Overview of the procedure of elections in the U.S. state of Connecticut
Elections in Connecticut
Federal government
U.S President
1788–89
1792
1796
1800
1804
1808
1812
1816
1820
1824
1828
1832
1836
1840
1844
1848
1852
1856
1860
1864
1868
1872
1876
1880
1884
1888
1892
1896
1900
1904
1908
1912
1916
1920
1924
1928
1932
1936
1940
1944
1948
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Presidential primaries
Democratic
2000
2004
2008
2016
2020
2024
Republican
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
U.S. Senate
1788
1790
1791
1791 (sp)
1793
1793 (sp)
1796
1796 (sp)
1797
1801
1803
1807
1807 (sp)
1809
1810 (sp)
1812
1813
1813 (sp)
1814
1818
1819
1821
1824 (sp)
1825 (sp)
1826
1831
1832
1835 (sp)
1837
1840 (sp)
1842
1848 (sp)
1852 (sp)
1854
1854 (sp)
1856
1860
1863
1866
1872
1876 (sp)
1879
1881
1885
1887
1891
1893
1897
1899
1903
1905
1905 (sp)
1909
1911
1914
1916
1920
1922
1924 (sp)
1926
1928
1932
1934
1938
1940
1944
1946
1946 (sp)
1950
1950 (sp)
1952
1952 (sp)
1956
1958
1962
1964
1968
1970
1974
1976
1980
1982
1986
1988
1992
1994
1998
2000
2004
2006
2010
2012
2016
2018
2022
2024
2028
U.S. House
1788
1790
1790 (sp)
1791 (sp)
1792
1793 (sp)
1794
1795 (sp)
1796
1796 (sp)
1797 (sp)
1798
1798 (sp)
1799 (sp)
1800 (sp)
1800
1801 (sp)
1802
1803 (sp)
1804
1805 (sp)
1806
1806 (sp)
1808
1810
1812
1814
1816
1817 (sp)
1818
1818 (sp)
1821
1823
1825
1827
1829
1831
1833
1835
1837
1839
1840
1843
1845
1847
1849
1851
1853
1855
1857
1859
1861
1863
1865
1867
1869
1871
1873
1875
1876
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1917 (4th sp)
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1948
1950
1952
1954
1956
1958
1960
1962
1964
1966
1968
1970
1972
1974
1976
1978
1980
1982
1984
1986
1987 (4th sp)
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
State government
State elections
2010
2014
2018
2022
Governor
1776
1777
1778
1779
1780
1781
1782
1783
1784
1785
1786
1787
1788
1789
1790
1791
1792
1793
1794
1795
1796
1797
1798
1799
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804
1805
1806
1807
1808
1809
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823
1824
1825
1826
1827
1828
1829
1830
1831
1832
1833
1834
1835
1836
1837
1838
1839
1840
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
1875
1876
Apr
Nov
1878
1880
1882
1884
1886
1888
1890
1892
1894
1896
1898
1900
1902
1904
1906
1908
1910
1912
1914
1916
1918
1920
1922
1924
1926
1928
1930
1932
1934
1936
1938
1940
1942
1944
1946
1948
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026
Attorney General
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
Secretary of the State
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
State Treasurer
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
State Comptroller
2018
2022
State Senate
1920
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2015
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
State House
2010
2018
2020
2022
2024
Bridgeport
Mayor
2015
2019
2023-24
Hartford
Mayor
1979
1981
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023
New Haven
Mayor
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
Stamford
Mayor
2017
2021
Waterbury
Mayoral Elections
2019
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United States presidential election results for Connecticut[1]
Year
Republican / Whig
Democratic
Third party
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
2020
715,311
39.21%
1,080,831
59.24%
28,314
1.55%
2016
673,215
40.93%
897,572
54.57%
74,133
4.51%
2012
634,899
40.72%
905,109
58.06%
18,985
1.22%
2008
629,428
38.22%
997,773
60.59%
19,592
1.19%
2004
693,826
43.95%
857,488
54.31%
27,455
1.74%
2000
561,094
38.44%
816,015
55.91%
82,416
5.65%
1996
483,109
34.69%
735,740
52.83%
173,765
12.48%
1992
578,313
35.78%
682,318
42.21%
355,701
22.01%
1988
750,241
51.98%
676,584
46.87%
16,569
1.15%
1984
890,877
60.73%
569,597
38.83%
6,426
0.44%
1980
677,210
48.16%
541,732
38.52%
187,343
13.32%
1976
719,261
52.06%
647,895
46.90%
