DELAWARE
Population (1994): 705,000 (up 6% from 1990), 0.3% of U.S. total Voting-age population: 534,000; 1994 turnout, 37%
Median age: 32.9 years
Median household income: $35,873 ($3,609 above U.S. median)
Unemployment: 4.5% (1.1% below U.S. average, March 1996)
Last presidential election: Clinton (D): 44% Bush (R): 35% Perot (I): 20%
Congressional delegation: One Democrat, two Republicans
Given its streak of choosing the winning presidential candidate 11 times in a row, Delaware would seem to be a perfect microcosm of America. It has ethnic neighborhoods, wide swaths of farmland, wealthy suburbs, military bases and resort towns. Candidates for statewide office actually meet...
