Dover, DE Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Dover, DE

HarrisD+2.0

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	50.3%	44,200
Donald TrumpRepublican	48.3%	42,432
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	1,302

D+60

R+60

1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	+17.1%
1892	No data
1896	No data
1900	No data
1904	No data
1908	−0.8%
1912	+11.1%
1916	+4.9%
1920	+5.0%
1924	+0.3%
1928	−18.5%
1932	+14.4%
1936	+12.9%
1940	+6.6%
1944	+5.5%
1948	−1.9%
1952	−1.3%
1956	−5.0%
1960	+0.3%
1964	+18.0%
1968	−8.1%
1972	−25.4%
1976	+13.3%
1980	−6.7%
1984	−29.2%
1988	−20.9%
1992	−0.5%
1996	+6.1%
2000	−2.7%
2004	−13.8%
2008	+9.8%
2012	+4.9%
2016	−4.9%
2020	+4.1%
2024	+2.0%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	50.3%Harris44,200	48.3%Trump42,432	1.5%	+2.0%	87,934
2020	D	51.2%Biden44,552	47.1%Trump41,009	1.7%incl. Jorgensen	+4.1%	87,025
2016	R	44.9%Clinton33,351	49.8%Trump36,991	5.3%incl. Johnson	−4.9%	74,260
2012	D	51.7%Obama35,527	46.8%Romney32,135	1.5%	+4.9%	68,672
2008	D	54.4%Obama36,392	44.6%McCain29,827	1.1%	+9.8%	66,925
2004	R	42.6%Kerry23,875	56.4%Bush31,578	1.0%	−13.8%	55,991
2000	R	47.2%Gore22,790	49.9%Bush24,081	2.9%incl. Nader	−2.7%	48,254
1996	D	46.7%Clinton18,327	40.6%Dole15,932	12.7%incl. Perot	+6.1%	39,252
1992	R	38.2%Clinton15,364	38.7%Bush15,562	23.1%incl. Perot	−0.5%	40,238
1988	R	39.2%Dukakis12,996	60.2%Bush19,923	0.6%	−20.9%	33,113
1984	R	35.3%Mondale11,789	64.5%Reagan21,531	0.2%	−29.2%	33,403
1980	R	43.1%Carter12,884	49.8%Reagan14,882	7.0%incl. Anderson	−6.7%	29,862
1976	D	56.1%Carter16,523	42.8%Ford12,604	1.0%	+13.3%	29,428
1972	R	36.6%McGovern10,463	62.0%Nixon17,712	1.3%	−25.4%	28,556
1968	R	36.4%Humphrey9,055	44.5%Nixon11,082	19.1%incl. Wallace	−8.1%	24,888
1964	D	58.9%Johnson12,981	40.8%Goldwater9,006	0.3%	+18.0%	22,054
1960	D	49.8%Kennedy10,754	49.5%Nixon10,697	0.8%	+0.3%	21,616
1956	R	47.2%Stevenson9,319	52.2%Eisenhower10,303	0.6%	−5.0%	19,745
1952	R	49.1%Stevenson9,874	50.4%Eisenhower10,144	0.4%	−1.3%	20,108
1948	R	48.7%Truman8,174	50.6%Dewey8,501	0.7%incl. Thurmond	−1.9%	16,790
1944	D	52.6%Roosevelt7,900	47.0%Dewey7,069	0.4%	+5.5%	15,026
1940	D	53.3%Roosevelt9,226	46.7%Willkie8,079	0.0%	+6.6%	17,305
1936	D	56.4%Roosevelt9,588	43.5%Landon7,389	0.2%	+12.9%	17,005
1932	D	57.0%Roosevelt8,829	42.6%Hoover6,597	0.4%	+14.4%	15,490
1928	R	40.6%Smith5,727	59.2%Hoover8,335	0.2%	−18.5%	14,089
1924	D	49.5%Davis6,936	49.2%Coolidge6,894	1.4%incl. La Follette	+0.3%	14,022
1920	D	51.9%Cox7,211	46.9%Harding6,511	1.2%	+5.0%	13,889
1916	D	52.0%Wilson4,210	47.1%Hughes3,813	0.8%	+4.9%	8,089
1912	D	51.3%Wilson4,071	40.2%Taft3,192	8.5%incl. Roosevelt	+11.1%	7,936
1908	R	49.0%Bryan4,095	49.8%Taft4,158	1.2%	−0.8%	8,357
1904	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1900	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1896	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1892	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1888	D	57.8%Cleveland3,969	40.7%Harrison2,797	1.5%	+17.1%	6,867
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Dover, DEMetro area	DelawareState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	58.1%	59.9%	61.0%
Black	27.0%	21.9%	12.2%
Asian	2.5%	4.3%	6.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	8.8%	12.6%
Other race	2.9%	5.0%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	11.0%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$74,477	$84,954	$84,427
Poverty rate	10.6%	10.4%	12.5%
Median age	38.8	42.4	39.1
Age 18–24	9.8%	8.4%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	18.3%	20.6%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	27.5%	35.8%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	11.4%	15.1%	22.3%
Spanish	4.8%	7.9%	13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.6%	1.0%	0.7%
Other languages	1.3%	1.2%	0.8%
German or other West Germanic	1.1%	0.5%	0.5%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	Irish 12.2%	Irish 14.8%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	German 11.2%	German 12.4%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	English 9.4%	English 10.5%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	9.1%	19.8%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	12.8%	9.1%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	68.6%	58.8%	51.5%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

