2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut
2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut Turnout 76.94%
County results
Municipality results
Congressional district results
Precinct results
Clinton
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
Trump
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Treemap of the popular vote by county.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Connecticut voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party 's nominee, businessman Donald Trump , and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine . Connecticut has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College.[1]
Clinton won the state by 13.64%, a smaller margin of victory than outgoing President Barack Obama 's 17.33% in 2012 .[2] Clinton carried six of the state's eight counties; however, Trump was the first Republican presidential candidate who won Windham County since George H. W. Bush in 1988 .
Trump's strongest county in the state was rural Litchfield County , while Clinton's biggest win was in adjacent, more urban Hartford County .[3] Areas that swung in Clinton's favor were mainly concentrated in suburban Fairfield County , in towns like Greenwich , Darien , New Canaan , and Westport .[4] [3] This area is home to many New York City commuters. Other Democratic swings happened in suburbs outside Hartford , such as Avon , Granby , East Granby , and Glastonbury , as well as outside New Haven , in towns like Guilford , Madison , and Woodbridge .[4] [3] This was the first time since 1888 that Darien and the first time since 1912 that Easton voted Democratic, largely due to opposition to the populist Trump among historically Republican affluent and educated voters. By contrast, areas that swung hard for Trump were mainly located in Windham County and northern New London County , in towns like Killingly , Sterling , Plainfield , and Voluntown .[5] This mirrored a national trend of Trump gaining White working-class support.
Primary elections
Democratic primary
Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[6]
Opinion polling
Results
Republican primary
Republican primary results by county(left) and municipality(right).
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[6]
Opinion polling
Results
Connecticut Republican primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Actual delegate count
Bound
Unbound
Total
Donald Trump
123,523
57.86%
28
0
28
John Kasich
60,522
28.35%
0
0
0
Ted Cruz
24,987
11.70%
0
0
0
Uncommitted
2,728
1.28%
0
0
0
Ben Carson (withdrawn)
1,733
0.81%
0
0
0
Unprojected delegates:
0
0
0
Total:
213,493
100.00%
28
0
28
Source: The Green Papers
General election
Polling
Clinton won every pre-election poll conducted. An average of the final 3 polls showed Clinton leading 49% to 38%, and the final poll showed Clinton leading Trump 50% to 35%.[7]
Statewide results
Results by county
County
Hillary Clinton Democratic
Donald Trump Republican
Gary Johnson Libertarian
Jill Stein Green
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Fairfield
243,852
57.89%
160,077
38.00%
11,691
2.78%
4,866
1.16%
723
0.18%
83,775
19.89%
421,209
Hartford
240,403
59.09%
148,173
36.42%
11,997
2.95%
5,680
1.40%
611
0.15%
92,230
22.67%
406,864
Litchfield
39,775
40.82%
53,051
54.44%
3,004
3.08%
1,441
1.48%
171
0.17%
-13,276
-13.62%
97,442
Middlesex
45,357
51.18%
38,867
43.86%
2,760
3.11%
1,497
1.69%
143
0.16%
6,490
7.32%
88,624
New Haven
205,609
54.25%
159,048
41.96%
9,119
2.41%
4,757
1.26%
473
0.13%
46,561
12.29%
379,006
New London
62,278
50.42%
54,058
43.76%
4,744
3.84%
2,220
1.80%
228
0.19%
8,220
6.66%
123,528
Tolland
38,506
49.73%
34,194
44.16%
3,181
4.11%
1,370
1.77%
173
0.23%
4,312
5.57%
77,424
Windham
21,792
42.88%
25,747
50.66%
2,180
4.29%
1,010
1.99%
94
0.18%
-3,955
-7.78%
50,823
Total
897,572
54.57%
673,215
40.93%
48,676
2.96%
22,841
1.39%
2,616
0.16%
224,357
13.64%
1,644,920
Swing by county
Democratic — +12.5-15%
Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +0-2.5%
Republican — +2.5-5%
Republican — +5-7.5%
Republican — +7.5-10%
Republican — +10-12.5%
Republican — +>15%
Trend relative to the state by county
Democratic — +12.5-15%
Democratic — +7.5-10%
Democratic — +0-2.5%
Republican — +2.5-5%
Republican — +5-7.5%
Republican — +7.5-10%
Republican — +10-12.5%
Republican — +>15%
County flips
Democratic
Hold
Republican
Hold
Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Turnout
According to Connecticut's Secretary of State Elections Night Reporting website, voter turnout was 76.94% with 1,675,934 voters checked reported out of 2,178,169 Registered Voters Reported.[9]
Results by congressional district
Clinton won all 5 congressional districts.[10]
See also
References
^ "Distribution of Electoral Votes" . National Archives and Records Administration . September 19, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2020 .
^ "Connecticut Election Results 2016 – The New York Times" . Retrieved November 10, 2016 .
^ a b c "Statement of Vote. General election" (PDF) . Retrieved March 11, 2023 .
^ a b "Statement of Vote. General election. November 6, 2012" (PDF) . Retrieved March 11, 2023 .
^ Statement of Vote
^ a b "Secretary Merrill Selects Presidential Primary Ballot Order" (PDF) . Secretary of the State of Connecticut. March 22, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 6, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016 .
^ "RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - Connecticut: Trump vs. Clinton" .
^ Bump, Philip. "The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election" . Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Connecticut Secretary of State Elections Last edited 2020-07-9 Retrieved 2020-07-09 Archived 2020-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts" . Daily Kos . Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
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