- Lead
- 4,288
- Total
- 6,784
- vs nation
- D+64.7
Connecticut 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,625
- Total
- 8,408
- vs nation
- D+74.3
- Lead
- 6,826
- Total
- 8,522
- vs nation
- D+78.0
- Lead
- 7,401
- Total
- 8,715
- vs nation
- D+81.1
- Lead
- 7,879
- Total
- 9,369
- vs nation
- D+76.8
- Lead
- 6,579
- Total
- 8,150
- vs nation
- D+83.2
- Lead
- 6,680
- Total
- 8,258
- vs nation
- D+80.4
- Lead
- 5,669
- Total
- 7,876
- vs nation
- D+68.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+63.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,8772024 5-year
- Population density
- 7,959 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,8802024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+89.8 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 92, CT · twin score 96.8
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 96th 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
94.9%
8,005 votes · D+89.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Samuel J. Tilden, 1876 · 93.3%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
17.3%
1,176 votes · D+63.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 16.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
8,543votes
91.2% of the vote · D+84.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 8,014 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,176votes
17.3% of the vote · D+63.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 922 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
+97.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+79.8 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +90.8 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−41.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+60.6 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · −56.1 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%5,602 | 41.7%4,005 | 9,607 |
District 96 recorded a 63.2-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most concentrated Democratic-leaning constituencies in the state. Its compact urban character drives some of the most consistent partisan alignment in Connecticut's lower chamber.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 89.8 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 15.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 63.2 points.
A population of 23,877, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,880 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 92 and State House District 93.
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 96th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09096/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.