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2024 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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2024 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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Reporting
99%
as of Nov. 16, 2024, 9:37 AM EST
 
Nominee Kamala Harris Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state California Florida
Running mate Tim Walz JD Vance
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 994,494 739,472
Percentage 56.39% 41.93%
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Joe Biden
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

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The 2024 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Connecticut voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Connecticut has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.[1]

A New England state, Connecticut last voted for a Republican presidential candidate in George H. W. Bush's landslide victory in the 1988 election. It is a strongly blue state, voting for Joe Biden in 2020 by more than 20%.

Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden was running for reelection to a second term, and became the party's presumptive nominee, but withdrew from the race on July 21.[2][3] He then endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who launched her presidential campaign the same day.[4] The Republican nominee is former president Donald Trump.[5]

Harris comfortably won the state, but by a smaller margin than Biden did in 2020, underperforming by 2.9% of the vote. In contrast, Trump secured 41.9% of the vote to record the best Republican performance in Connecticut since 2004, though her margin was still better than Hillary Clinton in 2016.[6] He flipped 14 municipalities across the state, including Bristol, Connecticut's twelfth-most populous city.[7] Conversely, Harris flipped the tiny town of Warren.[8][9] This was the first election since 1936 that Connecticut voted to the left of neighboring Rhode Island.

Primary elections

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Republican primary

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Main article: 2024 Connecticut Republican presidential primary

The Connecticut Republican primary was held on April 2, 2024, alongside the New York primary. [10]

Connecticut Republican primary, April 2, 2024[11]
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 34,750 77.88% 28 0 28
Nikki Haley (withdrawn) 6,229 13.96% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 2,166 4.85% 0 0 0
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn) 1,289 2.89% 0 0 0
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn) 184 0.41% 0 0 0
Total: 44,618 100.00% 28 0 28

Democratic primary

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Main article: 2024 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary

The Connecticut Democratic primary was held on April 2, 2024.

Connecticut Democratic primary, April 2, 2024[12]
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Pledged Unpledged Total
Joe Biden (incumbent) 55,533 84.8% 60 60
Uncommitted 7,619 11.6%
Marianne Williamson 1,490 2.3%
Dean Phillips (withdrawn) 577 0.9%
Cenk Uygur (withdrawn) 310 0.5%
Total: 65,529 100.0% 60 14 79

Libertarian primary

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The Libertarian Party of Connecticut held a ranked-choice straw poll on April 2, 2024.[13]

2024 Connecticut Libertarian straw poll
Candidate Round 1 T. Round 2 T. Round 3 T. Round 4 T. Round 5 T. Round 6 T. Round 7
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Chase Oliver 37 34.9% +1 38 35.8% 38 37.6% +3 41 41.0% +1 42 42.4% +2 44 44.4% +5 49 51.0%
Jacob Hornberger 12 11.3% 12 11.3% +1 13 12.9% +1 14 14.0% +2 16 16.2% +4 20 20.2% +4 24 25.0%
Michael Rectenwald 14 14.6% 14 13.2% 14 13.9% 14 14.0% +2 16 16.2% +2 18 18.2% +5 23 24.0%
Joshua Smith 10 9.4% +1 11 10.4% 11 10.9% 11 11.0% +2 13 13.1% +4 17 17.2% –17 Eliminated
Mike ter Maat 9 8.5% 9 8.5% 9 8.9% +1 10 10.0% +2 12 12.1% –12 Eliminated
Lars Mapstead 7 6.6% +1 8 7.5% 8 7.9% +2 10 10.0% –10 Eliminated
Charles Ballay 7 6.6% +1 8 7.5% 8 7.9% –8 Eliminated
None of the above 6 5.7% 6 5.7% –6 Eliminated
Joseph Collins Jr. 4 3.8% –4 Eliminated
Active ballots 106 –5 101 –1 100 –1 99 –3 96

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report[14] Solid D December 19, 2023
Inside Elections[15] Solid D April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[16] Safe D June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[17] Safe D December 14, 2023
CNalysis[18] Solid D December 30, 2023
CNN[19] Solid D January 14, 2024
The Economist[20] Safe D August 28, 2024
538[21] Solid D August 23, 2024
RCP[22] Solid D June 26, 2024
NBC News[23] Safe D October 6, 2024

Polling

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Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Kamala
Harris
Democratic 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Robert
Kennedy Jr.
Independent 		Other /
Undecided
MassINC Polling Group[24][A] September 12–18, 2024 800 (LV) ± 3.7% 52% 37% 3% 8%
Hypothetical polling with Joe Biden and Donald Trump

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Other /
Undecided
July 21, 2024 Joe Biden withdraws from the race.
John Zogby Strategies[25][B] April 13–21, 2024 411 (LV) – 55% 38% 7%
Emerson College[26][C] October 19–21, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 49% 40% 11%
Emerson College[27][C] September 7–9, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 49% 36% 15%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)[28] July 26–27, 2022 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 52% 39% 9%
Emerson College[29] May 10–11, 2022 1,000 (RV) ± 3.0% 51% 38% 11%
Hypothetical polling with other candidates

Joe Biden vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
Independent 		Other /
Undecided
John Zogby Strategies[25][B] April 13–21, 2024 411 (LV) – 49% 41% 10%

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vs. Donald Trump

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
Independent 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Other /
Undecided
John Zogby Strategies[25][B] April 13–21, 2024 411 (LV) – 50% 33% 17%

Results

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2024 United States presidential election in Connecticut[32][33][34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic
994,494 56.39%
Republican
739,472 41.93%
Green
14,319 0.8%
Independent
8,449 0.5%
Libertarian
6,744 0.4%
Write-in
Total votes 1,763,478 100.00%

By congressional district

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A graphical representation of Harris's (top) and Trump's (bottom) in comparison to 2024 House election (left) and 2020 presidential election (right)

Harris won all five congressional districts, performing the best in the fourth district to match Biden's strongest result there in 2020. However, she ceded ground by 1.71% to 3.99% across districts compared to 2020 despite a uniform victory. Such a result was also consistent with her underperformance in comparison to Democratic nominees for the election to the House of Representatives.

Conversely, Trump outran Republican nominees in three out of five districts, earning a poorer result in the third and fifth districts. He still improved on his 2020 performance in all five districts, gaining 2.01% to 3.77% more votes.[35][36]

District Harris Trump Harris
vs House[37] 		Harris
vs 2020[35] 		Trump
vs House[37] 		Trump
vs 2020[35] 		Representative
1st 60.61% 37.67% −2.52% −2.69% +2.85% +2.45% John B. Larson
2nd 53.01% 45.29% −5.01% −1.71% +3.31% +2.01% Joe Courtney
3rd 55.94% 42.11% −2.91% −3.29% −0.96% +2.60% Rosa DeLauro
4th 60.83% 37.59% −0.20% −3.99% +0.23% +3.77% Jim Himes
5th 51.89% 46.51% −1.49% −2.74% −0.11% +2.63% Jahana Hayes

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

Partisan clients

  1. ^ Poll sponsored by The Connecticut Mirror
  2. ^ a b c Poll conducted for Kennedy's campaign
  3. ^ a b Poll sponsored by WTNH-TV

References

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  2. ^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.
  3. ^ Levine, Sam; Gambino, Lauren (July 22, 2024). "Joe Biden withdraws from presidential race after weeks of pressure to quit". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
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