Irish

12.2%

German

11.2%

English

9.4%

American

6.2%

Italian

5.7%

Polish

2.6%

Scottish

1.4%

French

1.3%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

Haitian

1.1%

Nigerian

1.0%

African

0.9%

Jamaican

0.9%

Liberian

0.3%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Puerto Rican

3.6%

Mexican

1.7%

Dominican

0.5%

Cuban

0.3%

Guatemalan

0.3%

Salvadoran

0.3%

Ecuadorian

0.3%

Panamanian

0.2%

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

0.7%

Filipino

0.5%

Pakistani

0.4%

Korean

0.3%

Chinese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

1.1%

2.4%

75–84

3.2%

5.0%

65–74

5.8%

6.0%

55–64

6.8%

5.2%

45–54

5.9%

5.8%

35–44

6.4%

25–34

6.6%

4.8%

18–24

5.0%

8.6%

5–17

8.3%

3.0%

2.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$74,477

Dover, DE$74,477

Delaware$84,954

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.6%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 1814.8%

Working age (18–64)9.5%

Seniors (65+)8.6%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

88.6%

speak English only

Spanish4.8%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.6%

Other languages1.3%

German or other West Germanic1.1%

Other Indo-European1.0%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.4%

Other Asian & Pacific Island0.4%

Korean0.2%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.2%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%

Vietnamese0.1%

Arabic0.1%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Evangelical Protestant

12.8%

Catholic

9.1%

Mainline Protestant

4.8%

Black Protestant

1.8%

Other Christian

1.0%

Latter-day Saints

1.0%

Muslim

0.5%

Buddhist

0.2%

Other faiths

0.1%

Jewish

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted68.6%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

The Dover metro, anchored by a large military and state-government workforce, recorded a 19.9-point Republican margin in 2024 — a striking result inside one of the most reliably Democratic states on the national map.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 29.2 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 2.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.0 points.

A population of 187,604, a 58% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,477 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Dover, DE, Delaware vote in 2024?

In 2024, Dover, DE, Delaware voted Democratic by 2.0 points (D+2.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 87,934 votes cast, 44,200 went Democratic and 42,432 went Republican.

What is Dover, DE, Delaware's political typology?

Akashic places Dover, DE, Delaware in the "Industrial Catholic Metro" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.

When did Dover, DE, Delaware last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Dover, DE, Delaware voted Republican was 2016.

How many people live in Dover, DE, Delaware?

Dover, DE, Delaware has a population of 187,604 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Dover, DE, Delaware?

Median household income in Dover, DE, Delaware is $74,477 — below the national median of $80,734. The Delaware state median is $84,954.

What is the political history of Dover, DE, Delaware?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dover, DE, Delaware from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Industrial Catholic Metro" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.

Dover, DE delivered D+2.0 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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