- Lead
- 1,158
- Total
- 14,987
- vs nation
- R+6.3
Connecticut 87th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 490
- Total
- 15,435
- vs nation
- R+7.6
- Lead
- 1,431
- Total
- 13,583
- vs nation
- R+12.6
- Lead
- 113
- Total
- 12,673
- vs nation
- R+4.7
- Lead
- 50
- Total
- 13,386
- vs nation
- R+6.9
- Lead
- 1,689
- Total
- 13,286
- vs nation
- R+10.3
- Lead
- 0
- Total
- 11,869
- vs nation
- R+0.5
- Lead
- 189
- Total
- 11,335
- vs nation
- R+6.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+7.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,2532024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,166 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 20.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $132,6892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.6 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 89, CT · twin score 94.8
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 87th 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
58.1%
6,206 votes · D+16.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 49.7%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
73.3%
8,749 votes · R+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 71.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,386votes
47.9% of the vote · R+3.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,819 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
9,698votes
70.5% of the vote · R+41.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 9,176 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 Gore2000
−0.5pts D vs U.S.
Place Tied · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · −4.7 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+35.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+17.5 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +33.8 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 | 58.3%5,691 | 41.7%4,068 | 9,759 |
| 2018 | D | 60.8%5,203 | 39.2%3,349 | 8,552 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+7.7 in a state that leans Democratic statewide, this district of roughly 24,000 residents signals a distinct suburban or exurban political character worth watching in state legislative contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 46.6 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.7 points.
A population of 24,253, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $132,689 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 89 and State House District 90.
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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