CONNECTICUT 7 Electoral Votes 
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Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary of State)
Total Resident Population, July 1, 2016 est.
3,576,452
Registration, Nov. 2016
2,178,169 >

Connecticut has: 8 counties and 169 towns.
Largest counties: Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven.
Largest cities: Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury. 

Government
Governor: Dan Malloy (D) elected in 2010, re-elected 2014.
State Legislature: Connecticut General Assembly   House: 151 seats  Senate: 36 seats
Local: Cities and Towns   NACO
U.S. House: 5D, 0R - 1.J.Larson (D) | 2. J.Courtney (D) | 3. R.DeLauro (D) | 4. J.Himes (D) | 5. E.Esty (D) >
U.S. Senate: Chris Murphy (D) elected 2012, Richard Blumenthal (D) seeking re-election in 2016. 
2016
 
U.S. Senate: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D) won a second term, defeating veteran and State Rep. Dan Carter (R) by 1008,714 (63.19%) (total D plus WF votes) to 552,621 (34.62%); also running were Jeff Russell (G) and Richard Lion (L).
U.S. House: All five House Members were re-elected.

State Legislature: All 36 Senate seats and 151 House seats were up.  Republicans achieved gains in both chambers.  In the Senate they went from 21D, 15R to 18D, 18R and in the House from 86D, 64R and 1v to 79D, 72R.

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The Constitution State
General Election -- Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Voting Eligible Population*: 2,572,337.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 63.9%.


Registration:
2,178,169. >
There is Election Day registration for those who meet the elibility requirements.

Official Results >

 
+Clinton/Kaine (Dem.)
897,572
(54.57)
Trump/Pence (Rep.)
673,215
(40.93)
Johnson/Weld (Lib.)
48,676
(2.96)
Stein/Baraka (Grn.)
22,841
(1.39)
McMullin/Johnson (w/in)
2,108
(0.13)
Castle/Bradley (w/in)
147

other w/ins (18)
332

 Total........1,644,891



Overview: The last Republican presidential candidate to carry Connecticut was George H.W. Bush in 1988, and that did not change in 2016, as the Clinton/Kaine ticket won with a plurality of 224,357 votes (13.64 percentage points).
   In terms of visits, Donald Trump did an event at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield on Aug. 13.  For the Democrats Connecticut was a fundraising stop.  Hillary Clinton did a fundraiser in Greenwich on Aug. 15, Tim Kaine did one in Middle Haddam on Oct. 25, and Bill Clinton did fundraisers in Warren, New Preston and Greenwich on Oct. 10.  Jill Stein spoke at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain on Sept. 22.  The campaign of Gary Johnson gained a bit of attention in late Sept. 2016 with the announcement of actress Melissa Joan Hart as Connecticut state chair.
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[State Primary: August 9, 2016]
Presidential Primary Election -- Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Republican enrollment (active) 453,045.   Number checked as having voted 213,647.  Turnout: 47.2%.
Democratic enrollment (active) 762,085.  Number checked as having voted 328,624.  Turnout: 43.1%.
USEP: Voting Age Pop.:  2,831,012.  Voting Eligible Pop.: 2,579,776.   Total Vote: 542,271.   VEP Turnout Rate: 21.0%.

Democrats
71 Delegates: 36 District, 12 At-Large, 7 PLEO, 16 Unpledged.

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Republicans
28 Delegates: 3 RNC; 10 at-large; 15 by CD (3 x 5).

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General Election Winners in Connecticut, 1992-2012
1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
Clinton
42.21%
Clinton
52.83%
Gore
55.91%
Kerry
54.31%
Obama
60.69%
Obama
58.06%
  and the details...
 
General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting Eligible Population*: 2,558,470.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 60.9%.


Registration:
Rep. 430,564 (20.60%)   Dem. 768,176 (36.75%)   Minor 18,960   Unaff. 872,839 (41.75%)   ...Total 2,090,539.
Voter Registration Deadline:
Mail-In - Oct. 23, 2012.
In-Person - Oct. 30, 2012 .


