2020 United States presidential election in Connecticut

The 2020 United States presidential election in Connecticut is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Connecticut voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Connecticut has 7 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election

2020 United States presidential election in Connecticut

November 3, 2020
Turnout	%
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida Delaware Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Incumbent President Donald Trump Republican

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state's primary elections were postponed until August 11, 2020, marking the first time that the modern presidential primary season has extended into August. By that time, incumbent President Donald Trump of the Republican Party and former Vice President Joe Biden of the Democratic Party had already clinched enough delegates to become the presumptive nominees of their respective parties. Furthermore, both the Democratic and Republican National Conventions were scheduled one and two weeks afterwards, respectively, essentially making the Connecticut primary races pro forma.

Primary elections

The primary elections were originally scheduled for April 28, 2020. On March 19, they were moved to June 2 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Then on April 17, they were further pushed back to August 11.[4]

Republican primary

The state had 28 delegates to the 2020 Republican National Convention, all going to Trump.[5]

2020 Connecticut Republican presidential primary

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates
Donald Trump	69,807	79.0%	28
Uncommitted	12,147	13.7%	0
Rocky De La Fuente (withdrawn)	6,438	7.3%	0
Total	88,392	100%	28 (of 28)

Democratic primary

This section is an excerpt from 2020 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary § Results[edit]

2020 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary[6]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[7]
Joe Biden	218,791	84.84%	60
Bernie Sanders (withdrawn)	29,797	11.55%
Uncommitted	5,911	2.29%
Tulsi Gabbard (withdrawn)	3,377	1.31%
Total	257,876	100%	60

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[8]	Safe D	July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[9]	Safe D	July 17, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10]	Safe D	July 14, 2020
Politico[11]	Safe D	July 6, 2020
RCP[12]	Lean D	August 3, 2020
Niskanen[13]	Safe D	March 24, 2020
CNN[14]	Safe D	August 3, 2020
The Economist[15]	Safe D	August 7, 2020
CBS News[16]	Likely D	August 9, 2020
270towin[17]	Safe D	August 2, 2020
ABC News[18]	Safe D	July 31, 2020
NPR[19]	Likely D	August 3, 2020
NBC News[20]	Safe D	August 6, 2020

Polling

with Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Donald Trump (R)	Joe Biden (D)	Other	Undecided
Survey USA	May 19-24, 2020	808 (RV)	± 4.5%	33%	52%	7%	8%
Quinnipiac University	Apr 30 – May 4, 2020	945 (RV)	± 3.2%	33%	56%	3%[lower-alpha 2]	7%
Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant	Mar 24 – Apr 3, 2020	1,000 (A)	± 3.0%	34%	47%	–	–
Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant	Feb 24 – Mar 12, 2020	1,000 (A)	± 3.0%	36%	52%	–	–
Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant	Dec 16, 2019 – Jan 2, 2020	1,000 (A)	± 3.0%	32%	52%	–	16%
Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant	Sep 17 – Oct 2, 2019	1,000 (A)	± 3.2%	33%	52%	–	15%

Former candidates

with Donald Trump and Pete Buttigieg Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Pete Buttigieg (D) Undecided Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant/Institute for Public Policy Dec 16, 2019 – Jan 2, 2020 1000 (A) ± 3.% 33% 47% 20% Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant Sep 17 – Oct 2, 2019 1,000 (A) ± 3.2% 34% 46% 20% with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Kamala Harris (D) Undecided Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant Sep 17 – Oct 2, 2019 1,000 (A) ± 3.2% 34% 47% 19% with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Undecided Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant Mar 24 – Apr 3, 2020 1,000 (A) ± 3.0% 37% 48% – Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant Feb 24 – Mar 12, 2020 1,000 (A) ± 3.0% 38% 50% – Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant Dec 16, 2019 – Jan 2, 2020 1,000 (A) ± 3.0% 35% 52% 13% Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant Sep 17 – Oct 2, 2019 1,000 (A) ± 3.2% 35% 51% 14% with Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Undecided Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant/Institute for Public Policy Dec 16, 2019 – Jan 2, 2020 1000 (A) ± 3.0% 36% 49% 16% Sacred Heart University/Hartford Courant Sep 17 – Oct 2, 2019 1,000 (A) ± 3.2% 35% 49% 16%

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Someone else" with 2%; would not vote with 1%

See also

• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

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