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1848 United States presidential election in Delaware
Taylor 50-60%	Cass 50-60%
President before election; James K. Polk; Democratic	Elected President ; Zachary Taylor; Whig

The 1848 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 7, 1848, as part of the 1848 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Delaware voted for the Whig candidate, Zachary Taylor, over Democratic candidate Lewis Cass. Taylor won the state by a narrow margin of 4.26%.

Results

1848 United States presidential election in Delaware^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Whig	Zachary Taylor of Louisiana	Millard Fillmore of New York	6,440	51.80%	3	100.00%
	Democratic	Lewis Cass of Michigan	William O. Butler of Kentucky	5,910	47.54%	0	0.00%
	Free Soil	Martin Van Buren of New York	Charles F. Adams, Sr. of Massachusetts	82	0.66%	0	0.00%
Total				12,432	100.00%	3	100.00%

Results by county

1848 United States presidential election in Delaware^[3]
County	Zachary Taylor Whig		Lewis Cass Democratic		Martin Van Buren Free Soil		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Kent	1,497	52.79%	1,337	47.14%	2	0.07%	160	5.64%	2,836
New Castle	3,091	52.50%	2,717	46.14%	80	1.36%	374	6.35%	5,888
Sussex	1,852	49.95%	1,856	50.05%	0	0.00%	-4	-0.11%	3,708
Total:	6,440	51.80%	5,910	47.54%	82	0.66%	530	4.26%	12,432

References

^ "1848 Presidential General Election Results – Delaware". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
^ "1848 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 24, 2013.
^ Burnham, Walter Dean (1955). Presidential ballots, 1836-1892. Internet Archive. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press. p. 320.

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[results-1] "1848 Presidential General Election Results – Delaware". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 24, 2013.

[results2-2] "1848 Presidential Election". The American Presidency Project. University of California Santa Barbara. Retrieved December 24, 2013.

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

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