- Lead
- 3,747
- Total
- 13,005
- vs nation
- R+27.3
Connecticut 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,327
- Total
- 13,351
- vs nation
- R+29.4
- Lead
- 3,983
- Total
- 12,427
- vs nation
- R+34.1
- Lead
- 2,677
- Total
- 11,603
- vs nation
- R+26.9
- Lead
- 1,866
- Total
- 12,160
- vs nation
- R+22.6
- Lead
- 3,063
- Total
- 12,127
- vs nation
- R+22.8
- Lead
- 1,725
- Total
- 10,627
- vs nation
- R+16.8
- Lead
- 1,025
- Total
- 9,674
- vs nation
- R+19.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+28.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,6052024 5-year
- Population density
- 795 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 29.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $101,0362024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+11.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.4 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 63, CT · twin score 93.2
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 68th 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
55.9%
4,057 votes · D+11.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 42.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
77.6%
6,148 votes · R+55.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 76.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
5,090votes
41.9% of the vote · R+15.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,927 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
8,295votes
63.8% of the vote · R+28.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,254 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
−10.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+11.9 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · −16.8 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+52.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+34.5 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +50.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 47.6%6,024 | 52.4%6,620 | 12,644 |
| 2018 | R | 48.9%4,914 | 51.1%5,135 | 10,049 |
District 68 recorded a 28.8-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, making it a pronounced outlier in a state that leans Democratic statewide. Its rural or exurban character sets it apart from Connecticut's more densely populated corridors.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 56.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.8 points.
A population of 23,605, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $101,036 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 63 and State House District 80.
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 68th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09068/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.