- Lead
- 3,510
- Total
- 5,440
- vs nation
- D+66.0
Connecticut 7th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,843
- Total
- 6,763
- vs nation
- D+81.9
- Lead
- 6,344
- Total
- 7,009
- vs nation
- D+88.4
- Lead
- 6,479
- Total
- 7,025
- vs nation
- D+88.4
- Lead
- 7,126
- Total
- 7,666
- vs nation
- D+85.7
- Lead
- 6,044
- Total
- 6,603
- vs nation
- D+94.0
- Lead
- 5,821
- Total
- 6,459
- vs nation
- D+89.6
- Lead
- 5,334
- Total
- 6,079
- vs nation
- D+80.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+64.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 22,6592024 5-year
- Population density
- 7,081 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $39,5182024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 9.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 58.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 24.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+95.5 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 1, CT · twin score 98.6
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 7th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
97.6%
366 votes · D+95.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1884 · 97.4%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17.2%
937 votes · D+64.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · 8.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
7,390votes
96.4% of the vote · D+93.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 6,746 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
937votes
17.2% of the vote · D+64.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 434 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+112.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+92.4 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +110.2 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
−64.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+82.2 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · −66.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
In 2024 it voted Democratic by D+64.8, against D+93.0 in 2008. About 3,840 residents lived here as of the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 95.5 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 21.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.5 points.
A population of 22,659, a 10% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $39,518 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 1 and State House District 94.
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.
District research tools
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Connecticut 7th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09007/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.