Who won Delaware in the 1884 presidential election?

Cleveland (Democratic) carried Delaware in 1884, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 1884?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 1884 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 1884?

Yes. Delaware backed Grover Cleveland, who won the presidency that year.

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1884

Delaware: Cleveland carries 3 EV.

Delaware cast its 3 electoral votes for Cleveland (Democratic). National winner: Grover Cleveland (Democratic) — Delaware voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1884 result in Delaware

Delaware backed Cleveland (Democratic) in the 1884 presidential election, casting 3 electoral votes for the ticket. Delaware ended up on the winning side — Grover Cleveland captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th 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, Grover Cleveland took 219 of the 401 electoral votes, against James G. Blaine's 182. Grover Cleveland led the national popular vote with 48.85% of the ballots cast.

The 1884 national map

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