- Lead
- 2,659
- Total
- 9,928
- vs nation
- D+28.3
Delaware 24th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,634
- Total
- 10,854
- vs nation
- D+29.0
- Lead
- 2,585
- Total
- 9,977
- vs nation
- D+23.8
- Lead
- 2,930
- Total
- 9,535
- vs nation
- D+26.9
- Lead
- 3,595
- Total
- 9,675
- vs nation
- D+29.9
- Lead
- 1,664
- Total
- 9,132
- vs nation
- D+20.7
- Lead
- 1,580
- Total
- 8,064
- vs nation
- D+19.1
- Lead
- 1,213
- Total
- 6,938
- vs nation
- D+9.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,9392024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,239 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,2042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 52.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 19.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.2 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38.8 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Representative District 13, DE · twin score 94.7
presidential history
Party record book
Delaware 24th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
67.7%
6,547 votes · D+37.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 65.8%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
69.2%
1,880 votes · R+38.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 61.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,141votes
65.8% of the vote · D+33.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 6,547 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
4,053votes
59.1% of the vote · R+18.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 3,985 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
+29.9pts D vs U.S.
Place D+37.2 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +29.0 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+31.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+13.2 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +21.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 66.1%7,661 | 31.7%3,675 | 11,588 |
| 2018 | D | 72.8%6,479 | 27.2%2,426 | 8,905 |
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 26 points, this New Castle County district anchors the Democratic-leaning bloc in Dover, reflecting the dense, diverse suburban and urban communities it encompasses.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.2 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 38.8 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.8 points.
A population of 24,939, a 53% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,204 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Representative District 13 and State Representative District 17.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Delaware 24th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/10024/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.