United States presidential election in Delaware, 2016

United States presidential election in Delaware, 2016
Delaware
November 8, 2016

 
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 53.4% 41.9%

County Results
  Clinton—60-70%
  Trump—<50%
  Trump—50-60%

President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General 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.

On April 26, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Delaware voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian parties' respective nominees for President (Green on April 2). Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated chose any one primary in which to vote.

Hillary Clinton won the election in Delaware with 53.4% of the vote. Donald Trump, who later went on to win the presidency, received 41.9% of the vote.[1]Although Democrats had once again carried Delaware's three electoral vote, the state swung 7.19% Republican from the 2012 election, and Kent County flipped from Democratic to Republican

General Election

Statewide Results

U.S. presidential election in Delaware, 2016[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 235,581 53.4
Republican Donald Trump 185.103 41.9
Libertarian Gary Johnson 14,751 3.3
Green Jill Stein 6,100 1.4
Total votes 441,535 100.0

Results by County

County Trump# Trump% Clinton# Clinton% Johnson# Johnson% Stein# Stein% Total
Kent 36,989 49.8% 33,347 44.9% 2,876 3.9% 1,041 1.4% 74,253
New Castle 85,507 32.7% 162,905 62.3% 9,101 3.5% 3,955 1.5% 261,468
Sussex 62,607 59.2% 39,329 37.2% 2,774 2.6% 1,104 1.0% 105,814

Primary Elections

Democratic primary

Five candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:

Opinion polling

Results

Election results by county.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Delaware, 2016
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 55,954 59.75% 12 11 23
Bernie Sanders 36,662 39.15% 9 0 9
Roque De La Fuente 1,024 1.09%
Uncommitted N/A 0 0 0
Total 93,640 100% 21 11 32
Source: The Green Papers, Delaware Department of Elections - Official Primary Results

Republican primary

Six candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[3]

Opinion polling

Results

Delaware Republican primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 42,472 60.77% 16 0 16
John Kasich 14,225 20.35% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz 11,110 15.90% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 885 1.27% 0 0 0
Marco Rubio (withdrawn) 622 0.89% 0 0 0
Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 578 0.83% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 69,892 100.00% 16 0 16
Source: The Green Papers

Green convention

On April 2, 2016 the Green Party of Delaware announced that all four of its delegates will support Jill Stein at the national convention.[4]

Delaware Green Party Convention, April 2, 2016.
Candidate Votes Percentage National delegates
Jill Stein 14 100% 4
William Kreml - - -
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza Curry - - -
Kent Mesplay - - -
Darryl Cherney - - -
Total 14 100% 4

Polling

See also

References

External links

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