Election 1884 Results
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1884 presidential election in Delaware
Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat James G. Blaine (Republican) in Delaware in 1884, 56.6% to 43.2%, a margin of 13.4 points and 4,004 votes.
Delaware voted 12.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+0.6.
The Democratic hold continued from 1880, when Winfield Scott Hancock won.
Democrats led in 3 of the 3 counties as they stood then. The largest, New Castle, cast 16,428 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.5 points.
Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grover Cleveland won | Democratic | 16,957 | 56.6% |
| James G. Blaine | Republican | 12,953 | 43.2% |
| All other candidates | 74 | 0.2% | |
| Total | 29,984 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Castle | 8,555 52.1% | 7,809 47.5% | 64 | 16,428 | D+4.5 |
| Sussex | 4,445 59.5% | 3,018 40.4% | 10 | 7,473 | D+19.1 |
| Kent | 3,957 65.1% | 2,126 34.9% | 6,083 | D+30.1 |
Counties as they stood in 1884; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.
Delaware in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+14.7 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+19.0 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+11.4 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+18.6 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+25.0 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+7.6 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+13.1 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.2 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+8.2 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+12.4 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+19.9 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+5.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+20.4 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+3.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+22.2 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+1.6 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+10.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+3.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+1.3 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.1 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.8 |
| 1932 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+2.4 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+30.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+20.9 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+13.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+2.4 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+13.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+6.2 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+9.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+8.8 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+10.1 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+1.4 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+11.6 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+13.4 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+3.5 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+10.9 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.2 |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour (D) | D+18.0 |