- Lead
- 2,763
- Total
- 5,930
- vs nation
- D+48.1
Connecticut 124th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,520
- Total
- 6,604
- vs nation
- D+64.0
- Lead
- 4,941
- Total
- 6,269
- vs nation
- D+76.7
- Lead
- 4,297
- Total
- 5,607
- vs nation
- D+72.8
- Lead
- 4,914
- Total
- 6,156
- vs nation
- D+72.6
- Lead
- 3,978
- Total
- 5,411
- vs nation
- D+76.0
- Lead
- 3,797
- Total
- 5,124
- vs nation
- D+73.6
- Lead
- 3,359
- Total
- 4,701
- vs nation
- D+62.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+46.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,6142024 5-year
- Population density
- 8,143 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $46,0152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 8.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 41.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 44.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+88.2 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 130, CT · twin score 99.8
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 124th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
94.1%
271 votes · D+88.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Winfield S. Hancock, 1880 · 91.9%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
28.9%
786 votes · D+42.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 28.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Hillary Clinton2016
5,552votes
88.6% of the vote · D+78.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 5,534 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
1,543votes
26.0% of the vote · D+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 1,005 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
Alton B. Parker1904
+86.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+67.1 · U.S. R+19.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +83.3 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−45.8pts R vs U.S.
Place D+65.4 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · −48.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+46.6 in a district of roughly 24,000 residents, HD-124 ranks among the most lopsided legislative constituencies in Connecticut, suggesting a dense, heavily urban core electorate.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 88.2 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 21.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.6 points.
A population of 23,614, a 8% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,015 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 130 and State House District 128.
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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