Pivot Counties in Delaware
| 2020 Election Analysis: Pivot Counties |
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Retained • Boomerang Margins of victory Voter turnout Demographics |
Pivot Counties are the 206 counties nationwide Ballotpedia identified as having voted for Barack Obama (D) in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections and Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Media and political observers sometimes refer to these counties as swing counties.
Following the 2016 presidential election, Delaware had one Pivot County.
Ballotpedia defines Pivot Counties Trump won in 2020 as Retained Pivot Counties and those Joe Biden (D) won as Boomerang Pivot Counties.
After the 2020 presidential election, that one county was a Boomerang Pivot County.
List of Pivot Counties
The table below displays information on the Pivot County in Delaware. This county accounted for 33.33 percent of the total counties in Delaware, and 18.26 percent of the state population.
| Analysis of Delaware counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 following the 2020 presidential election[1] | |||||||
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| County | State | Winner, 2020 | Margin of Victory, 2020 | Trump Margin of Victory, 2016 | Obama Margin of Victory, 2012 | Obama Margin of Victory, 2008 | |
| Kent County | Delaware | Boomerang | +4.07 | +4.87 | +4.94 | +9.81 | |
The map below shows the Boomerang Pivot County in Delaware shaded bright blue.
2020 analysis
Voter turnout
Delaware has one Boomerang Pivot County, 33.3% of the state's three total counties. Turnout in this county accounted for 17.27% of the statewide total turnout.
| Voter turnout in Delaware and its Pivot County | ||||||
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| Votes cast | Voting age population | Turnout | Contribution to statewide turnout | |||
| Overview | ||||||
| Delaware | 504,010 | 704,105 | 71.58% | - | ||
| Boomerang Pivot County | 87,025 | 129,660 | 67.12% | 17.27% | ||
| County-specific | ||||||
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| Votes cast | Voting age population | Turnout | Contribution to statewide turnout | |||
| Kent | 87,025 | 129,660 | 67.12% | 17.27% | ||
Demographics
This table displays demographic data, on average, by county compared to nationwide and statewide averages with a focus on Pivot Counties. Use the arrows at the top of the table to view 2016 data and changes from 2016 to 2020. Full demographic data can be found here.
2016 analysis
Voting trends
The table below details the voting trends of the Pivot County in Delaware since 1960.
| Presidential Elections in Delaware Pivot Counties since 1960 | ||||||
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| County | Elections won by Republican Presidential candidate | Elections won by Democratic Presidential candidate | Elections matching national result | |||
| Elections | Percentage of elections | Elections | Percentage of elections | Elections | Percentage of elections | |
| Kent County, Delaware | 9 | 60.00% | 6 | 40.00% | 14 | 93.33% |
2016 election results
- See also: Presidential election in Delaware, 2016
In 2016, Delaware had three electoral votes, which was 0.5 percent of the 538 electoral votes up for grabs and 1.1 percent of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the general election. Presidential primary elections in Delaware took place on April 26, 2016. Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary with 59.8 percent of the vote. Donald Trump won the Republican primary with 60.8 percent.
General election
| U.S. presidential election, Delaware, 2016 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic |  Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine |
53.4% | 235,603 | 3 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump/Mike Pence | 41.9% | 185,127 | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Gary Johnson/Bill Weld | 3.3% | 14,757 | 0 | |
| Green | Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka | 1.4% | 6,103 | 0 | |
| Total Votes | 441,590 | 3 | |||
| Election results via: Delaware Department of Elections | |||||
Primaries
| Delaware Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Hillary Clinton |
59.8% | 55,954 | 12 | |
| Bernie Sanders | 39.2% | 36,662 | 9 | |
| Roque De La Fuente | 1.1% | 1,024 | 0 | |
| Totals | 93,640 | 21 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Delaware Secretary of State | ||||
| Delaware Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Donald Trump |
60.8% | 42,472 | 16 | |
| Ted Cruz | 15.9% | 11,110 | 0 | |
| John Kasich | 20.4% | 14,225 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 578 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 1.3% | 885 | 0 | |
| Marco Rubio | 0.9% | 622 | 0 | |
| Totals | 69,892 | 16 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Delaware Secretary of State | ||||
See also
- List of Pivot Counties - the 206 counties that voted Obama-Obama-Trump
- Pivot Counties by state
- Presidential election, 2016
Footnotes
- ↑ This analysis does not include counties in Alaska and certain independent cities due to variations in vote total reporting.
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