How Delaware has voted since 1960

Delaware has 3 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 12 times and Republican 5 times. It has backed the national winner in 13 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 14.7 points, 16.2 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 66.8% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 22nd among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 1992. Its closest result was in 1960, when John F. Kennedy won it by 1.6 points.

  1. 1960Kennedy+1.6
  2. 1964Johnson+22.2
  3. 1968Nixon+3.5
  4. 1972Nixon+20.4
  5. 1976Carter+5.4
  6. 1980Reagan+2.3
  7. 1984Reagan+19.9
  8. 1988Bush+12.4
  9. 1992Clinton+8.2
  10. 1996Clinton+15.3
  11. 2000Gore+13.1
  12. 2004Kerry+7.6
  13. 2008Obama+25.0
  14. 2012Obama+18.6
  15. 2016Clinton+11.4
  16. 2020Biden+19.0
  17. 2024Harris+14.7

Each box is one election: the winner in Delaware and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

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Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House (at large)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Delaware margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Delaware in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+301960: D+1.6 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+22.2 (nation D+22.6)'641968: R+3.5 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+20.4 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+5.4 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+2.3 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+19.9 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+12.4 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+8.2 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+15.3 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+13.1 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+7.6 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+25.0 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+18.6 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+11.4 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+19.0 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+14.7 (nation R+1.5)'24

Delaware margin National popular vote

By county

Kamala Harris won 2 of Delaware's 3 counties in 2024; Donald Trump won 1.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
New Castle County275,917D+32.6→R 4.5
Sussex County147,639R+11.0→D 0.3
Kent County88,141D+2.0→R 2.1

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, New Castle County (4.5), Kent County (2.1), Sussex County (0.3); toward the Democrat, Sussex County (0.3), Kent County (2.1), New Castle County (4.5) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 56.5%289,758Trump 41.8%214,3511.7%D+14.7R+1.566.8%3
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 58.7%296,268Trump 39.8%200,6031.5%D+19.0D+4.568.3%3
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 53.4%235,603Trump 41.9%185,1274.7%D+11.4D+2.164.5%3
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 58.6%242,584Romney 40.0%165,4841.4%D+18.6D+3.963.1%3
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 61.9%255,459McCain 37.0%152,3741.1%D+25.0D+7.365.8%3
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 53.4%200,152Bush 45.8%171,6600.9%D+7.6R+2.564.1%3
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 55.0%180,068Bush 41.9%137,2883.1%D+13.1D+0.559.2%3
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 51.8%140,355Dole 36.6%99,062Perot 10.6%D+15.3D+8.552.5%3
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 43.5%126,054Bush 35.3%102,313Perot 20.5%D+8.2D+5.658.2%3
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 43.5%108,647Bush 55.9%139,6390.6%R+12.4R+7.754.0%3
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 39.9%101,656Reagan 59.8%152,1900.3%R+19.9R+18.258.4%3
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 44.9%105,754Reagan 47.2%111,252Anderson 6.9%R+2.3R+9.756.8%3
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 52.0%122,461Ford 46.6%109,7801.4%D+5.4D+2.1—3
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 39.2%Nixon 59.6%1.2%R+20.4R+23.2—3
1968 Richard NixonNixonHumphrey 41.6%Nixon 45.1%Wallace 13.3%R+3.5R+0.7—3
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 61.0%Goldwater 38.8%0.3%D+22.2D+22.6—3
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 50.6%Nixon 49.0%0.4%D+1.6D+0.2—3

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 319601950 census
  • 31964–19681960 census
  • 31972–19801970 census
  • 31984–19881980 census
  • 31992–20001990 census
  • 32004–20082000 census
  • 32012–20202010 census
  • 32024–20282020 census
  • 32032–2040projected

Projected: Delaware's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 3. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Delaware cast electoral votes in 43 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 24 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican3+10.5✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican3+3.9✓
1948Thomas E. Dewey Republican3+1.3–
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic3+9.1✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic3+9.7✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic3+12.7✓
1932Herbert Hoover Republican3+2.5–
1928Herbert Hoover Republican3+30.5✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican3+20.9✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican3+14.0✓
1916Charles Evans Hughes Republican3+2.5–
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic3+13.8✓
1908William Howard Taft Republican3+6.3✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican3+10.1✓
1900William McKinley Republican3+8.9✓
1896William McKinley Republican3+11.4✓
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic3+1.4✓
1888Grover Cleveland Democratic3+11.8–
1884Grover Cleveland Democratic3+13.4✓
1880Winfield S. Hancock Democratic3+3.5–
1876Samuel J. Tilden Democratic3+10.9–
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican3+4.3✓
1868Horatio Seymour Democratic3+18.0–
1864George B. McClellan Democratic3+3.6–
1860John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic3+21.4–
1856James Buchanan Democratic3+11.9✓
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic3+0.2✓
1848Zachary Taylor Whig3+4.3✓
1844Henry Clay Whig3+2.5–
1840William Henry Harrison Whig3+10.1✓
1836William Henry Harrison Whig3+6.5–
1832Henry Clay National Republican3+2.0–
1828John Quincy Adams National Republican3—–
1824William H. Crawford Democratic-RepublicanSplit: Crawford 2, Adams 13—–
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican4—✓
1816Rufus King Federalist3—–
1812DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican4—–
1808Charles C. Pinckney Federalist3—–
1804Charles C. Pinckney Federalist3—–
1800John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 3, Pinckney 33—–
1796John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 3, Pinckney 33—✓
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 3, Adams 33—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 3, Jay 33—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.