Who won Delaware in the 2012 presidential election?

Obama (Democratic) carried Delaware in 2012, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Delaware have in 2012?

Delaware cast 3 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.

Did Delaware vote for the national winner in 2012?

Yes. Delaware backed Barack Obama, who won the presidency that year.

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Delaware: Obama carries 3 EV.

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

What happened in Delaware, 2012

In 2012, Delaware awarded its 3 electoral votes to Obama of the Democratic party. Delaware ended up on the winning side — Barack Obama captured the White House that year.

It marked the 7th consecutive election in which Delaware backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1988. Delaware did not move alone — neighboring Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey broke the same way in 2012. 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 Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 332 of the 538 electoral votes, against Mitt Romney's 206. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 51.06% of the ballots cast.

The 2012 national map

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