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State record · DE

Delaware

3 electoral votes in 20243 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+601868: D+18.0 two-party · 18,571 votes18681872: R+4.3 two-party · 21,822 votes1876: D+10.9 two-party · 24,133 votes1880: D+3.5 two-party · 29,458 votes1884: D+13.4 two-party · 29,984 votes1888: D+11.8 two-party · 29,764 votes18881892: D+1.4 two-party · 37,235 votes1896: R+10.5 two-party · 38,456 votes1900: R+8.9 two-party · 41,989 votes1904: R+10.1 two-party · 43,856 votes1908: R+6.3 two-party · 48,015 votes19081912: D+17.2 two-party · 48,690 votes1916: R+2.5 two-party · 51,810 votes1920: R+14.0 two-party · 94,864 votes1924: R+22.1 two-party · 90,881 votes1928: R+32.2 two-party · 104,601 votes19281932: R+2.5 two-party · 112,901 votes1936: D+12.7 two-party · 127,603 votes1940: D+9.7 two-party · 136,336 votes1944: D+9.1 two-party · 125,361 votes1948: R+1.3 two-party · 139,073 votes19481952: R+12.7 two-party · 160,476 votes1956: R+10.5 two-party · 177,988 votes1960: D+1.6 two-party · 196,683 votes1964: D+22.2 two-party · 201,320 votes1968: R+4.0 two-party · 214,367 votes19681972: R+20.7 two-party · 235,516 votes1976: D+5.5 two-party · 235,642 votes · 3 EV1980: R+2.5 two-party · 235,668 votes · 3 EV1984: R+19.9 two-party · 254,572 votes · 3 EV1988: R+12.5 two-party · 249,891 votes · 3 EV19881992: D+10.4 two-party · 289,620 votes · 3 EV1996: D+17.2 two-party · 270,810 votes · 3 EV2000: D+13.5 two-party · 327,529 votes · 3 EV2004: D+7.7 two-party · 375,190 votes · 3 EV2008: D+25.3 two-party · 412,412 votes · 3 EV20082012: D+18.9 two-party · 413,890 votes · 3 EV2016: D+12.0 two-party · 441,590 votes · 3 EV2020: D+19.3 two-party · 504,346 votes · 3 EV2024: D+15.0 two-party · 512,913 votes · 3 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%