Who won Connecticut in the 1792 presidential election?

Washington (Independent) carried Connecticut in 1792, winning its 9 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1792?

Connecticut cast 9 electoral votes in the 1792 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1792?

Yes. Connecticut backed George Washington, who won the presidency that year.

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1792

Connecticut: Washington carries 9 EV.

Connecticut cast its 9 electoral votes for Washington (Independent). National winner: George Washington (Independent) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1792 result in Connecticut

Connecticut backed Washington (Independent) in the 1792 presidential election, casting 9 electoral votes for the ticket. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — George Washington captured the White House that year.

It marked the 2nd consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Independent party, a streak reaching back to 1789. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 1792. Across the 60 presidential elections Connecticut has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 times). The vote fell within the First Party System — Federalists vs Democratic-Republicans.

In the national count, George Washington took 132 of the 264 electoral votes, against John Adams's 77.

The 1792 national map

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