The 2020 United States presidential election in Delaware was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 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, incumbent President Donald Trump from Florida, and running mate Vice President Mike Pence from Indiana against Democratic Party nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden, of Delaware, and his running mate California Senator Kamala Harris. Delaware has three electoral votes in the Electoral College.

Biden, who represented the state in the U.S. Senate from 1973 to 2009, defeated Trump in the state by 19 points, a significant improvement over Hillary Clinton's 11% margin over Trump in 2016, and even a slight improvement over Barack Obama's margin in 2012, when Biden was his running mate. Biden flipped the swing county of Kent, while Sussex County, which last voted Democratic on the Presidential level when Bill Clinton carried it in 1996, stayed Republican, although Biden previously carried the county in six of his seven runs to the Senate. Delaware's remaining county, New Castle—home to Biden's hometown of Wilmington and part of both the Northeast megalopolis and the Philadelphia metropolitan area, containing 55% of the state's population—stayed Democratic, having last voted Republican when George H. W. Bush carried it in 1988, also the last time the state voted for the Republican nominee. Biden's margin in New Castle County would have been more than enough to carry the state; he carried his home county by over 106,000 votes, exceeding his statewide margin of 95,665 votes.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden's strength in his home state came from African Americans with 91%; and Caucasians with 50%, including those with a college degree with 54%. 59% of Delawarean voters had a favorable opinion of him. Biden won overwhelmingly in his hometown of Wilmington, earning 26,698 votes to Trump's 3,580.

With Biden's victory nationwide, he became the first person representing Delaware ever elected president.

Primary elections The primary elections were originally scheduled for April 28, 2020. On March 24, they were moved to June 2 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 7, the primary elections were again postponed to July 7. By that time, President Donald Trump of the Republican Party and former Vice President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party had already clinched enough delegates to become the presumptive nominees of their respective parties. This was Biden's third presidential attempt, as he had previously campaigned in the 1988 and 2008 Democratic presidential primaries but failed to secure the nomination both times.

Republican primary Incumbent President Donald Trump was essentially uncontested in the Republican primary. The state has 16 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention.

However, Trump was not unopposed: Rocky De La Fuente took 12% of the vote, with Trump polling 88%.

2020 Delaware Republican presidential primary Candidate Votes % Delegates Donald Trump (incumbent) 28,876 88.05% 16 Rocky De La Fuente 3,920 11.95% Total 32,796 100% 16

Democratic primary

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofThe Cook Political ReportSeptember 10, 2020Inside ElectionsSeptember 4, 2020Sabato's Crystal BallJuly 14, 2020PoliticoSeptember 8, 2020RCPAugust 3, 2020Niskanen2020 Bitecofer Model Electoral College Predictions , Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020.July 26, 2020CNNAugust 3, 2020The EconomistSeptember 2, 2020CBS NewsAugust 16, 2020270towinAugust 2, 2020ABC NewsJuly 31, 2020NPRAugust 3, 2020NBC NewsAugust 6, 2020538September 9, 2020

Polling

Aggregate polls +Source of pollaggregationDates administeredDates updatedJoeBiden DonaldTrumpOther/UndecidedMargin270 to Win270 to WinOctober 5 – November 1, 2020November 3, 202057.5%35.5%7.0%Biden +22.0FiveThirtyEightFiveThirtyEightuntil November 2, 2020November 3, 202058.9%34.6%6.5%Biden +24.3Average58.2%35.1%6.8%Biden +23.2

Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DonaldTrumpJoeBidenJoJorgensenHowieHawkinsUndecidedSurveyMonkey/AxiosSurveyMonkey/AxiosOct 20 – Nov 2, 2020656 (LV)± 6%38%60% - - –SurveyMonkey/AxiosOct 1–28, 20201,323 (LV) –37%62% - - –SurveyMonkey/AxiosSep 1–30, 2020395 (LV) –37%61% - -2%University of DelawareUniversity of DelawareSep 21–27, 2020847 (LV) –33%54% 2% 1%10%SurveyMonkey/AxiosAug 1–31, 2020348 (LV) –32%67% - -1%PPPPPP Aug 21–22, 2020 710 (V) ± 3.7% 37%58% - - 5%SurveyMonkey/AxiosJul 1–31, 2020453 (LV) –31%67% - -2%SurveyMonkey/AxiosJun 8–30, 2020232 (LV) –34%64% - -2%Gonzales ResearchGonzales Research Jan 16–21, 2020 410 (LV) ± 5.0% 40% 56% - - 4%

Donald Trump vs. Michael Bloomberg Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DonaldTrump (R) MichaelBloomberg (D) UndecidedGonzales Research Jan 16–21, 2020 410 (LV) ± 5.0% 47% 48% 5%

Donald Trump vs. Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DonaldTrump (R) PeteButtigieg (D) UndecidedGonzales Research Jan 16–21, 2020 410 (LV) ± 5.0% 45% 50% 5%

Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DonaldTrump (R) BernieSanders (D) UndecidedGonzales Research Jan 16–21, 2020 410 (LV) ± 5.0% 46% 47% 7%

Donald Trump vs. Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DonaldTrump (R) ElizabethWarren (D) UndecidedGonzales Research Jan 16–21, 2020 410 (LV) ± 5.0% 46% 49% 5%

Results

By county County Joe BidenDemocratic Donald TrumpRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Kent 44,552 51.19% 41,009 47.12% 1,464 1.69% 3,543 4.07% 87,025 New Castle 195,034 67.81% 88,364 30.72% 4,235 1.47% 106,670 37.09% 287,633 Sussex 56,682 43.82% 71,230 55.07% 1,440 1.11% -14,548 -11.25% 129,352Totals296,26858.74%200,60339.77%7,4751.49%95,66518.97%504,346

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 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 Biden RepresentativeAt-large 39.77% 58.74%Lisa Blunt Rochester

Turnout According to the Delaware's Elections website, voter turnout was 68.86% with 509,241 ballots cast out of 739,570 registered voters.

Notes

See also United States presidential elections in Delaware 2020 United States presidential election 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries 2020 United States elections

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(State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)