Delaware

Party timeline · 1789–2024

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Swing timeline · Delaware

One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 19 flips across 60 cycles.

Electoral votes over time

By party · all cycles

Dem 25

Rep 18

Fed 6

Whig 4

Popular vote · newest first

Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.

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Delaware in every presidential election: who carried it, popular vote, margin and swing
Year	Carried by	Dem	Rep	Others named	Margin	Swing
2024	Dem Harris	Harris 289,758 56.5%	Trump 214,351 41.8%	None	75,407 14.7 pts	R +4.3 since 2020
2020	Dem Biden	Biden 296,268 58.7%	Trump 200,603 39.8%	None	95,665 19.0 pts	D +7.5 since 2016
2016	Dem Clinton	Clinton 235,603 53.4%	Trump 185,127 41.9%	Gary Johnson 14,757 · 3.3% Jill Stein 6,103 · 1.4%	50,476 11.4 pts	R +7.2 since 2012
2012	Dem Obama	Obama 242,584 58.6%	Romney 165,484 40.0%	None	77,100 18.6 pts	R +6.4 since 2008
2008	Dem Obama	Obama 255,459 61.9%	McCain 152,374 36.9%	None	103,085 25.0 pts	D +17.4 since 2004
2004	Dem Kerry	Kerry 200,152 53.3%	Bush 171,660 45.8%	None	28,492 7.6 pts	R +5.5 since 2000
2000	Dem Gore	Gore 180,068 55.0%	Bush 137,288 41.9%	Ralph Nader 8,307 · 2.5%	42,780 13.1 pts	R +2.2 since 1996
1996	Dem Clinton	Clinton 140,355 51.8%	Dole 99,062 36.6%	Ross Perot 28,719 · 10.6%	41,293 15.2 pts	D +7.1 since 1992
1992	Dem Clinton	Clinton 126,054 43.5%	Bush 102,313 35.3%	Ross Perot 59,213 · 20.4%	23,741 8.2 pts	D +20.6 since 1988
1988	Rep Bush	Dukakis 108,647 43.5%	Bush 139,639 55.9%	None	30,992 12.4 pts	D +7.4 since 1984
1984	Rep Reagan	Mondale 101,656 39.9%	Reagan 152,190 59.8%	None	50,534 19.9 pts	R +17.5 since 1980
1980	Rep Reagan	Carter 105,754 44.9%	Reagan 111,252 47.2%	John B. Anderson 16,288 · 6.9%	5,498 2.3 pts	R +7.7 since 1976
1976¹	Dem Carter	Carter 122,461 52.0%	Ford 109,780 46.6%	None	12,681 5.4 pts	D +25.8 since 1972
1972	Rep Nixon	McGovern 92,283 39.2%	Nixon 140,357 59.6%	John G. Schmitz 2,638 · 1.1%	48,074 20.4 pts	R +16.9 since 1968
1968	Rep Nixon	Humphrey 89,194 41.6%	Nixon 96,714 45.1%	George Wallace 28,459 · 13.3%	7,520 3.5 pts	R +25.7 since 1964
1964	Dem Johnson	Johnson 122,704 60.9%	Goldwater 78,078 38.8%	None	44,626 22.2 pts	D +20.5 since 1960
1960	Dem Kennedy	Kennedy 99,590 50.8%	Nixon 96,373 49.2%	None	3,217 1.6 pts	D +12.1 since 1956
1956	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 79,421 44.6%	Eisenhower 98,057 55.1%	None	18,636 10.5 pts	R +6.6 since 1952
1952	Rep Eisenhower	Stevenson 83,315 47.9%	Eisenhower 90,059 51.8%	None	6,744 3.9 pts	R +2.6 since 1948
1948	Rep Dewey	Truman 67,813 48.8%	Dewey 69,588 50.0%	None	1,775 1.3 pts	R +10.4 since 1944
1944	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 68,166 54.4%	Dewey 56,747 45.3%	None	11,419 9.1 pts	R +0.5 since 1940
1940	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 74,599 54.7%	Willkie 61,440 45.1%	None	13,159 9.6 pts	R +2.6 since 1936
1936	Dem Roosevelt	Roosevelt 69,702 54.6%	Landon 54,014 42.3%	None	15,688 12.3 pts	D +14.7 since 1932
1932	Rep Hoover	Roosevelt 54,319 48.1%	Hoover 57,073 50.6%	Norman Thomas 1,376 · 1.2%	2,754 2.4 pts	D +28.0 since 1928
1928	Rep Hoover	Smith 36,643 34.6%	Hoover 68,860 65.0%	None	32,217 30.4 pts	R +9.5 since 1924
1924	Rep Coolidge	Davis 33,445 36.8%	Coolidge 52,441 57.7%	Robert M. La Follette 4,979 · 5.5%	18,996 20.9 pts	R +7.3 since 1920
1920^2,3	Rep Harding	Cox 39,911² 42.1%	Harding 52,858² 55.7%	Eugene V. Debs 988 · 1.0%² Aaron S. Watkins 986 · 1.0%²	12,947 13.6 pts	R +11.2 since 1916
1916	Rep Hughes	Wilson 24,753 47.8%	Hughes 26,011 50.2%	J. Frank Hanly 566 · 1.1%	1,258 2.4 pts	R +16.0 since 1912
1912	Dem Wilson	Wilson 22,631 46.5%	Taft 15,998 32.9%	Theodore Roosevelt 8,886 · 18.2% Eugene W. Chafin 623 · 1.3% Eugene V. Debs 556 · 1.1%	6,633 13.6 pts	D +19.7 since 1908
1908	Rep Taft	Bryan 22,071 46.0%	Taft 25,014 52.1%	Eugene W. Chafin 670 · 1.4%	2,943 6.1 pts	D +3.8 since 1904
1904⁴	Rep Roosevelt	Parker 19,360⁴ 44.1%	Roosevelt 23,714⁴ 54.1%	Silas C. Swallow 607 · 1.4%⁴	4,354 9.9 pts	R +1.2 since 1900
1900	Rep McKinley	Bryan 18,858 44.9%	McKinley 22,529 53.7%	John G. Woolley 538 · 1.3%	3,671 8.7 pts	D +2.0 since 1896
1896^5,6	Rep McKinley	Bryan 13,424⁵ 42.7%	McKinley 16,804⁵ 53.4%	John M. Palmer 877 · 2.8%⁵ Joshua Levering 355 · 1.1%⁵	3,380 10.7 pts	R +12.1 since 1892
1892⁷	Dem Cleveland	Cleveland 18,581⁷ 49.9%	Harrison 18,083⁷ 48.6%	John Bidwell 565 · 1.5%⁷	498 1.3 pts	R +10.2 since 1888
1888	Dem Cleveland	Cleveland 16,414 55.1%	Harrison 12,973 43.6%	Clinton B. Fisk 400 · 1.3%	3,441 11.6 pts	R +1.5 since 1884
1884⁸	Dem Cleveland	Cleveland 16,976⁸ 56.4%	Blaine 13,053⁸ 43.4%	None	3,923 13.0 pts	D +9.5 since 1880
1880⁹	Dem Hancock	Hancock 15,183⁹ 51.8%	Garfield 14,150⁹ 48.2%	None	1,033 3.5 pts	R +7.4 since 1876
1876¹⁰	Dem Tilden	Tilden 13,381¹⁰ 55.4%	Hayes 10,752¹⁰ 44.6%	None	2,629 10.9 pts	D +15.1 since 1872
1872^11,12	Rep Grant	Greeley 10,205¹¹ 46.8%	Grant 11,115¹¹ 51.0%	Charles O'Conor 487 · 2.2%¹¹	910 4.2 pts	R +22.2 since 1868
1868¹³	Dem Seymour	Seymour 10,980¹³ 59.0%	Grant 7,623¹³ 41.0%	None	3,357 18.0 pts	First sourced year
1864¹⁴	Dem McClellan	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1860¹⁵	S-Dem Breckinridge	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1856¹⁶	Dem Buchanan	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1852¹⁷	Dem Pierce	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1848¹⁸	Whig Taylor	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1844¹⁹	Whig Clay	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1840²⁰	Whig Harrison	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1836²¹	Whig Harrison	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1832²²	N-R Clay	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1828²³	N-R John Quincy Adams	Electors were chosen by the legislature.
1824²⁴	D-R Crawford Crawford 2, John Quincy Adams 1	Electors were chosen by the legislature.
1820²⁵	D-R Monroe	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1816²⁶	Fed King	Electors were chosen by the legislature.
1812²⁷	Fed Clinton	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1808²⁸	Fed Pinckney	Electors were chosen by the legislature.
1804²⁹	Fed Pinckney	Electors were chosen by the legislature.
1800³⁰	Fed Adams Charles C. Pinckney 3, John Adams 3	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1796³¹	Fed Adams John Adams 3, Thomas Pinckney 3	State popular vote not yet sourced.
1792³²	Ind Washington George Washington 3, John Adams 3	Electors were chosen by the legislature.
1789³³	Ind Washington George Washington 3, John Jay 3	Electors were chosen by the legislature.

Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.

Notes on the figures

1976 The source reports 2,432 votes under the label 'No Party Affiliation' on one line with no candidate name, so the people they went to cannot be shown separately; they are counted in 'Other candidates'.
1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): Independent 93.
1904 The official table prints a state total of 42,873, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 43,873); their sum is used.
1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1896 The official table notes: Not a footnote in the table: the almanac's Delaware returns (p. 429) show the state total 16,804 McKinley and 13,424 Bryan from New Castle and Sussex counties only, and explain that the Governor, in certifying the electors, refused to include Kent County because no certificate had been filed; two rival Kent certificates gave Bryan 2,047, McKinley 1,824 and Bryan 3,157, McKinley 3,567, Palmer 89, Levering 115. So these Delaware figures omit Kent County.
1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1828 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
1824 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1816 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1808 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
1804 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
1792 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
1789 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.

SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 (CC0 1.0, retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1891 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac 1886 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03); The World Almanac for 1873 (Public domain in the United States: published before 1931, retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

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First Party System

1789

Washington

Independent · 6 EV (3 electors) · George Washington 3, John Jay 3

National: George Washington · Ind

First Party System

1792

Washington

Independent · 6 EV (3 electors) · George Washington 3, John Adams 3

National: George Washington · Ind

First Party System

1796

Adams

Federalist · 6 EV (3 electors) · John Adams 3, Thomas Pinckney 3

National: John Adams · Fed

First Party System

1800

Adams

Federalist · 6 EV (3 electors) · Charles C. Pinckney 3, John Adams 3

National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R

National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R

National: James Madison · D-R

National: James Madison · D-R

National: James Monroe · D-R

Era of Good Feelings

1820

Monroe

Democratic-Republican · 4 EV

National: James Monroe · D-R

Era of Good Feelings

1824

Crawford

Democratic-Republican · 3 EV · Crawford 2, John Quincy Adams 1

National: John Quincy Adams · D-R

Second Party System

1828

John Quincy Adams

National Republican · 3 EV

National: Andrew Jackson · Dem

Second Party System

1832

Clay

National Republican · 3 EV

National: Andrew Jackson · Dem

National: Martin Van Buren · Dem

National: William Henry Harrison · Whig

National: James K. Polk · Dem

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