Electoral history of Joe Biden

Joe Biden is the 46th and current president of the United States,[1] formerly the 47th vice president of the United States (2009–2017) and a U.S. Senator from Delaware (1973–2009). He formally ran as a Democratic candidate for president in 1988 and 2008, and won the Democratic nomination in 2020. He won his first presidential primary in the 2020 South Carolina contest. A few days later, on Super Tuesday, he won primaries in nine more states. Biden went on to win the subsequent presidential election, and was inaugurated in January 2021.

Early election

1970 New Castle County, Delaware Councilman for the 4th District[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	10,573	55.4
	Republican	Lawrence T. Messick	8,192	42.9
	American	Kenneth A. Horner	317	1.7
Total votes			19,082	100.0

United States Senate elections

**1972 United States Senate election in Delaware**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden	116,006	50.5%
Republican	J. Caleb Boggs (incumbent)	112,844	49.1%
American	Henry Majka	803	0.4%
Prohibition	Herbert B. Wood	175	0.1%

**1978 United States Senate election in Delaware**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	93,930	58.0%
Republican	James H. Baxter, Jr.	66,479	41.0%
American	Donald G. Gies	1,663	1.0%

**1984 United States Senate election in Delaware**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	147,831	60.1%
	Republican	John M. Burris	98,101	39.9%

**1990 United States Senate election in Delaware**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	112,918	62.7%
Republican	M. Jane Brady	64,554	35.8%
Libertarian	Lee Rosenbaum	2,680	1.5%
None	Others	5	0.0%

**1996 United States Senate election in Delaware**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	165,465	60%
Republican	Ray Clatworthy	105,088	38%
Libertarian	Lee Rosenbaum	3,340	1.2%
Natural Law	Jacqueline Kossoff	1,698	0.6%

**2002 United States Senate election in Delaware**
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	135,253	58.2%
Republican	Ray Clatworthy	94,793	40.8%
Delaware Independent	Bud Barros	996	0.4%
Libertarian	Raymond Buranello	922	0.4%
Natural Law	Robert E. Mattson	350	0.2%

**2008 United States Senate election in Delaware**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	257,484	64.7%
	Republican	Christine O'Donnell	140,584	35.3%

Presidential elections

1984

1984 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):

Walter Mondale – 2,191 (56.4%)
Gary Hart – 1,201 (30.9%)
Jesse Jackson – 466 (12.0%)
Thomas Eagleton – 18 (0.45%)
George McGovern – 4 (0.1%)
John Glenn – 2 (0.1%)
Joe Biden – 1 (0.0%)
Martha Kirkland – 1 (0.0%)

1988

1988 Democratic National Convention (presidential tally):

Michael Dukakis – 2,877 (70.1%)
Jesse Jackson – 1,219 (29.7%)
Richard H. Stallings – 3 (0.1%)
Joe Biden – 2 (0.1%)
Dick Gephardt – 2 (0.1%)
Lloyd Bentsen – 1 (0.0%)
Gary Hart – 1 (0.02)

2008

2008 New Hampshire Democratic vice presidential primary:

Raymond Stebbins – 50,485 (46.9%)
William Bryk – 22,965 (21.4%)
John Edwards* – 10,553 (9.8%)
Barack Obama* 6,402 (6.0%)
Bill Richardson* (write-in) – 5,525 (5.1%)
Hillary Clinton* (write-in) – 3,419 (3.2%)
Joe Biden* – 1,512 (1.4%)
Al Gore* – 966 (0.9%)
Dennis Kucinich* – 762 (0.7%)
Bill Clinton* – 388 (0.4%)
John McCain* – 293 (0.3%)
Chris Dodd* – 224 (0.2%)
Ron Paul* – 176 (0.2%)
Jack Barnes, Jr.* – 95 (0.1%)
Mike Gravel* – 91 (0.1%)
Joe Lieberman* – 67 (0.1%)
Mitt Romney* – 66 (0.1%)
Mike Huckabee* – 63 (0.1%)
Rudy Giuliani* – 46 (0.0%)
Darrel Hunter* – 20 (0.0%)

2008 Democratic presidential primaries:

Excluding penalized contests, only primary and caucuses votes:

Barack Obama – 16,706,853
Hillary Clinton – 16,239,821
John Edwards – 742,010
Bill Richardson – 89,054
Uncommitted – 82,660
Dennis Kucinich – 68,482
Joe Biden – 64,041
Mike Gravel – 27,662
Chris Dodd – 25,300
Others – 22,556

Including penalized contests:

