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1912 presidential election in Delaware

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Delaware in 1912, 46.5% to 32.9%, a margin of 13.6 points and 6,633 votes.

Delaware changed party: in 1908 it went Republican, for William Howard Taft.

Democrats led in 3 of the 3 counties as they stood then. The largest, New Castle, cast 29,383 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.9 points. The closest was Kent, where 879 votes separated the two parties.

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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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Woodrow Wilson won Democratic 22,631 46.5%
William Howard Taft Republican 15,998 32.9%
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 8,886 18.2%
All other candidates 1,179 2.4%
Total48,694

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
New Castle 13,009 44.3% 8,340 28.4% 8,034 29,383 D+15.9
Sussex 5,551 48.8% 4,465 39.3% 1,355 11,371 D+9.6
Kent 4,071 51.3% 3,192 40.2% 673 7,936 D+11.1

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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