Number of absentee ballots counted: 148,745 (additional 3,211 received but rejected).
Official Results >

 
Romney/Ryan (Rep.) 634,892
(40.73)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.) 905,083
(58.06)
Anderson/Rodriguez (Ind.) 5,487
(0.35)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)
12,580
(0.81)
Stein/Honkala (w/in)
863

more w/in (5)
55

Total........1,558,960

 


Total ballots cast: 1,560,640
2008 Overview
Connecticut was very much in the blue column and did not see much of the presidential campaign other than as a fundraising stop: Obama
(Stamford and Westport on Aug. 6), Biden (Kent on Oct. 13), Romney (Greenwich on May 20) and Paul Ryan (West Hartford, Darien and Greenwich on Sept. 30); Romney and wife Ann also made stops before the April 24 primary.  Additionally Libertarian VP nominee Jim Gray appeared at the University of Connecticut on Sept. 20.  The Obama ticket achieved a plurality of 270,191 votes (17.33 percentage points), carrying all counties except Litchfield.
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General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Voting Eligible Population*: 2,451,296.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 67.2%.


Registration
: Rep. 427,110 (20.34%)   Dem. 780,338 (37.17%)   Minor 7,550   Unaff. 884,023 (42.12%)  ...Total 2,099,021.

"Between January 1, 2008 and the October 28, 2008 voter registration deadline more than 300,000 Connecticut new voters registered, including more than 130,000 young voters between the ages of 18 and 29."

Official Results >


McCain/Palin (Rep.)
628,873
(38.13)
+Obama/Biden (Dem.)
1,000,994
(60.69)
Nader/Gonzalez (IndPty)
19,113
(1.16)
Baldwin/Castle (w/in)
302

Calero/Kennedy (w/in)
36

McKinney/Clemente (w/in)
63

Moore/Alexander (w/in)
18
(all w/ins 0.03)
Total........1,649,399



2008 Overview
As expected, Obama/Biden handily won Connecticut amassing a plurality of 372,121 votes (22.56 percentage points).  Note that Democrats strengthened their registration advantage between the Feb. 5 primary and the general election; the number of registered Democrats increased by 104,775 compared to 18,364 for the Republicans (Democratic advantage from 13.92 percentage points to 16.83 percentage points).
Obama/Allies  |  McCain/Allies  |  Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Voting Eligible Population*: 2,429,634.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 65.0%.

Absentee ballots received: 144,582  ...less 2,787 rejected 
Absentee ballots counted: 141,698

Registration: Rep. 438,554 (22.04%)  Dem. 670,356 (33.69%)   Minor 4,465   Unaff. 876,538 (44.05%)  ...Total 1,989,913.
Registration Deadline: Oct. 19, 2004.

Official Results

Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
693,826
(43.95)
+Kerry/Edwards (Dem.) 
857,488
(54.31)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.) 9,564 (0.61)
Peroutka/Baldwin (CC) 1,543
(0.10)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)
3,367
(0.21)
Nader/Camejo (Petition)
12,969
(0.82)
Calero/Hawkins (w/in)
12
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Total........1,578,769
 

Number checked as having voted:  1,607,808.
2004 Overview
Kerry-Edwards won with a plurality of 163,662 votes (10.36 percentage points).  Kerry finished ahead in all counties except Litchfield and in 107 towns to 61 for Bush and 1 tied.
General Election Details

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Voting Eligible Population*: 2,357,687.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.9%.


Registration: Rep. 452,654 (24.15%)   Dem. 643,822 (34.35%)   Minor 4,164   Unaff. 773,605 (41.28%)  ....Total 1,874,245.



Official Results


Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
561,094
 (38.44)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
816,015
(55.91)
Phillips/Frazier (CC)
9,695
(0.66)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
64,452
(4.42)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
4,731
(0.32)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
3,484
(0.24)
Write-ins (6)
54
 (0.00)
Total........1,459,525


2000 Overview
Sen. Lieberman won twice in his home state.  The Gore-Lieberman ticket prevailed with a plurality of 254,921 votes (17.47 percentage points) over Bush-Cheney, and voters handily re-elected him to the U.S. Senate.  Ralph Nader, who hails from Winsted, managed just a 4.42% showing.  Republicans picked up a U.S. House seat as challenger Rob Simmons narrowly defeated ten-term incumbent Democrat Rep. Sam Gejdenson in the 2nd Congressional District (Groton-New London). 
General Election Activity

1992 and 1996 General Elections

1992
Clinton (Dem.)......682,318
(42.21)
Bush (Rep.)..........578,313
(35.78)
Perot (Ind.)...........348,771
(21.58)
Others (2+w/ins)......6,930
(0.43)
Total........1,616,332

1996
Clinton (Dem.).......735,740
(52.83)
Dole (Rep.)...........483,109
(34.69)
Perot (Ref.)...........139,523
(10.02)
Nader (Grn.)............24,321
(1.75)
Others (3+w/ins)........9,921
(0.71)
Total........1,392,614
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