- Lead
- 733
- Total
- 6,815
- vs nation
- D+12.2
Connecticut 72nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,621
- Total
- 6,328
- vs nation
- D+37.0
- Lead
- 2,691
- Total
- 5,966
- vs nation
- D+43.0
- Lead
- 3,170
- Total
- 5,919
- vs nation
- D+49.7
- Lead
- 3,402
- Total
- 6,282
- vs nation
- D+46.9
- Lead
- 2,532
- Total
- 5,706
- vs nation
- D+46.8
- Lead
- 2,875
- Total
- 5,481
- vs nation
- D+51.9
- Lead
- 2,645
- Total
- 5,155
- vs nation
- D+42.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+10.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,2792024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,326 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $48,2392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 18.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 26.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 49.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 116, CT · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 72nd 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
82.5%
4,531 votes · D+65.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 76.9%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
44.8%
1,880 votes · D+10.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 44.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
4,831votes
76.9% of the vote · D+54.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 4,534 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
2,997votes
44.0% of the vote · D+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 2,090 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 Smith1928
+55.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+38.3 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +51.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−12.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+10.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −18.4 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+10.8 in 2024, compared with D+54.2 in 2008. The district had about 10,000 residents, 62.5% White alone in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 65.0 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 30.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 10.8 points.
A population of 23,279, a 19% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,239 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 140.
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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