- Lead
- 1,788
- Total
- 8,419
- vs nation
- D+22.7
Connecticut 116th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,761
- Total
- 7,472
- vs nation
- D+45.9
- Lead
- 3,467
- Total
- 7,128
- vs nation
- D+46.5
- Lead
- 4,022
- Total
- 7,085
- vs nation
- D+52.9
- Lead
- 4,320
- Total
- 7,548
- vs nation
- D+50.0
- Lead
- 3,295
- Total
- 6,902
- vs nation
- D+50.2
- Lead
- 3,654
- Total
- 6,668
- vs nation
- D+54.3
- Lead
- 3,344
- Total
- 6,243
- vs nation
- D+45.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 22,8222024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,856 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $62,3412024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 30.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 31.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 27.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 72, CT · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 116th 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
83.8%
5,527 votes · D+67.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 78.3%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
42.2%
2,070 votes · D+15.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 40.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
5,913votes
78.3% of the vote · D+57.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,585 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,264votes
38.8% of the vote · D+21.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 2,308 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
+58.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+40.9 · U.S. R+17.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +54.3 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−17.3pts R vs U.S.
Place D+36.8 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · −22.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+21.3 in a district of roughly 23,000 residents, HD-116 ranks among Connecticut's more lopsided state house seats, suggesting a dense, demographically homogeneous electorate with limited competitive pressure.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.7 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 29.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.2 points.
A population of 22,822, a 31% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $62,341 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 72 and State House District 140.
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 116th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09116/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.