whig:4
Voted Dem Rep:4
Voted Federalist:6
Voted Other:2
Voted Winning:40
Voted Losing:19

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Delaware, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1787, Delaware has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
2020[1] Joe Biden 296,268 58.74 200,603 39.77 — 3
2016[2] 185,127 41.71 Hillary Clinton 235,603 53.09 – 3
2012[3] Barack Obama 242,584 58.61 165,484 39.98 – 3
2008[4] Barack Obama 255,459 61.94 152,374 36.95 – 3
2004[5] 171,660 45.75 John Kerry 200,152 53.35 – 3
2000[6] 137,288 41.90 Al Gore 180,068 54.96 – 3
1996[7] Bill Clinton 140,355 51.80 99,062 36.58 28,719 10.60 3
Bill Clinton 126,054 43.52 102,313 35.78 59,213 20.45 3
George H. W. Bush 139,639 55.88 108,647 43.48 – 3
Ronald Reagan 152,190 59.78 101,656 39.93 – 3
Ronald Reagan 111,252 47.21 105,754 44.87 16,288 6.91 3
Jimmy Carter 122,596 51.98 109,831 46.57 – 3
Richard Nixon 140,357 59.60 92,283 39.18 – 3
Richard Nixon 96,714 45.12 89,194 41.61 28,459 13.28 3
Lyndon B. Johnson 122,704 60.95 78,078 38.78 – 3
John F. Kennedy 99,590 50.63 96,373 49.00 – 3
Dwight D. Eisenhower 98,057 55.09 79,421 44.62 – 3
Dwight D. Eisenhower 90,059 51.75 83,315 47.88 – 3
67,813 48.76 Thomas E. Dewey 69,588 50.04 – 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 68,166 54.38 56,747 45.27 – 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 74,599 54.70 61,440 45.05 – 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 69,702 54.62 57,236 44.85 – 3
54,319 48.11 Herbert Hoover 57,073 50.55 – 3
Herbert Hoover 68,860 65.03 36,643 34.60 – 3
Calvin Coolidge 52,441 57.70 33,445 36.80 4,979 5.48 3
Warren G. Harding 52,858 55.71 39,911 42.07 93 0.10 3
24,753 47.78 Charles E. Hughes 26,011 50.20 – 3
Woodrow Wilson 22,631 46.48 8,886 18.25 15,998 32.85 3
William H. Taft 25,014 52.10 22,055 45.94 – 3
Theodore Roosevelt 23,705 54.05 19,347 44.11 – 3
William McKinley 22,535 53.67 18,852 44.90 – 3
William McKinley 20,450 53.18 16,574 43.10 – 3
Grover Cleveland 18,581 49.90 18,077 48.55 – – 3
12,950 43.51 Grover Cleveland 16,414 55.15 – 3
Grover Cleveland 16,957 56.55 12,953 43.20 – 3
14,148 48.03 Winfield S. Hancock 15,181 51.53 129 0.44 3
10,752 44.55 Samuel J. Tilden 13,381 55.45 – 3
Ulysses S. Grant 11,129 51.00 10,205 46.76 – 3
7,614 41.0 Horatio Seymour 10,957 59.0 – 3
8,155 48.2 George B. McClellan 8,767 51.8 – 3

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
style"text-align:left" 1860Abraham Lincoln3,82223.7Stephen A. Douglas1,0666.6John C. Breckinridge7,33945.5John Bell3,88824.13

Elections from 1828 to 1856

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candidates		data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Buchanan 8,004 54.83 310 2.12 6,275 42.99 3
Franklin Pierce 6,318 49.85 6,293 49.66 62 0.49 3
Zachary Taylor 6,440 51.80 5,910 47.54 82 0.66 3
5,970 48.75 Henry Clay 6,271 51.20 - 3
William Henry Harrison 5,967 54.99 4,872 44.89 - 3
4,154 46.70 William Henry Harrison 4,736 53.24 various no ballots 3
4,110 49.01 Henry Clay 4,276 50.99 no ballots 3
no popular vote John Quincy Adams no popular vote - 3

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

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Votes		Notes
style"text-align:left" no popular vote - no popular vote - no popular vote - William H. Crawford no popular vote - 3 Electoral votes split 2 (Crawford) to 1 (Adams).

Elections from 1788-1789 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all 4 of Delaware's electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

In elections from 1792 to 1816, Delaware did not conduct a popular vote. Each Elector was appointed by the state legislature.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)Runner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes		Notes
James Monroe - 4 Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
Rufus King 3 One elector failed to cast their vote.
DeWitt Clinton 4
Charles C. Pinckney 3
Charles C. Pinckney 3
John Adams 3
John Adams 3
George Washington - 3 Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89George Washington - 3 Washington effectively ran unopposed.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 General Election Report . elections.delaware.gov/ . 11 November 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.

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