Hillary Clinton – 18,225,175 (48.0%)
Barack Obama – 17,988,182 (47.4%)
John Edwards – 1,006,275 (2.7%)
Uncommitted – 299,610 (0.8%)
Bill Richardson – 106,073 (0.3%)
Dennis Kucinich – 103,994 (0.3%)
Joe Biden – 81,641 (0.2%)
Scattering – 44,348 (0.1%)
Mike Gravel – 40,251 (0.1%)
Chris Dodd – 35,281 (0.1%)

2008 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):[3]

Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

Electoral college map of the 2008 election
Obama/Biden: 365 votes (28 states + DC + NE-02)
McCain/Palin: 173 votes (22 states)

2008 United States presidential election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barack Obama / Joe Biden	69,498,516	52.93%
	Republican	John McCain / Sarah Palin	59,948,323	45.65%
	Independent	Ralph Nader / Matt Gonzalez	739,034	0.56%
	Libertarian	Bob Barr / Wayne Allyn Root	523,715	0.40%
	Constitution	Chuck Baldwin / Darrell Castle	199,750	0.15%
	Green	Cynthia McKinney / Rosa Clemente	161,797	0.12%
	American Independent	Alan Keyes / Wiley Drake	47,941	0.04%
	N/A	Other	242,685	0.18%
Total votes			131,313,820	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

2012

2012 Democratic National Convention (vice presidential tally):[4]

Joe Biden – chosen by acclamation

Electoral college map of the 2012 election
Obama/Biden: 332 votes (26 states + DC)
Romney/Ryan: 206 votes (24 states)

2012 United States presidential election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barack Obama / Joe Biden (incumbents)	65,915,795	51.06%
	Republican	Mitt Romney / Paul Ryan	60,933,504	47.20%
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson / Jim Gray	1,275,971	0.99%
	Green	Jill Stein / Cheri Honkala	469,627	0.36%
	Constitution	Virgil Goode / James Clymer	122,389	0.09%
	Peace and Freedom	Roseanne Barr / Cindy Sheehan	67,326	0.05%
	Justice	Rocky Anderson / Luis J. Rodriguez	43,018	0.03%
	American Independent	Tom Hoefling / J.D. Ellis	40,628	0.03%
	Reform	Andre Barnett / Kenneth Cross	956	0.00%
	N/A	Other	216,196	0.19%
Total votes			129,085,410	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2020

2020 Democratic presidential primaries
Candidate	Votes	%
Joe Biden	19,058,036	51.9%
Bernie Sanders	9,674,912	26.3%
Elizabeth Warren	2,830,184	7.7%
Michael Bloomberg	2,493,382	6.8%
Pete Buttigieg	923,867	2.5%
Amy Klobuchar	529,566	1.4%
Tulsi Gabbard	273,840	0.8%
Other	963,356	2.6%


2020 Democratic National Convention
Candidate
Candidate	Delegates
Joe Biden	3,358
Bernie Sanders	1,151
Others	5
Abstain	35
Needed to win	1,991

Electoral college map of the 2020 election
Biden/Harris: 306 votes (25 states + DC + NE-02)
Trump/Pence: 232 votes (25 states + ME-02)

**2020 United States presidential election**
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Biden / Kamala Harris	81,268,757	51.31%
	Republican	Donald Trump / Mike Pence (incumbents)	74,216,722	46.86%
	Libertarian	Jo Jorgensen / Spike Cohen	1,865,720	1.18%
	Green	Howie Hawkins / Angela Walker	405,034	0.26%
	N/A	Other	626,210	0.40%
Total votes			158,383,800	100.00%
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

"Biden and Harris inauguration live: Joe Biden becomes the 46th US president". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
"State of Delaware Official Results of General Election (Excluding Write-in Votes) 1970" (PDF). Office of the Delaware State Election Commissioner. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
"CNN.com Video". CNN. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
"Beau Biden Speech Kicks Of Motion To Nominate Father Joe Biden For Vice President". The Huffington Post. September 6, 2012.

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[1] "Biden and Harris inauguration live: Joe Biden becomes the 46th US president". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-01-20.

[2] "State of Delaware Official Results of General Election (Excluding Write-in Votes) 1970" (PDF). Office of the Delaware State Election Commissioner. Retrieved 2020-04-28.

[3] "CNN.com Video". CNN. Retrieved May 1, 2010.

[4] "Beau Biden Speech Kicks Of Motion To Nominate Father Joe Biden For Vice President". The Huffington Post. September 6, 2012.