- Lead
- 1,674
- Total
- 7,093
- vs nation
- D+25.1
Connecticut 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,180
- Total
- 8,088
- vs nation
- D+22.5
- Lead
- 2,280
- Total
- 7,209
- vs nation
- D+29.5
- Lead
- 2,428
- Total
- 6,994
- vs nation
- D+30.9
- Lead
- 2,977
- Total
- 7,380
- vs nation
- D+33.1
- Lead
- 1,977
- Total
- 6,999
- vs nation
- D+30.7
- Lead
- 2,231
- Total
- 6,530
- vs nation
- D+33.6
- Lead
- 2,145
- Total
- 6,318
- vs nation
- D+25.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,7042024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,268 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,2012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 51.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 11.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 30.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+53.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34.2 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 115, CT · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 26th 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
76.7%
4,587 votes · D+53.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 69.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
65.2%
393 votes · R+34.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 56.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
5,141votes
69.7% of the vote · D+40.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,070 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
3,249votes
50.0% of the vote · R+0.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 3,033 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
Al Gore2000
+33.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+34.2 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · +33.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+28.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+34.2 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +11.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+23.6 in a state house district of roughly 24,000 residents, this seat has shown consistent lopsided Democratic performance, making it an anchor of the party's legislative base rather than a competitive battleground.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 53.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 34.2 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.6 points.
A population of 23,704, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,201 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 115 and State House District 24.
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 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.