Elections / 2016 · President · CT
Hillary Clinton carried Connecticut D+13.6.
Hillary Clinton (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in Connecticut, 2016. The state ran 11.5 points more Democratic than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2016 ballot here.
Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)
Connecticut result
1,644,878 votes counted
Clinton (D)
897,548
54.6%
Trump (R)
673,198
40.9%
All others
74,132
4.5%
Margin
D+13.6
2016 presidential election
Connecticut, 2016
ClintonD+13.6
Constituent county margins for Connecticut — 2016 presidential electionOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2016 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
How it voted
Share of the 2016 vote
| Hillary Clinton ✓Democratic | 54.6% | 897,548 |
|---|---|---|
| Donald TrumpRepublican | 40.9% | 673,198 |
| Gary JohnsonLibertarian | 4.5% | 74,132 |
D+60R+60
9 counties, each filled by 2016 D-vs-R margin.
Connecticut's presidential margins
1876–2024, the 2016 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | +2.4% |
| 1880 | −2.0% |
| 1884 | +1.0% |
| 1888 | +0.2% |
| 1896 | −30.7% |
| 1900 | −15.9% |
| 1904 | −20.0% |
| 1908 | −23.5% |
| 1912 | +3.3% |
| 1916 | −3.1% |
| 1920 | −29.7% |
| 1924 | −34.0% |
| 1928 | −8.1% |
| 1932 | −1.1% |
| 1936 | +15.0% |
| 1940 | +7.1% |
| 1944 | +5.4% |
| 1948 | −1.6% |
| 1952 | −11.8% |
| 1956 | −27.5% |
| 1960 | +7.5% |
| 1964 | +35.7% |
| 1968 | +5.2% |
| 1972 | −18.5% |
| 1976 | −5.2% |
| 1980 | −9.6% |
| 1984 | −21.9% |
| 1988 | −5.1% |
| 1992 | +6.4% |
| 1996 | +18.1% |
| 2000 | +17.5% |
| 2004 | +10.4% |
| 2008 | +22.4% |
| 2012 | +17.3% |
| 2016 | +13.6% |
| 2020 | +20.0% |
| 2024 | +14.5% |
County results — 2016
9 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
| County | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capitol Planning Region | D | 259,270 | 170,197 | 450,974 | |
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | D | 83,007 | 54,490 | 143,380 | |
| Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | D | 47,674 | 40,878 | 93,219 | |
| Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | D | 108,632 | 86,787 | 203,655 | |
| Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | R | 18,102 | 21,130 | 41,933 | |
| Northwest Hills Planning Region | R | 24,751 | 30,804 | 58,304 | |
| South Central Connecticut Planning Region | D | 135,476 | 104,797 | 249,727 | |
| Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | D | 63,890 | 56,876 | 128,303 | |
| Western Connecticut Planning Region | D | 156,746 | 107,239 | 275,383 |