- Lead
- 2,498
- Total
- 14,849
- vs nation
- R+15.4
Connecticut 76th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,274
- Total
- 15,174
- vs nation
- R+19.4
- Lead
- 3,186
- Total
- 13,538
- vs nation
- R+25.6
- Lead
- 2,216
- Total
- 12,655
- vs nation
- R+21.4
- Lead
- 1,329
- Total
- 13,195
- vs nation
- R+17.3
- Lead
- 2,813
- Total
- 13,183
- vs nation
- R+18.9
- Lead
- 1,485
- Total
- 11,865
- vs nation
- R+13.0
- Lead
- 888
- Total
- 11,290
- vs nation
- R+16.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,7632024 5-year
- Population density
- 299 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 79.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $125,0512024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+13.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58.1 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 80, CT · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 76th 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
56.5%
4,855 votes · D+13.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 44.1%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
75.8%
7,261 votes · R+51.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 75.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
6,314votes
41.6% of the vote · R+15.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,072 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
9,085votes
72.9% of the vote · R+46.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 8,588 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
−9.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+13.2 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · −13.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+52.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.1 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +51.4 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 | D | 53.0%6,446 | 47.0%5,713 | 12,159 |
| 2018 | D | 53.7%5,134 | 46.3%4,421 | 9,555 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+16.8, this district sits well to the right of Connecticut's statewide lean, making it a reliable anchor for Republican candidates in the state house delegation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 13.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 58.1 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 16.8 points.
A population of 23,763, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $125,051 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 80 and State House District 30.
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 76th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09076/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.