Delaware County and Philadelphia’s other suburbs delivered for Joe Biden in the General Election, writes Jonathan Lai, Andrew Seidman, and Chris A. Williams for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Compared to Hillary Clinton’s run in 2016, Biden expanded his total margin of victory by nearly 105,000 votes in Delaware, Chester, Montgomery, and Bucks counties.

That offset gains Trump made in smaller counties statewide and offsets lower Democratic numbers in Philadelphia.

“If Philly didn’t perform up to all expectations for Democrats, the suburbs did. They really, really did,” said Chris Borick, a political science professor at Muhlenberg College and pollster who heads its Institute of Public Opinion. “If you’re looking for one big thing, you’d go to the Philly suburbs. Those margins … were just off the charts.”

Biden’s coalition of votes included large and small municipalities that have a wide range of political and cultural communities.

Click on the article here for a more detailed interactive look at the suburban outcomes.

Biden’s boost included wealthy, white and well-educated Democratic voters in Haverford, racially and ethnically mixed communities like Upper Darby, where he picked up his biggest net gain, and Yeadon, largely Black, which continued to vote heavily Democratic.

Read more about how the Philadelphia suburban voters influenced the outcome of the presidential election at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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