Who won Delaware in the 1848 presidential election?

Taylor (Whig) carried Delaware in 1848, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1848?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1848 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1848?

Yes. Delaware backed Zachary Taylor, who won the presidency that year.

Second Party SystemDE · 3 EV

1848

Delaware: Taylor carries 3 EV.

Delaware cast its 3 electoral votes for Taylor (Whig). National winner: Zachary Taylor (Whig) — Delaware voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1848 result in Delaware

Delaware backed Taylor (Whig) in the 1848 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Delaware ended up on the winning side — Zachary Taylor captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Delaware backed the Whig party, a streak reaching back to 1836. Delaware did not move alone — neighboring Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey broke the same way in 1848. Across the 60 presidential elections Delaware has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, Zachary Taylor took 163 of the 290 electoral votes, against Lewis Cass's 127. Zachary Taylor led the national popular vote with 47.28% of the ballots cast.

The 1848 national map

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