- Lead
- 1,560
- Total
- 9,062
- vs nation
- D+18.7
Connecticut 46th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,351
- Total
- 8,420
- vs nation
- D+23.5
- Lead
- 1,672
- Total
- 7,444
- vs nation
- D+20.4
- Lead
- 2,418
- Total
- 7,068
- vs nation
- D+30.4
- Lead
- 2,821
- Total
- 7,689
- vs nation
- D+29.4
- Lead
- 2,160
- Total
- 7,170
- vs nation
- D+32.6
- Lead
- 2,158
- Total
- 6,702
- vs nation
- D+31.7
- Lead
- 2,154
- Total
- 6,419
- vs nation
- D+25.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+17.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,3132024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,827 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $58,1962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 22.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51.6 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+17.3 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 116, CT · twin score 94.1
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 46th 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
75.8%
3,782 votes · D+51.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 67.7%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
55.6%
865 votes · R+14.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 55.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,292votes
62.9% of the vote · D+27.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,227 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,667votes
40.5% of the vote · D+17.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 3,102 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
John Kerry2004
+32.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+30.1 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +31.7 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+3.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+9.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +1.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+17.2, this mid-sized Connecticut House district delivers consistent lopsided results, reflecting the urban and inner-suburban demographic patterns common to the greater Hartford corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.6 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 17.3 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 17.2 points.
A population of 24,313, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,196 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 116 and State House District 11.
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 46th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09046/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.