1860 United States presidential election in Delaware

1860 United States presidential election in Delaware
County Results Breckinridge 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; James Buchanan; Democratic	Elected President ; Abraham Lincoln; Republican

The 1860 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 6, 1860, as part of the 1860 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware was won by the Southern Democratic candidate 14th Vice President of the United States John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky and his running mate Senator Joseph Lane of Oregon. They defeated the Constitutional Union candidate Senator John Bell of Tennessee and his running mate Governor of Massachusetts Edward Everett, Republican candidate Illinois Representative Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine as well as Democratic candidate 15th Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois and his running mate 41st Governor of Georgia Herschel V. Johnson. Breckinridge won the state by a margin of 21.41%.

The Republicans ran a slate of electors for Lincoln, but did not nominate any candidates for other federal and state offices. The party instead endorsed the candidates of the People's Party, an anti-Democratic coalition that supported the Republican presidential ticket.^[1]

Results

1860 United States presidential election in Delaware^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Southern Democratic	John C. Breckinridge	7,339	45.54%
	Constitutional Union	John Bell	3,888	24.13%
	Republican	Abraham Lincoln	3,822	23.72%
	Democratic	Stephen A. Douglas	1,066	6.61%
Total votes			16,115	100.00%

Results by county

1860 United States presidential election in Delaware^[3]
County	John C. Breckinridge Southern Democratic		John Bell Constitutional Union		Abraham Lincoln Republican		Stephen A. Douglas Democratic		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Kent	2,081	51.78%	720	17.91%	1,075	26.75%	143	3.56%	1,006	25.03%	4,019
New Castle	3,004	40.75%	1,576	21.38%	2,073	28.12%	719	9.75%	931	12.63%	7,372
Sussex	2,254	47.71%	1,592	33.70%	674	14.27%	204	4.32%	662	14.01%	4,724
Total	7,339	45.54%	3,888	24.13%	3,822	23.72%	1,066	6.61%	3,451	21.41%	16,115

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Southern Democratic

References

^ Abbott 1986, p. 17.
^ "1860 Presidential Election Results Delaware".
^ Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press. p. 320.

Works cited

Abbott, Richard (1986). The Republican Party and the South, 1855-1877: The First Southern Strategy. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807816809.

[FOOTNOTEAbbott198617-1] Abbott 1986, p. 17.

[2] "1860 Presidential Election Results Delaware".

[3] Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press. p. 320.

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