- Lead
- 2,213
- Total
- 12,110
- vs nation
- D+19.7
Connecticut 120th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,119
- Total
- 13,607
- vs nation
- D+11.1
- Lead
- 266
- Total
- 12,459
- vs nation
- Even
- Lead
- 968
- Total
- 11,940
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 29
- Total
- 12,257
- vs nation
- R+7.5
- Lead
- 1,755
- Total
- 12,174
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 980
- Total
- 11,196
- vs nation
- R+9.3
- Lead
- 954
- Total
- 10,639
- vs nation
- R+17.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,6492024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,331 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $122,8262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 64.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 10.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18.3 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.0 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 143, CT · twin score 95.0
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 120th 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
Kamala Harris2024
58.6%
7,095 votes · D+18.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 57.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
77.5%
7,272 votes · R+55.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 74.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,787votes
57.2% of the vote · D+15.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,095 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
9,360votes
73.7% of the vote · R+47.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 8,498 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
+19.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+18.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +11.1 pts
Republican
Herbert Hoover1932
+41.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+23.5 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · +39.6 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 | 61.7%6,410 | 38.3%3,984 | 10,394 |
| 2018 | D | 61.4%5,206 | 38.6%3,272 | 8,478 |
With fewer than 24,000 residents and a recent presidential margin of D+18.3, this Connecticut House district has delivered consistent lopsided results, making it a reliable anchor in statewide Democratic coalition math.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.3 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 55.0 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.3 points.
A population of 23,649, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $122,826 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 143 and State House District 147.
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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