- Lead
- 4,186
- Total
- 15,354
- vs nation
- D+28.7
Connecticut 98th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,029
- Total
- 16,190
- vs nation
- D+26.6
- Lead
- 3,182
- Total
- 14,502
- vs nation
- D+19.9
- Lead
- 4,437
- Total
- 13,953
- vs nation
- D+27.9
- Lead
- 4,814
- Total
- 14,799
- vs nation
- D+25.3
- Lead
- 2,856
- Total
- 13,940
- vs nation
- D+22.9
- Lead
- 4,080
- Total
- 13,145
- vs nation
- D+30.5
- Lead
- 3,813
- Total
- 12,550
- vs nation
- D+21.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+27.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,6902024 5-year
- Population density
- 630 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 37.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $140,9382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+18.8 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 101, CT · twin score 96.3
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 98th 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
73.3%
9,109 votes · D+46.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 65.8%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
58.1%
6,491 votes · R+16.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 55.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
10,510votes
64.9% of the vote · D+31.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 9,733 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,198votes
54.8% of the vote · R+10.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 6,820 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
+30.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+31.0 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +28.7 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
+5.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+13.9 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +4.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | D | 60.8%5,082 | 39.2%3,272 | 8,354 |
Connecticut 98th State House District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 18.8 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.3 points.
A population of 23,690, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $140,938 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 101 and State House District 23.
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
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
Connecticut 98th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09098/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.