Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic45.0%582TrumpRepublican53.5%691OtherAll other candidates1.5%19
R+8.4
Lead
109
Total
1,292
vs nation
R+7.0
BidenDemocratic48.0%650TrumpRepublican50.7%686OtherAll other candidates1.3%18
R+2.7
Lead
36
Total
1,354
vs nation
R+7.1
ClintonDemocratic47.1%567TrumpRepublican49.6%597OtherAll other candidates3.3%40
R+2.5
Lead
30
Total
1,204
vs nation
R+4.6
ObamaDemocratic54.8%662RomneyRepublican44.6%538OtherAll other candidates0.6%7
D+10.3
Lead
124
Total
1,207
vs nation
D+6.4
ObamaDemocratic57.3%747McCainRepublican41.0%535OtherAll other candidates1.7%22
D+16.3
Lead
212
Total
1,304
vs nation
D+9.0
KerryDemocratic51.0%552BushRepublican48.8%528OtherAll other candidates0.3%3
D+2.2
Lead
24
Total
1,083
vs nation
D+4.7
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
R+8.4MIT Election Lab
Population
4,1522024 5-year
Population density
1,483 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
2.8 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$48,6442024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
23.5%2024 5-year
Black
39.2%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
35.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+16.3 in 2008MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+8.4 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.
2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited
2024 turnout
47.3%1,293 participants ÷ 2,732 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+13.8 ptsVolatile
Drop-off vs state
-13.7 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
33.5%–39.9%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016
0%20%40%60%80%
50.0%
49.7%
20042008201220162018202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
1,293
2,732 ± 470
47.3%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
1,037
2,086 ± 371
49.7%
Audited
E/D
1,366
2,151 ± 371
63.5%
Audited
E/D
2018Mid
1,066
2,133 ± 287
50.0%
Audited
E/D
1,212
2,374 ± 281
51.1%
Audited
E/D
1,207
2,302
52.4%
Derived
—
1,304
2,523
51.7%
Derived
—
1,083
2,744 extrapolated
39.5%
Derived
—
Sources and methods
Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.
presidential history
Party record book
Laurel, DE · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
57.3%
747 votes · D+16.3
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 54.8%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
53.5%
691 votes · R+8.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 50.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
747votes
57.3% of the vote · D+16.3
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 662 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
691votes
53.5% of the vote · R+8.4
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 686 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
+9.0pts D vs U.S.
Place D+16.3 · U.S. D+7.3
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +6.4 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+7.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+2.7 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · +7.0 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Laurel · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Sussex County, Delaware, the county containing Laurel — Laurel’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Laurel, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Laurel sits in the heart of Sussex County, Delaware's most reliably conservative region, where agricultural roots and a tight-knit community of roughly 4,000 residents consistently produce some of the state's widest partisan margins.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.3 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 8.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 8.4 points.
A population of 4,152, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,644 describe the city.
In 2024, Laurel, Delaware voted Republican by 8.4 points (R+8.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,292 votes cast, 582 went Democratic and 691 went Republican.
When did Laurel, Delaware last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Laurel, Delaware voted Democratic was 2012.
How many people live in Laurel, Delaware?
Laurel, Delaware has a population of 4,152 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Laurel, Delaware?
Median household income in Laurel, Delaware is $48,644 — below the national median of $80,734. The Delaware state median is $84,954.
What is the political history of Laurel, Delaware?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Laurel, Delaware from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
