Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20201 cycles · 1 audited
2020 turnout
71.2%3,790 participants ÷ 5,322 CVAP
Participation by cycle
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2020
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Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
3,790
5,322 ± 862
71.2%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
New Canaan, CT · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
60.1%
2,187 votes · D+22.8
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 55.8%
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
64.8%
2,040 votes · R+30.6
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 59.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
2,187votes
60.1% of the vote · D+22.8
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 2,001 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
2,040votes
64.8% of the vote · R+30.6
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 1,980 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
+18.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+22.8 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +15.1 pts
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
+34.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.6 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +17.0 pts
U.S. House elections · 2 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
New Canaan · Akashic carries this place’s presidential nominating contests, but not at this place’s own grain.
Connecticut’s presidential primary returns are aggregated to the eight counties retired as county-equivalents in 2022. Akashic publishes the nine planning regions that replaced them, and their boundaries cross the old county lines. The presidential record elsewhere on this page crosses that boundary because a general-election county row carries each party’s votes, and votes can be apportioned and disclosed as an estimate. A primary county row carries a leader and a lead over the runner-up and nothing else: there is no per-candidate vote to apportion, and who led is not a quantity that can be weighted. So the record is complete and published — at Connecticut’s state contest, not at this grain. See Connecticut’s Democratic presidential primary.
New Canaan is one of Connecticut's wealthiest communities, and its voting patterns have long reflected that — though suburban realignment has gradually narrowed gaps that once ran 20-plus points.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.8 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 30.6 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.6 points.
A population of 6,896, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $146,700 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bronxville and Cos Cob.
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Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, New Canaan, Connecticut voted Democratic by 13.6 points (D+13.6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,584 votes cast, 2,001 went Democratic and 1,512 went Republican.
When did New Canaan, Connecticut last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which New Canaan, Connecticut voted Republican was 2012.
How many people live in New Canaan, Connecticut?
New Canaan, Connecticut has a population of 6,896 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New Canaan, Connecticut?
Median household income in New Canaan, Connecticut is $146,700 — above the national median of $80,734. The Connecticut state median is $95,781.
What is the political history of New Canaan, Connecticut?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in New Canaan, Connecticut from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 3 went Republican.
