# 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware

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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.
Clinton carried the state with 53.1% of the vote to Trump's 41.7%, a victory margin of 11.38% 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.

## Primary elections
### Democratic primary

Five candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:
* Hillary Clinton
* Rocky De La Fuente
* Martin O'Malley (withdrawn)
* Bernie Sanders

#### Results

e • d 2016 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Delaware – Summary of results – :
| Candidate | Popular vote | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates | Estimated delegates |
| Candidate | 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 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 93,640 | 100% | 21 | 11 | 32 |
| Source: ||||||

### Republican primary

Six candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:
* Jeb Bush (withdrawn)
* Ben Carson (withdrawn)
* Ted Cruz
* John Kasich
* Marco Rubio (suspended, to convention)
* Donald Trump

#### Results

Delaware Republican primary, April 26, 2016 :
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count | Actual delegate count |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | 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: | Unprojected delegates: | 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 would support Jill Stein at the national convention.
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 |

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| Los Angeles Times | Safe D | November 6, 2016 |
| CNN | Safe D | November 4, 2016 |
| Cook Political Report | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| Electoral-vote.com | Safe D | November 8, 2016 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
| Fox News | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |

### Results

2016 United States presidential election in Delaware :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 235,603 | 53.09% |
| | Republican | Donald Trump | 185,127 | 41.71% |
| | Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 14,757 | 3.33% |
| | Green | Jill Stein | 6,103 | 1.37% |
| | Independent | Evan McMullin (write-in) | 706 | 0.16% |
| | Constitution | Darrell Castle (write-in) | 74 | 0.02% |
| | | Write-in (other) | 1,444 | 0.32% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 443,814 | 100.00% |

#### By county

| County | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Hillary Clinton Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Margin | Total votes cast |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes cast |
| Kent | 33,351 | 44.63% | 36,991 | 49.50% | 4,387 | 5.87% | -3,640 | -4.87% | 74,729 |
| New Castle | 162,919 | 61.95% | 85,525 | 32.52% | 14,535 | 5.53% | 77,394 | 29.43% | 262,979 |
| Sussex | 39,333 | 37.07% | 62,611 | 59.01% | 4,162 | 3.92% | -23,278 | -21.94% | 106,106 |
| Totals | 235,603 | 53.09% | 185,127 | 41.71% | 23,084 | 5.20% | 50,476 | 11.38% | 443,814 |
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Democratic — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +0-2.5%
* Republican — +2.5-5%
* Republican — +7.5-10%
* Democratic  Hold Republican  Hold  Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
* Kent (largest city: Dover)

#### By congressional district

Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated. This district is called the at-large district, because it covers the entire state, and thus is equivalent to the statewide election results.
| District | Trump | Clinton | Representative |
| At-large | 41.72% | 53.09% | Lisa Blunt Rochester |

### Turnout

According to Delaware's Elections website, voter turnout was 65.57% with 445,228 ballots cast out of 679,027 registered voters.