Barack Obama Democratic Donald Trump Republican 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.
[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.
Six candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[5] On April 2, 2016, the Green Party of Delaware announced that all four of its delegates would support Jill Stein at the national convention.
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Due to the state's low population, only one congressional district is allocated.