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1876–2024
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region·Connecticut

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

18762024·38 elections
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut · Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+11
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
454,969
2024 ACS
Most similar
South Central Connecticut Planning Region
CT · similarity 1.00
19 precincts · 215,498 votes cast
Harris · D+11
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+11.2%
117,87793,772215,498
2020D
+16.5%
129,53892,358225,030
2016D
+10.7%
108,63286,787203,655
2012D
+18.2%
113,54478,326193,988
2008D
+21.3%
123,37179,560205,504
2004D
+8.8%
105,48588,123197,232
2000D
+18.7%
103,14968,961182,897
1996D
+19.2%
93,04259,469174,460
1992D
+5.0%
85,10874,857204,534
1988R
−4.5%
85,71593,821181,906
1984R
−21.4%
73,019113,026186,847
1980R
−10.6%
69,01787,929178,686
1976R
−5.5%
82,58392,325176,128
1972R
−18.5%
71,554104,483178,276
1968D
+7.3%
82,03370,140163,614
1964D
+37.2%
111,09650,864162,090
1960D
+11.7%
92,46773,165165,634
1956R
−27.4%
55,60597,524153,130
1952R
−11.5%
67,00484,497152,059
1948R
−1.6%
59,33161,334123,849
1944D
+4.8%
60,70055,124116,697
1940D
+7.7%
60,53751,821112,616
1936D
+16.9%
55,92739,04899,716
1932D
+0.9%
41,25340,48185,460
1928R
−4.1%
38,21241,47480,341
1924R
−30.1%
17,03734,81159,025
1920R
−27.5%
18,11432,77153,378
1916R
−1.2%
14,74615,13131,083
1912D
+3.3%
10,8099,88427,766
1908R
−21.4%
10,37416,37528,069
1904R
−19.8%
10,50516,01627,846
1900R
−10.5%
11,63414,41826,589
1896R
−30.1%
4,1447,92012,528
1892
No data
1888D
+4.4%
10,9189,96721,435
1884D
+6.6%
9,8398,62618,465
1880D
+3.7%
9,2348,56817,802
1876D
+7.4%
8,4807,30815,789
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.6%
African American
9.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
20.8%
Other Christian
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.9%
Non-Christian
1.8%
Methodist
1.1%
Baptist
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 67.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region sits in New England. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 5 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region reached its widest at thirty-seven points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was eleven points — still decisive.

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $86,191, a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 454,969 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of South Central Connecticut Planning Region and Camden County.