2016 United States presidential election in Delaware

2016 United States presidential election in Delaware

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Turnout65.35% Increase
 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 235,603 185,127
Percentage 53.09% 41.72%


President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county

The 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Delaware voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Delaware has three electoral votes in the Electoral College.[1]

Clinton carried the state with 53.1% of the vote to Trump's 41.7%, a victory margin of 11.38%[2] Although Democrats continued their streak of winning Delaware, a state that has not gone to the Republicans in a presidential election since 1988, it swung 7.19% to the right relative to 2012, and Trump managed to flip Kent County. This was the first time since 1968 that Delaware did not vote for the same candidate as neighboring Pennsylvania.

  1. ^ "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  2. ^ "Connecticut Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.