United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016

The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the

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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

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's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate

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against

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nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia

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Tim Kaine. Connecticut has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College. Clinton won the state by 13.64%, a reduced margin of victory from Obama's 17.33% in

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. Clinton carried six of the state's eight counties; however, this was the first time a Republican presidential candidate had won Windham County since

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. This was the first election since

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in which Connecticut did not vote for the same candidate as Michigan. Trump's strongest county in the state was rural

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, while Clinton's biggest win was in adjacent, more urban

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. Areas that swung in Clinton's favor were mainly concentrated in suburban Fairfield County, in towns like Darien, New Canaan, and Westport. This area is home to many New York City commuters. Other Democratic swings were in suburbs outside Hartford, such as Granby,

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, and Glastonbury, as well as outside New Haven, in towns like

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, and

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. This was the first time since

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that Darien and the first time since

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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

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, in towns like Killingly,

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, Plainfield, and

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. This mirrored a national trend of working-class support for Trump. In addition, Trump became the first ever Republican to win the presidency without winning the towns of Granby,

, and Wilton, the first since

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to win without carrying Ridgefield, the first since

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to win without carrying New Canaan, the first since

to win without carrying Avon and Greenwich and the first since

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to win without carrying Newtown.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot: *

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* Hillary Clinton * Rocky De La Fuente

Opinion polling

Results

Republican primary

Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot: * Ben Carson (withdrawn) * Ted Cruz * John Kasich * Donald Trump

Opinion polling

Results

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%.

Statewide results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

* Windham (largest town: Windham)

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.

Results by congressional district

Clinton won all 5 congressional districts.

References

External links

RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process

Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
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Primary elections

Democratic primary

Opinion polling

Results

Republican primary

Opinion polling

Results

General election

Polling

Statewide results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Turnout

Results by congressional district

See also

References

External links