- Lead
- 3,487
- Total
- 5,399
- vs nation
- D+66.1
Connecticut 3rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,760
- Total
- 5,689
- vs nation
- D+61.6
- Lead
- 4,851
- Total
- 5,940
- vs nation
- D+79.6
- Lead
- 4,971
- Total
- 5,939
- vs nation
- D+79.8
- Lead
- 5,499
- Total
- 6,450
- vs nation
- D+78.0
- Lead
- 4,603
- Total
- 5,601
- vs nation
- D+84.6
- Lead
- 4,465
- Total
- 5,464
- vs nation
- D+81.2
- Lead
- 4,169
- Total
- 5,144
- vs nation
- D+72.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+64.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 22,8252024 5-year
- Population density
- 9,510 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $45,2002024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 8.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 20.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 63.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 6, CT · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 3rd State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
94.7%
5,323 votes · D+89.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 92.9%
Republican
William McKinley1896
27.6%
86 votes · D+42.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 21.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
5,963votes
92.4% of the vote · D+85.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 5,445 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
946votes
16.6% of the vote · D+66.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 924 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
George McGovern1972
+95.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+71.9 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +93.2 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
−49.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+42.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · −53.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Connecticut 3rd State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.5 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.6 points.
A population of 22,825, a 9% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,200 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 6 and State House District 95.
The state-house districts 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.
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