2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut
The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on 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.
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County results
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On April 26, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Connecticut voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated could choose any 1 primary in which to vote, provided they registered with the party they wished to vote with in person by noon the day before.
Hillary Clinton won the election in Connecticut with 54.5% of the vote, a reduced margin from President Obama's 58.06% in 2012. Donald Trump, who later went on to win the presidency, received 40.9% of the vote.[1] Clinton carried 6 of the state's 8 counties; however, this was the first time a Republican had won Windham County since George H. W. Bush in 1988.
Primary elections results
Democratic primary
Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[2]
Opinion polling
Results
Candidate | Popular vote | Estimated delegates | |||
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Count | Percentage | Pledged | Unpledged | Total | |
Hillary Clinton | 170,045 | 51.80% | 28 | 15 | 43 |
Bernie Sanders | 152,379 | 46.42% | 27 | 0 | 27 |
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente | 960 | 0.29% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 4,871 | 1.48% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 328,255 | 100% | 55 | 16 | 71 |
Source: The Green Papers, Connecticut Secretary of State - Official Primary Results |
Republican primary
Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[2]
- Ben Carson (withdrawn)
- Ted Cruz
- John Kasich
- Donald Trump
Opinion polling
Results
Connecticut Republican primary, April 26, 2016 | |||||
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Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 123,523 | 57.86% | 28 | 0 | 28 |
John Kasich | 60,522 | 28.35% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ted Cruz | 24,987 | 11.70% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uncommitted | 2,728 | 1.28% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ben Carson (withdrawn) | 1,733 | 0.81% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unprojected delegates: | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total: | 213,493 | 100.00% | 28 | 0 | 28 |
Source: The Green Papers |
Polling
General election
Statewide results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hillary Clinton | 897,572 | 54.57% | |
Republican | Donald Trump | 673,215 | 40.93% | |
Libertarian | Gary Johnson | 48,676 | 2.96% | |
Green | Jill Stein | 22,841 | 1.39% | |
Independent | Evan McMullin (write-in) | 2,108 | 0.13% | |
Independent | Write-ins | 361 | 0.02% | |
Constitution | Darrell Castle (write-in) | 147 | 0.01% | |
Total votes | 1,644,920 | 100.00% |
Results by county
Candidate | Clinton | Trump | Johnson | Stein | Write-in | Total | |||||
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County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
Tolland | 38,506 | 49.73% | 34,194 | 44.16% | 3,181 | 4.11% | 1,370 | 1.77% | 173 | 0.23% | 77,424 |
New Haven | 205,609 | 54.25% | 159,048 | 41.96% | 9,119 | 2.41% | 4,757 | 1.26% | 473 | 0.13% | 379,006 |
Fairfield | 243,852 | 57.89% | 160,077 | 38.00% | 11,691 | 2.78% | 4,866 | 1.16% | 723 | 0.18% | 421,209 |
Windham | 21,792 | 42.88% | 25,747 | 50.66% | 2,180 | 4.29% | 1,010 | 1.99% | 94 | 0.18% | 50,823 |
Hartford | 240,403 | 59.09% | 148,173 | 36.42% | 11,997 | 2.95% | 5,680 | 1.40% | 611 | 0.15% | 406,864 |
Litchfield | 39,775 | 40.82% | 53,051 | 54.44% | 3,004 | 3.08% | 1,441 | 1.48% | 171 | 0.17% | 97,442 |
New London | 62,278 | 50.42% | 54,058 | 43.76% | 4,744 | 3.84% | 2,220 | 1.80% | 228 | 0.19% | 123,528 |
Middlesex | 45,357 | 51.18% | 38,867 | 43.86% | 2,760 | 3.11% | 1,497 | 1.69% | 143 | 0.16% | 88,624 |
Turnout
According to the 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. [3]
See also
References
- "Connecticut Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- "Secretary Merrill Selects Presidential Primary Ballot Order" (PDF). Secretary of the State of Connecticut. March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
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