United States presidential elections in Delaware

Presidential elections in Delaware
Number of elections	59
Voted Democratic	23
Voted Republican	20
Voted Whig	4
Voted Democratic-Republican	4
Voted Federalist	6
Voted other	2
Voted for winning candidate	40
Voted for losing candidate	19

Last updated January 21, 2024

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.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
2020 ^[1]	Joe Biden	296,268	58.74	Donald Trump	200,603	39.77	—			3
2016 ^[2]	Donald Trump ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	185,127	41.71	Hillary Clinton	235,603	53.09	–			3
2012 ^[3]	Barack Obama	242,584	58.61	Mitt Romney	165,484	39.98	–			3
2008 ^[4]	Barack Obama	255,459	61.94	John McCain	152,374	36.95	–			3
2004 ^[5]	George W. Bush	171,660	45.75	John Kerry	200,152	53.35	–			3
2000 ^[6]	George W. Bush ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	137,288	41.90	Al Gore	180,068	54.96	–			3
1996 ^[7]	Bill Clinton	140,355	51.80	Bob Dole	99,062	36.58	Ross Perot	28,719	10.60	3
1992	Bill Clinton	126,054	43.52	George H. W. Bush	102,313	35.78	Ross Perot	59,213	20.45	3
1988	George H. W. Bush	139,639	55.88	Michael Dukakis	108,647	43.48	–			3
1984	Ronald Reagan	152,190	59.78	Walter Mondale	101,656	39.93	–			3
1980	Ronald Reagan	111,252	47.21	Jimmy Carter	105,754	44.87	John B. Anderson	16,288	6.91	3
1976	Jimmy Carter	122,596	51.98	Gerald Ford	109,831	46.57	–			3
1972	Richard Nixon	140,357	59.60	George McGovern	92,283	39.18	–			3
1968	Richard Nixon	96,714	45.12	Hubert Humphrey	89,194	41.61	George Wallace	28,459	13.28	3
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	122,704	60.95	Barry Goldwater	78,078	38.78	–			3
1960	John F. Kennedy	99,590	50.63	Richard Nixon	96,373	49.00	–			3
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	98,057	55.09	Adlai Stevenson II	79,421	44.62	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors ^{[lower-alpha 4]}	–		3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	90,059	51.75	Adlai Stevenson II	83,315	47.88	–			3
1948	Harry S. Truman	67,813	48.76	Thomas E. Dewey	69,588	50.04	Strom Thurmond	–		3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	68,166	54.38	Thomas E. Dewey	56,747	45.27	–			3
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	74,599	54.70	Wendell Willkie	61,440	45.05	–			3
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	69,702	54.62	Alf Landon	57,236	44.85	–			3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	54,319	48.11	Herbert Hoover	57,073	50.55	–			3
1928	Herbert Hoover	68,860	65.03	Al Smith	36,643	34.60	–			3
1924	Calvin Coolidge	52,441	57.70	John W. Davis	33,445	36.80	Robert M. La Follette	4,979	5.48	3
1920	Warren G. Harding	52,858	55.71	James M. Cox	39,911	42.07	Parley P. Christensen	93	0.10	3
1916	Woodrow Wilson	24,753	47.78	Charles E. Hughes	26,011	50.20	–			3
1912	Woodrow Wilson	22,631	46.48	Theodore Roosevelt	8,886	18.25	William H. Taft	15,998	32.85	3
1908	William H. Taft	25,014	52.10	William Jennings Bryan	22,055	45.94	–			3
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	23,705	54.05	Alton B. Parker	19,347	44.11	–			3
1900	William McKinley	22,535	53.67	William Jennings Bryan	18,852	44.90	–			3
1896	William McKinley	20,450	53.18	William Jennings Bryan	16,574	43.10	–			3
1892	Grover Cleveland	18,581	49.90	Benjamin Harrison	18,077	48.55	James B. Weaver	–	–	3
1888	Benjamin Harrison ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	12,950	43.51	Grover Cleveland	16,414	55.15	–			3
1884	Grover Cleveland	16,957	56.55	James G. Blaine	12,953	43.20	–			3
1880	James A. Garfield	14,148	48.03	Winfield S. Hancock	15,181	51.53	James B. Weaver	129	0.44	3
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	10,752	44.55	Samuel J. Tilden	13,381	55.45	–			3
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	11,129	51.00	Horace Greeley	10,205	46.76	–			3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	7,614	41.0	Horatio Seymour	10,957	59.0	–			3
1864	Abraham Lincoln	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.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	3,822	23.7	Stephen A. Douglas	1,066	6.6	John C. Breckinridge	7,339	45.5	John Bell	3,888	24.1	3

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1856	James Buchanan	8,004	54.83	John C. Frémont	310	2.12	Millard Fillmore	6,275	42.99	3
1852	Franklin Pierce	6,318	49.85	Winfield Scott	6,293	49.66	John P. Hale	62	0.49	3
1848	Zachary Taylor	6,440	51.80	Lewis Cass	5,910	47.54	Martin Van Buren	82	0.66	3
1844	James K. Polk	5,970	48.75	Henry Clay	6,271	51.20	-			3
1840	William Henry Harrison	5,967	54.99	Martin Van Buren	4,872	44.89	-			3
1836	Martin Van Buren	4,154	46.70	William Henry Harrison	4,736	53.24	various^{[lower-alpha 5]}	no ballots		3
1832	Andrew Jackson	4,110	49.01	Henry Clay	4,276	50.99	William Wirt	no ballots		3
1828	Andrew Jackson	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.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
1824	Andrew Jackson	no popular vote	-	John Quincy Adams	no popular vote	-	Henry Clay	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.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Runner-up (nationally)	Electoral Votes	Notes
1820	James Monroe	-	4	Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816	James Monroe	Rufus King	3	One elector failed to cast their vote.
1812	James Madison	DeWitt Clinton	4
1808	James Madison	Charles C. Pinckney	3
1804	Thomas Jefferson	Charles C. Pinckney	3
1800	Thomas Jefferson	John Adams	3
1796	John Adams	Thomas Jefferson	3
1792	George Washington	-	3	Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89	George Washington	-	3	Washington effectively ran unopposed.

Notes

↑ George Washington, 1788-89, 1792.
1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
↑ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
↑ Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Delaware.

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References

↑ "2020 General Election Report". elections.delaware.gov/. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
↑ 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
↑ "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
↑ "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
↑ "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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[1] George Washington, 1788-89, 1792.

[national-2] 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.

[PV-5] 1 2 3 4 Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote

[11] Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

[12] Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Delaware.

[officialresults-3] "2020 General Election Report". elections.delaware.gov/. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[FEC_2016-4] 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.

[FEC_2012-6] 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.

[FEC_2008-7] 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.

[8] "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.

[9] "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.

[10] "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.

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