2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Connecticut

2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut

2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut

Election in Connecticut

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]

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Treemap of the popular vote by county.

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

Main article: 2016 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary

Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[6]

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries § Connecticut

Results

See also: Results of the 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
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Republican primary

Republican primary results by county(left) and municipality(right).
  Donald Trump
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  John Kasich
  •   40–50%

Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[6]

Opinion polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries § Connecticut

Results

See also: Results of the 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries
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General election

Polling

See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election § Connecticut

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

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Results by county

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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]

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. September 19, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Connecticut Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Statement of Vote. General election" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Statement of Vote. General election. November 6, 2012" (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  5. [5]
    Statement of Vote
  6. [6]
    "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.
  7. [7]
    "RealClearPolitics - Election 2016 - Connecticut: Trump vs. Clinton".
  8. [8]
    Bump, Philip. "The counties that flipped parties to swing the 2016 election". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  9. [9]
    Connecticut Secretary of State Elections Last edited 2020-07-9 Retrieved 2020-07-09 Archived 2020-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
  10. [10]
    "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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