DELAWARE 3 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.
907,135
Total Registration, Nov. 2012
632,805 >

Dem. 300,625 (47.41%)   Rep. 181,788 (28.73%)   Others 150,392 (23.77%)
Delaware has: 3 counties: New Castle, Sussex, Kent.

Government 
Governor: Jack Markell (D) elected in 2008; re-elected in 2012.
State Legislature: Delaware General Assembly  House: 41 seats  Senate 21 seats.
Local: Cities and Towns  New Castle, Sussex, Kent  NACO Counties
U.S. House: 1D - At-Large...John Carney (D)
U.S. Senate: Thomas R. Carper (D) re-elected in 2012, Chris Coons (D) elected in 2010 (sworn in Nov. 15).
2012

Governor: Gov. Jack Markell (D) defeated businessman Jeff Cragg (R) of Brandywine Hundred by 69.3% to 28.6% with two others getting the remainder.
U.S. Senate: Sen. Tom Carper (D), seeking a third term, defeated businessman Kevin Wade (R) of New Castle by 66.4% to 29.0% with two others getting the remainder.
U.S. House: Freshman Rep. John Carney (D) defeated New Castle County President Tom Kovach (R) by 64.4% to 33.4%.
State Legislature: Democrats maintained strong majorities in both chambers  All seats were up. 
The Senate went from 14D, 7R to 13D, 8R and the House from 26D, 15R to 27D, 14R.

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The First State
General Election: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 660.580.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.7%.


Total Registration:
632,805
Registration Deadline: October 13, 2012 (October 22 for uniformed services members and overseas citizens).

Official Results >

 
+Obama/Biden (Dem.) 242,584 (58.61)
Romney/Ryan (Rep.) 165,484 (39.98)
Stein/Honkala (Grn.)
1,940 (0.47)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
3,882 (0.94)
Total........ 413,890

 



Overview: Delaware remained solidly in the blue column.  In terms of visits, Vice President Joe Biden frequently comes home to Wilmington,  Ann Romney did fundraisers in Greenville on July 18, and Libertarian VP nominee Judge Jim Gray made a couple of stops in Dover on Sept. 18.  The Obama ticket achieved a plurality of 77,100 votes (18.63 percentage points).  Romney did carry Sussex County.
Obama  |  (Romney)
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[State Primary: September 11, 2012]
Presidential Primary Election: Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Registration, April 1, 2012Dem. 290.539 (47.36%)   Rep. 178,090 (29.03%)   Others 144,837 (23.61%)   Total 613,466.
Democrats


Republicans
17 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 3 by CD (3 x 1).
0.74% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Delegate allocation is statewide winner-take-all.

Official Results  236 of 236 Districts Reporting
Newt Gingrich
7,742
27.08%
Ron Paul
3,017
10.55%
+Mitt Romney
16,143
56.46%
Rick Santorum
1,690
5.91%
Total
28,592


Gingrich made a major push in the Delaware primary but fell short. +



General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 622,664.

Registration: Dem. 280,401 (46.52%)  Rep. 181,791 (30.16%)  Others 140,601 (23.32%)

Total 602,793

VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.2%.



Official Results >


+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
255,446
(61.94)
McCain/Palin (Rep.)
152,373
(36.95)
Baldwin/Castle (Const.)
626
(0.15)
McKinney/Clemente (Grn.)
385 (0.09)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.PtyDE)
2,401
(0.58)
Barr/Root (Lib.)
1,109
(0.27)
Calero/Kennedy (SWP)
58
(0.01)
Total........412,398



2008 Overview
Having the home state Senator on the ticket provided a huge boost to Obama, who won with a plurality of 103,073 votes (24.99 percentage points).  McCain did carry Sussex County.  In terms of events, Biden spoke at the Delaware Democratic Party's Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Dover on Oct. 13, and the Bidens did a Change We Need rally at the University of Delaware main campus in Newark on Oct. 31.  Note that Democrats' registration advantage increased from 10.95 percentage points for the 2004 general election to 13.03 points at the time of the Feb. 5, 2008 primary to 16.36 points in Nov. 2008.
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population: 584,817.

Registration:
Dem. 242,727 (43.80%)  Rep. 182,045 (32.85%)  Others 129,422 (23.35%)   Total  554,194

VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.2%.

Last day to register to be eligible to vote in the General Election: October 13, 2004 at 4:30 p.m.
Official Results


+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
199,904
(53.33)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.) 
171,553
(45.77)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.) 292 (0.08)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)  250
(0.07)
Nader/Camejo (Ind.DE)
2,152
(0.57)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
585
(0.16)
Brown/Hebert (NLP)
100
(0.03)
Total........374,836
 

2004 Overview
Kerry-Edwards won Delaware with a plurality of 28,351 votes (7.56 percentage points).  Kerry prevailed in New Castle County, while Bush won in Sussex and Kent Counties.
General Election Details
Kerry/Allies  |  Bush-Cheney '04

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population: 554,863.

Registration: Dem. 214,515 (42.6%)   Rep. 171,447 (34.0%)   Others 117,710 (23.4%)  Total 503,672 

VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 59.0%.

Official Results

+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
180,068
 (54.96)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
137,288
(41.90)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
208
(0.06)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
8,307
(2.54)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
774
(0.24)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)
107
(0.03)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
777
 (0.24)
Write In
92
(0.03)
Total........327,621  

2000 Overview
Delaware was talked about as a battleground state, and the campaigns advertised and had staff in the state, but in the end the Gore-Lieberman ticket won with a comfortable plurality of 42,780 votes (13.06 percentage points).  In one of the most closely fought Senate races in the country, Gov. Thomas R. Carper (D) defeated incumbent Sen. William V. Roth Jr. (R), 55.5% to 43.7%.  In the gubernatorial race, Lt. Gov. Ruth Ann Minner (D) won by a wide margin over John M. Burris (R) to keep the seat in Democratic hands.
General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Clinton (Dem.)........126,054
(43.51)
Bush (Rep.)............102,313
(35.31)
Perot (Unaff.)............59,213
(20.44)
Others (2+w/ins).........2,155
(0.74)
Total........289,735

1996
Clinton (Dem.)........140,355
(51.82)
Dole (Rep.)..............99,062
(36.58)
Perot (Ind.)..............28,719
(10.60)
Others (3+w/ins)........2,709
(1.00)
Total........270,845

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