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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, 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.
- ^ Wang, Hansi; Jin, Connie; Levitt, Zach (April 26, 2021). "Here's How The 1st 2020 Census Results Changed Electoral College, House Seats". NPR. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- ^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Harris says she'll 'earn' nomination as Biden steps aside". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ Gold, Michael; Nehamas, Nicholas (March 13, 2024). "Donald Trump and Joe Biden Clinch Their Party Nominations". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
- ^ "Connecticut Presidential Election Voting History". 270toWin. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Connecticut Cities by Population (2024)". Connecticut Demographics. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Connecticut Presidential Election Results 2020". NBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Connecticut President Results: Harris Wins". NBC News. Retrieved November 16, 2024.