How Connecticut has voted since 1960

Connecticut has 7 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 12 times and Republican 5 times. It has backed the national winner in 11 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 14.5 points, 16.0 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 67.0% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 21st among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 1992. Its closest result was in 1988, when George H.W. Bush won it by 5.1 points.

  1. 1960Kennedy+7.5
  2. 1964Johnson+35.7
  3. 1968Humphrey+5.2
  4. 1972Nixon+18.4
  5. 1976Ford+5.2
  6. 1980Reagan+9.6
  7. 1984Reagan+21.9
  8. 1988Bush+5.1
  9. 1992Clinton+6.4
  10. 1996Clinton+18.1
  11. 2000Gore+17.5
  12. 2004Kerry+10.4
  13. 2008Obama+22.4
  14. 2012Obama+17.3
  15. 2016Clinton+13.6
  16. 2020Biden+20.0
  17. 2024Harris+14.5

Each box is one election: the winner in Connecticut and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

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Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 5 Democrats

All 5 members
  1. 1 John B. Larson (D)
  2. 2 Joe Courtney (D)
  3. 3 Rosa L. DeLauro (D)
  4. 4 James A. Himes (D)
  5. 5 Jahana Hayes (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Oct. 19, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Connecticut margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Connecticut in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+40R+30R+20R+10EvenD+10D+20D+30D+401960: D+7.5 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+35.7 (nation D+22.6)'641968: D+5.2 (nation R+0.7)'681972: R+18.4 (nation R+23.2)'721976: R+5.2 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+9.6 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+21.9 (nation R+18.2)'841988: R+5.1 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+6.4 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+18.1 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+17.5 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+10.4 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+22.4 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+17.3 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+13.6 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+20.0 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+14.5 (nation R+1.5)'24

Connecticut margin National popular vote

By county

Kamala Harris won 6 of Connecticut's 8 counties in 2024; Donald Trump won 2.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Fairfield County452,303D+19.6→R 7.7
Hartford County429,325D+22.5→R 5.1
New Haven County397,987D+11.9→R 5.5
New London County137,500D+12.6→R 3.4
Litchfield County105,969R+8.0→R 3.0
Middlesex County97,519D+12.8→R 3.5
Tolland County81,520D+8.0→R 3.5
Windham County56,887R+10.3→R 6.0

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Fairfield County (7.7), Windham County (6.0), New Haven County (5.5); toward the Democrat, Litchfield County (3.0), New London County (3.4), Tolland County (3.5) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 56.4%992,053Trump 41.9%736,9181.7%D+14.5R+1.567.0%7
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 59.3%1,080,831Trump 39.2%714,7171.5%D+20.0D+4.570.1%7
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 54.6%897,572Trump 40.9%673,2154.5%D+13.6D+2.164.7%7
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 58.1%905,083Romney 40.8%634,8921.2%D+17.3D+3.961.3%7
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 60.6%997,772McCain 38.2%629,4281.2%D+22.4D+7.366.6%7
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 54.3%857,488Bush 44.0%693,8261.7%D+10.4R+2.566.0%7
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 55.9%816,015Bush 38.4%561,0945.7%D+17.5D+0.562.4%8
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 52.8%735,740Dole 34.7%483,109Perot 10.0%D+18.1D+8.560.4%8
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 42.2%682,318Bush 35.8%578,313Perot 21.6%D+6.4D+5.669.8%8
1988 George H.W. BushBushDukakis 46.9%676,584Bush 52.0%750,2411.2%R+5.1R+7.761.4%8
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 38.8%569,597Reagan 60.7%890,8770.4%R+21.9R+18.264.8%8
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 38.5%541,732Reagan 48.2%677,210Anderson 12.2%R+9.6R+9.764.7%8
1976 Gerald FordFord lostCarter 46.9%647,895Ford 52.1%719,2611.0%R+5.2D+2.1—8
1972 Richard NixonNixonMcGovern 40.1%Nixon 58.6%1.3%R+18.4R+23.2—8
1968 Hubert HumphreyHumphrey lostHumphrey 49.5%Nixon 44.3%Wallace 6.1%D+5.2R+0.7—8
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 67.8%Goldwater 32.1%0.1%D+35.7D+22.6—8
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 53.7%Nixon 46.3%0.0%D+7.5D+0.2—8

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 819601950 census
  • 81964–19681960 census
  • 81972–19801970 census
  • 81984–19881980 census
  • 81992–20001990 census
  • 72004–20082000 census
  • 72012–20202010 census
  • 72024–20282020 census
  • 72032–2040projected

Projected: Connecticut's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 7. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Connecticut cast electoral votes in 43 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 29 of them.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican8+27.5✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican8+11.8✓
1948Thomas E. Dewey Republican8+1.7–
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic8+5.4✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic8+7.2✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic8+15.7✓
1932Herbert Hoover Republican8+1.2–
1928Herbert Hoover Republican7+8.1✓
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican7+34.1✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican7+31.0✓
1916Charles Evans Hughes Republican7+3.3–
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic7+3.3✓
1908William Howard Taft Republican7+24.6✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican7+20.8✓
1900William McKinley Republican6+16.2✓
1896William McKinley Republican6+32.1✓
1892Grover Cleveland Democratic6+3.4✓
1888Grover Cleveland Democratic6+0.2–
1884Grover Cleveland Democratic6+1.0✓
1880James A. Garfield Republican6+2.0✓
1876Samuel J. Tilden Democratic6+2.4–
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican6+4.8✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican6+3.1✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican6+2.7✓
1860Abraham Lincoln Republican6+37.5✓
1856John C. Frémont Republican6+9.6–
1852Franklin Pierce Democratic6+4.5✓
1848Zachary Taylor Whig6+5.2✓
1844Henry Clay Whig6+4.8–
1840William Henry Harrison Whig8+11.1✓
1836Martin Van Buren Democratic8+1.3✓
1832Henry Clay National Republican8+21.0–
1828John Quincy Adams National Republican8+51.3–
1824John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican8+58.5✓
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican9—✓
1816Rufus King Federalist9—–
1812DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican9—–
1808Charles C. Pinckney Federalist9—–
1804Charles C. Pinckney Federalist9—–
1800John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 9, Pinckney 99—–
1796John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 9, Jay 5, Pinckney 49—✓
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 9, Adams 99—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 7, Adams 5, Huntington 27—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.