Who won Connecticut in the 2012 presidential election?

Obama (Democratic) carried Connecticut in 2012, winning its 7 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 2012?

Connecticut cast 7 electoral votes in the 2012 presidential election.

Did Connecticut vote for the national winner in 2012?

Yes. Connecticut backed Barack Obama, who won the presidency that year.

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Connecticut: Obama carries 7 EV.

Connecticut cast its 7 electoral votes for Obama (Democratic). National winner: Barack Obama (Democratic) — Connecticut voted with the national winner this cycle.

Connecticut in 2012

The 2012 contest saw Connecticut line up behind Obama, delivering 7 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Connecticut ended up on the winning side — Barack Obama captured the White House that year.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Connecticut backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1992. Connecticut did not move alone — neighboring New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island broke the same way in 2012. 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 Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Barack Obama took 332 of the 538 electoral votes, against Mitt Romney's 206. Barack Obama led the national popular vote with 51.06% of the ballots cast.

The 2012 national map

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