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Connecticut
Party timeline · 1789–2024
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Swing timeline · Connecticut
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 18 flips across 60 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Rep 23
Dem 22
Fed 6
3
2
2
2
Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dem Harris | Harris 992,053 56.4% | Trump 736,918 41.9% | None | 255,135 14.5 pts | R +5.6 since 2020 |
| 2020 | Dem Biden | Biden 1,080,831 59.3% | Trump 714,717 39.2% | Jo Jorgensen 20,230 · 1.1% | 366,114 20.1 pts | D +6.4 since 2016 |
| 2016 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 897,572 54.6% | Trump 673,215 40.9% | Gary Johnson 48,676 · 3.0% Jill Stein 22,841 · 1.4% | 224,357 13.6 pts | R +3.7 since 2012 |
| 2012 | Dem Obama | Obama 905,083 58.1% | Romney 634,892 40.7% | None | 270,191 17.3 pts | R +5.0 since 2008 |
| 2008 | Dem Obama | Obama 997,772 60.6% | McCain 629,428 38.2% | Ralph Nader 19,162 · 1.2% | 368,344 22.4 pts | D +12.0 since 2004 |
| 2004 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 857,488 54.3% | Bush 693,826 43.9% | None | 163,662 10.4 pts | R +7.1 since 2000 |
| 2000 | Dem Gore | Gore 816,015 55.9% | Bush 561,094 38.4% | Ralph Nader 64,452 · 4.4% | 254,921 17.5 pts | R +0.7 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 735,740 52.8% | Dole 483,109 34.7% | Ross Perot 139,523 · 10.0% Ralph Nader 24,321 · 1.7% | 252,631 18.1 pts | D +11.7 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 682,318 42.2% | Bush 578,313 35.8% | Ross Perot 348,771 · 21.6% | 104,005 6.4 pts | D +11.5 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Rep Bush | Dukakis 676,584 46.9% | Bush 750,241 52.0% | None | 73,657 5.1 pts | D +16.8 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 569,597 38.8% | Reagan 890,877 60.7% | None | 321,280 21.9 pts | R +12.3 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 541,732 38.5% | Reagan 677,210 48.2% | John B. Anderson 171,807 · 12.2% | 135,478 9.6 pts | R +4.5 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Rep Ford | Carter 647,895 46.7% | Ford 719,261 51.9% | None | 71,366 5.1 pts | D +13.3 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Rep Nixon | McGovern 555,498 40.1% | Nixon 810,763 58.6% | John G. Schmitz 17,239 · 1.2% | 255,265 18.4 pts | R +23.6 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 621,561 49.5% | Nixon 556,721 44.3% | George Wallace 76,650 · 6.1% | 64,840 5.2 pts | R +30.6 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 826,269 67.8% | Goldwater 390,996 32.1% | None | 435,273 35.7 pts | D +28.3 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 657,055 53.7% | Nixon 565,813 46.3% | None | 91,242 7.5 pts | D +34.9 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 405,079 36.3% | Eisenhower 711,837 63.7% | None | 306,758 27.5 pts | R +15.7 since 1952 |
| 19521 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 481,6491 43.9% | Eisenhower 611,0121 55.7% | None | 129,363 11.8 pts | R +10.2 since 1948 |
| 1948 | Rep Dewey | Truman 423,297 47.9% | Dewey 437,754 49.5% | Henry A. Wallace 13,713 · 1.6% | 14,457 1.6 pts | R +7.0 since 1944 |
| 1944 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 435,146 52.3% | Dewey 390,527 46.9% | None | 44,619 5.4 pts | R +1.8 since 1940 |
| 19402 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 417,6212 53.4% | Willkie 361,8192 46.3% | None | 55,802 7.1 pts | R +7.8 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 382,189 55.3% | Landon 278,685 40.3% | William Lemke 21,805 · 3.2% | 103,504 15.0 pts | D +16.1 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Rep Hoover | Roosevelt 281,632 47.4% | Hoover 288,420 48.5% | Norman Thomas 20,480 · 3.4% | 6,788 1.1 pts | D +6.9 since 1928 |
| 19283 | Rep Hoover | Smith 252,0403 45.6% | Hoover 296,6143 53.6% | None | 44,574 8.1 pts | D +25.9 since 1924 |
| 19244,5 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 110,1844 27.5% | Coolidge 246,3224 61.5% | Robert M. La Follette 42,416 · 10.6%4 | 136,138 34.0 pts | R +4.3 since 1920 |
| 19206 | Rep Harding | Cox 120,7216 33.0% | Harding 229,2386 62.7% | Eugene V. Debs 10,350 · 2.8%6 | 108,517 29.7 pts | R +26.5 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Rep Hughes | Wilson 99,786 46.7% | Hughes 106,514 49.8% | Allan L. Benson 5,179 · 2.4% | 6,728 3.1 pts | R +6.4 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 74,561 39.2% | Taft 68,324 35.9% | Theodore Roosevelt 34,129 · 17.9% Eugene V. Debs 10,056 · 5.3% Eugene W. Chafin 2,068 · 1.1% | 6,237 3.3 pts | D +26.8 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Rep Taft | Bryan 68,255 35.9% | Taft 112,915 59.4% | Eugene V. Debs 5,113 · 2.7% Eugene W. Chafin 2,380 · 1.3% | 44,660 23.5 pts | R +3.5 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Rep Roosevelt | Parker 72,909 38.1% | Roosevelt 111,089 58.1% | Eugene V. Debs 4,543 · 2.4% | 38,180 20.0 pts | R +4.1 since 1900 |
| 1900 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 73,997 41.1% | McKinley 102,567 56.9% | None | 28,570 15.9 pts | D +14.8 since 1896 |
| 18967 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 56,7407 32.5% | McKinley 110,2857 63.2% | John M. Palmer 4,334 · 2.5%7 Joshua Levering 1,808 · 1.0%7 | 53,545 30.7 pts | R +34.0 since 1892 |
| 18928 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 82,3958 50.1% | Harrison 77,0258 46.8% | John Bidwell 4,025 · 2.4%8 | 5,370 3.3 pts | D +3.0 since 1888 |
| 1888 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 74,920 48.7% | Harrison 74,584 48.4% | Clinton B. Fisk 4,234 · 2.7% | 336 0.2 pts | R +0.7 since 1884 |
| 18849 | Dem Cleveland | Cleveland 67,1829 48.9% | Blaine 65,8989 48.0% | John P. St. John 2,494 · 1.8%9 Benjamin F. Butler 1,685 · 1.2%9 | 1,284 0.9 pts | D +2.9 since 1880 |
| 188010 | Rep Garfield | Hancock 64,41710 48.7% | Garfield 67,07310 50.7% | None | 2,656 2.0 pts | R +4.4 since 1876 |
