- Lead
- 3,384
- Total
- 13,977
- vs nation
- R+22.7
Connecticut 80th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,563
- Total
- 14,536
- vs nation
- R+29.0
- Lead
- 4,207
- Total
- 12,996
- vs nation
- R+34.5
- Lead
- 3,130
- Total
- 11,927
- vs nation
- R+30.1
- Lead
- 2,972
- Total
- 12,464
- vs nation
- R+31.1
- Lead
- 4,505
- Total
- 12,699
- vs nation
- R+33.0
- Lead
- 2,694
- Total
- 11,180
- vs nation
- R+24.6
- Lead
- 2,217
- Total
- 10,626
- vs nation
- R+29.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+24.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,1952024 5-year
- Population density
- 778 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 29.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $122,4042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+64.5 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 131, CT · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 80th 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
45.8%
4,313 votes · R+8.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 37.6%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
81.7%
10,019 votes · R+63.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 80.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
5,376votes
37.0% of the vote · R+24.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 5,189 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
11,310votes
79.4% of the vote · R+59.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 10,655 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
Kamala Harris2024
−22.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+24.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · −24.6 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+61.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+43.6 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +58.2 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 | 60.0%5,856 | 40.0%3,900 | 9,756 |
| 2018 | D | 61.7%5,074 | 38.3%3,152 | 8,226 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+24.2, this district stands well outside Connecticut's competitive middle ground, making it a reliable anchor for Republican state house candidates in an otherwise closely contested state.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 64.5 points in 1920. The 2024 margin was 24.2 points.
A population of 23,195, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $122,404 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 131 and State House District 76.
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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