- Lead
- 818
- Total
- 12,056
- vs nation
- D+8.3
Connecticut 117th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 991
- Total
- 14,679
- vs nation
- D+2.3
- Lead
- 406
- Total
- 13,019
- vs nation
- R+5.2
- Lead
- 828
- Total
- 12,208
- vs nation
- D+2.9
- Lead
- 1,023
- Total
- 12,903
- vs nation
- D+0.7
- Lead
- 650
- Total
- 12,720
- vs nation
- R+2.7
- Lead
- 839
- Total
- 11,616
- vs nation
- D+6.7
- Lead
- 928
- Total
- 10,987
- vs nation
- R+0.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,8032024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,267 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 10.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $118,2282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+40.4 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 90, CT · twin score 96.2
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 117th 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
61.9%
6,455 votes · D+23.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 53.5%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
70.2%
7,785 votes · R+40.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 67.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,746votes
52.8% of the vote · D+6.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 6,905 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
8,637votes
67.2% of the vote · R+34.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 8,178 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
+8.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+6.8 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Gore, 2000 · +6.7 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+28.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+10.4 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · +27.1 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%5,585 | 41.7%3,993 | 9,578 |
| 2018 | D | 60.8%5,106 | 39.2%3,287 | 8,393 |
The district recorded a Democratic presidential margin of D+6.8 in 2024 and D+7.9 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 14,700 residents lived here, with White alone at 62.5% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 40.4 points in 1956. The 2024 margin was 6.8 points.
A population of 23,803, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $118,228 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 90 and State House District 86.
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 117th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09117/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.