| 187611 | Dem Tilden | Tilden 61,93411 50.7% | Hayes 59,03411 48.3% | None | 2,900 2.4 pts | D +7.3 since 1872 |
| 187212,13 | Rep Grant | Greeley 45,87212 47.3% | Grant 50,63812 52.2% | None | 4,766 4.9 pts | R +1.8 since 1868 |
| 186814 | Rep Grant | Seymour 47,95114 48.5% | Grant 50,99614 51.5% | None | 3,045 3.1 pts | First sourced year |
| 186415 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 186016 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185617 | Rep Fremont | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185218 | Dem Pierce | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184819 | Whig Taylor | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184420 | Whig Clay | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184021 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183622 | Dem Van Buren | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183223 | N-R Clay | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182824 | N-R John Quincy Adams | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182425 | D-R John Quincy Adams | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182026 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181627 | Fed King | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 181228 | Fed Clinton | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180829 | Fed Pinckney | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180430 | Fed Pinckney | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180031 | Fed Adams Charles C. Pinckney 9, John Adams 9 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179632 | Fed Adams John Adams 9, John Jay 5, Thomas Pinckney 4 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179233 | Ind Washington George Washington 9, John Adams 9 | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 178934 | Ind Washington George Washington 7, John Adams 5, Samuel Huntington 2 | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 1952 The official table notes: Others: 1,466 votes for Peoples Party of Connecticut and 5 scattering (footnote 7).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Socialist Labor, 971.
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 3: 'Scattering votes, 6, included in grand total.'
- 1924 La Follette's figure is the official table's: socialist and Progressive vote combined (footnote 3).
- 1924 The official table notes: Socialist and Progressive vote combined (footnote 3).
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1808 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1804 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1792 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1789 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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National: Thomas Jefferson · D-R
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Second Party System1840
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Second Party System1848
Taylor
National: Zachary Taylor · Whig
Second Party System1852
Pierce
National: Franklin Pierce · Dem
Antebellum Crisis1856
Fremont
National: James Buchanan · Dem
Civil War1860
Lincoln
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Civil War1864
Lincoln
National: Abraham Lincoln · Rep
Reconstruction1868
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Reconstruction1872
Grant
National: Ulysses S. Grant · Rep
Gilded Age1876
Tilden
National: Rutherford B. Hayes · Rep
Gilded Age1880
Garfield
National: James A. Garfield · Rep
Gilded Age1884
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Gilded Age1888
Cleveland
National: Benjamin Harrison · Rep
Gilded Age1892
Cleveland
National: Grover Cleveland · Dem
Progressive Era1896
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1900
McKinley
National: William McKinley · Rep
Progressive Era1904
Roosevelt
National: Theodore Roosevelt · Rep
Progressive Era1908
Taft
National: William Howard Taft · Rep
Progressive Era1912
Wilson
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Progressive Era1916
Hughes
National: Woodrow Wilson · Dem
Roaring Twenties1920
Harding
National: Warren G. Harding · Rep
Roaring Twenties1924
Coolidge
National: Calvin Coolidge · Rep
Roaring Twenties1928
Hoover
National: Herbert Hoover · Rep
New Deal Coalition1932
Hoover
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1936
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1940
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1944
Roosevelt
National: Franklin D. Roosevelt · Dem
New Deal Coalition1948
Dewey
National: Harry S. Truman · Dem
New Deal Coalition1952
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1956
Eisenhower
National: Dwight D. Eisenhower · Rep
New Deal Coalition1960
Kennedy
National: John F. Kennedy · Dem
New Deal Coalition1964
Johnson
National: Lyndon B. Johnson · Dem
Cold War Realignment1968
Humphrey
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1972
Nixon
National: Richard Nixon · Rep
Cold War Realignment1976
Ford
National: Jimmy Carter · Dem
Cold War Realignment1980
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1984
Reagan
National: Ronald Reagan · Rep
Cold War Realignment1988
Bush
National: George H. W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization1992
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization1996
Clinton
National: Bill Clinton · Dem
Modern Polarization2000
Gore
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2004
Kerry
National: George W. Bush · Rep
Modern Polarization2008
Obama
National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2012
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National: Barack Obama · Dem
Modern Polarization2016
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National: Donald Trump · Rep
Modern Polarization2020
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National: Joe Biden · Dem
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National: Donald Trump · Rep
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