14,370
1.04%
1972
810,763
58.57%
555,498
40.13%
18,016
1.30%
1968
556,721
44.32%
621,561
49.48%
77,950
6.21%
1964
390,996
32.09%
826,269
67.81%
1,313
0.11%
1960
565,813
46.27%
657,055
53.73%
15
0.00%
1956
711,837
63.72%
405,079
36.26%
205
0.02%
1952
611,012
55.70%
481,649
43.91%
4,250
0.39%
1948
437,754
49.55%
423,297
47.91%
22,467
2.54%
1944
390,527
46.94%
435,146
52.30%
6,317
0.76%
1940
361,819
46.30%
417,621
53.44%
2,062
0.26%
1936
278,685
40.35%
382,129
55.32%
29,909
4.33%
1932
288,420
48.54%
281,632
47.40%
24,131
4.06%
1928
296,641
53.63%
252,085
45.57%
4,398
0.80%
1924
246,322
61.54%
110,184
27.53%
43,789
10.94%
1920
229,238
62.72%
120,721
33.03%
15,559
4.26%
1916
106,514
49.80%
99,786
46.66%
7,574
3.54%
1912
68,324
35.88%
74,561
39.16%
47,519
24.96%
1908
112,915
59.43%
68,255
35.92%
8,833
4.65%
1904
111,089
58.12%
72,909
38.15%
7,130
3.73%
1900
102,572
56.92%
74,014
41.07%
3,609
2.00%
1896
110,285
63.24%
56,740
32.54%
7,365
4.22%
1892
77,032
46.80%
82,395
50.06%
5,168
3.14%
1888
74,584
48.44%
74,920
48.66%
4,474
2.91%
1884
65,898
48.01%
67,182
48.95%
4,177
3.04%
1880
67,071
50.51%
64,411
48.50%
1,316
0.99%
1876
59,033
48.33%
61,927
50.70%
1,174
0.96%
1872
50,314
52.41%
45,695
47.59%
0
0.00%
1868
50,788
51.49%
47,844
48.51%
0
0.00%
1864
44,693
51.38%
42,288
48.62%
0
0.00%
1860
43,486
53.86%
17,364
21.50%
19,895
24.64%
1856
42,717
53.18%
34,997
43.57%
2,615
3.26%
1852
30,359
45.46%
33,249
49.79%
3,173
4.75%
1848
30,318
48.59%
27,051
43.35%
5,029
8.06%
1844
32,832
50.81%
29,841
46.18%
1,943
3.01%
1840
31,598
55.55%
25,281
44.45%
0
0.00%
1836
18,799
49.35%
19,294
50.65%
0
0.00%
Various kinds of elections in Connecticut occurs annually in each of the state's cities and towns, the exact type of which is dependent on the year. Elections for federal and statewide offices occur in even-numbered years, while municipal elections occur in odd-numbered ones. The office of the Connecticut Secretary of State oversees the election process, including voting and vote counting.[2] In a 2020 study, Connecticut was ranked as the 20th easiest state for citizens to vote in.[3]
Historically, Connecticut was a bastion of Republicanism, although this was typically a liberal "Yankee" brand of the Republican Party. From the Civil War to the 1990s, the state voted Republican all but nine times on the presidential level. It only voted Democratic in the elections of 1876, 1888, 1912, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1960, 1964, and 1968. However, since the 1992 election, the state has voted Democratic every time, and since 1996, it has been by double-digit margins. [4]
However, Democrats have controlled the state legislature for all but 13 years since 1959 and have held both Senate seats since 1989, as no Republican has won a Senate seat in the state since 1982. Every seat in the House of Representatives is held by a Democrat, with the last Republican having lost in 2008. That election marked the first time since the 1850s that no Republican represented Connecticut or any state in New England region in the House.[5][6]
^Leip, David. "Presidential General Election Results Comparison – Connecticut". US Election Atlas. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
^Dionne Searcey (October 1, 2020), "When Your Job Is to Make Sure Nov. 3 Isn't a Disaster", Nytimes.com
^J. Pomante II, Michael; Li, Quan (December 15, 2020). "Cost of Voting in the American States: 2020". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 19 (4): 503–509. doi:10.1089/elj.2020.0666. S2CID 225139517.
^"Connecticut Presidential Election Voting History - 270toWin".
^Susan Haigh (November 9, 2008). "G.O.P. a Dying Breed in New England". USA Today. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
^Jon Lender & Mark Pazniokas (November 5, 2008). "Jim Himes Defeats Christopher Shays in 4th District". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
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