Editing Delmarva Peninsula (section)

===Proposed state===
At various times in history, residents of the Delmarva Peninsula have proposed that its Maryland and Virginia portions [[Secession|secede]] from their respective states, merging with Kent County and Sussex County, Delaware, to create the state of Delmarva. A Delmarva State Party with this aim was founded in 1992.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gosier |first=Chris |date=February 20, 1998 |url=https://cnsmaryland.org/1998/02/20/would-be-secessionists-dream-up-the-state-of-delmarva/ |url-status=live |title= Would-be Secessionists Dream Up the State of Delmarva |publisher=[[Capital News Service (Maryland)|Capital News Service]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215080512/https://cnsmaryland.org/1998/02/20/would-be-secessionists-dream-up-the-state-of-delmarva/ |archive-date=December 15, 2018}}</ref> A combined population with the Eastern Shores of Maryland and Virginia, with the aforementioned two Delaware counties, would be about 750,000, or 921,739 in 2020, roughly the population of [[South Dakota]]. Including [[New Castle County, Delaware]], the combined population would be 1,492,458 in 2020, roughly the population of [[Hawaii]] or [[New Hampshire]].

Legislative attempts to break away the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and join them with Delaware were made several times. In November 1776, delegates from the Eastern Shore attempted to insert a clause into the [[Maryland Declaration of Rights]] that would allow the shore counties to secede from Maryland, with the clause being defeated 30–17. In 1833, the secession movement came close to succeeding: a Delaware resolution proposing the [[Eastern Shore of Maryland]] be absorbed into Delaware passed the [[Delaware Senate]] and [[Delaware House of Representatives]], then passed the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] with a 40–24 vote, but failed to be voted out of committee by the [[Maryland Senate]]. The following year, a Caroline County representative proposed allowing the Eastern Shore to secede via referendum, but the Maryland House of Delegates voted 60–5 to indefinitely postpone the measure, and that proposal was never taken up again. In 1851, Dorchester County delegate and future Maryland Governor [[Thomas Holliday Hicks]] proposed an amendment that would give the Eastern Shore the right to vote itself into Delaware, but the amendment failed 51–27.<ref>{{cite news |title=Secession movement has long history on state's Eastern Shore |newspaper=[[The Star Democrat]] |location=Easton, Maryland |date=March 18, 1994}}</ref>

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! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 2024|2024]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''50.9%''' ''394,993''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.4% ''367,806''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.7% ''13,899''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 2020|2020]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.0%''' ''402,229''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.3% ''343,352''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.7% ''13,049''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 2016|2016]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''47.6%''' ''322,702''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.2% ''320,387''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|5.2% ''35,135''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 2012|2012]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''53.0%''' ''340,859''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.4% ''292,042''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.6% ''10,172''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 2008|2008]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''55.5%''' ''354,566''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|43.2% ''276,438''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.3% ''8,324''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|48.4% ''279,880''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.6%''' ''292,716''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.0% ''5,567''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.0%''' ''251,836''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|45.8% ''226,268''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|3.2% ''15,766''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1996|1996]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''48.8%''' ''202,681''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.8% ''165,360''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|11.3% ''46,940''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1992|1992]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''41.2%''' ''183,693''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|38.3% ''170,585''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|20.5% ''91,437''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1988|1988]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.2% ''157,129''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.2%''' ''222,013''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.6% ''2,452''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1984|1984]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|37.7% ''143,171''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.0%''' ''235,378''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.3% ''1,319''
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|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1980|1980]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.4% ''156,436''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''48.5%''' ''170,788''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|7.2% ''25,251''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1976|1976]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''51.1%''' ''173,700''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|47.8% ''162,669''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.1% ''3,875''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1972|1972]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.8% ''119,150''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.9%''' ''209,460''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|1.2% ''4,148''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1968|1968]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.0% ''118,585''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''45.1%''' ''140,933''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|16.9% ''52,896''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1964|1964]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.6%''' ''173,647''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|40.3% ''117,394''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.2% ''549''
|-
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[U.S. presidential election, 1960|1960]]'''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|49.7% ''142,583''
|align="center" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''50.0%''' ''143,578''
|align="center" {{Party shading/None}}|0.3% ''751''
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