Delaware was won by Democrat nominee John Kerry by a 7.6% margin of victory. Prior to the election, all 12 news organizations considered this a state Kerry would win, or otherwise considered as a safe blue state. The state was once a bellwether state, but has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1992. Kerry easily won this state, but with a reduced margin compared to Al Gore's margin four years earlier. This is the last election in which Delaware was decided by a single digit margin, and the first time since 1948 when Delaware did not go for the popular vote winner.