Who won Connecticut in the 1848 presidential election?

Cass (Democratic) carried Connecticut in 1848, winning its 6 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 1848?

Connecticut cast 6 electoral votes in the 1848 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 1848?

No. Connecticut backed Cass, while Zachary Taylor won the presidency nationally.

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1848

Connecticut: Cass carries 6 EV.

Connecticut cast its 6 electoral votes for Cass (Democratic). National winner: Zachary Taylor (Whig) — Connecticut voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Connecticut, 1848

In 1848, Connecticut awarded its 6 electoral votes to Cass of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Zachary Taylor (Whig) won the presidency, leaving Connecticut among the states he did not carry.

Cass's win closed out Connecticut's 2-election run of voting Whig. It stood apart from its neighbors: New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island went the other way that year. 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 Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, Zachary Taylor took 163 of the 290 electoral votes, against Lewis Cass's 127. Zachary Taylor led the national popular vote with 47.28% of the ballots cast.

The 1848 national map

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