Who won Delaware in the 1880 presidential election?

Hancock (Democratic) carried Delaware in 1880, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1880?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1880 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1880?

No. Delaware backed Hancock, while James A. Garfield won the presidency nationally.

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1880

Delaware: Hancock carries 3 EV.

Delaware cast its 3 electoral votes for Hancock (Democratic). National winner: James A. Garfield (Republican) — Delaware voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Delaware, 1880

In 1880, Delaware awarded its 3 electoral votes to Hancock of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — James A. Garfield (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Delaware among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 5th consecutive election in which Delaware backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1864. The region divided — Maryland and New Jersey joined Delaware for the Democratic ticket, while Pennsylvania did not. 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 Gilded Age — Industrialization, narrow margins, and patronage politics.

In the national count, James A. Garfield took 214 of the 369 electoral votes, against Winfield Scott Hancock's 155. James A. Garfield led the national popular vote with 48.31% of the ballots cast.

The 1880 national map

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