- Lead
- 6,340
- Total
- 14,330
- vs nation
- D+45.7
Connecticut 136th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,743
- Total
- 15,267
- vs nation
- D+46.3
- Lead
- 5,758
- Total
- 13,434
- vs nation
- D+40.8
- Lead
- 4,399
- Total
- 12,339
- vs nation
- D+31.8
- Lead
- 5,561
- Total
- 13,113
- vs nation
- D+35.1
- Lead
- 3,647
- Total
- 12,259
- vs nation
- D+32.2
- Lead
- 3,848
- Total
- 11,488
- vs nation
- D+33.0
- Lead
- 3,380
- Total
- 10,921
- vs nation
- D+22.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+44.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,6012024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,349 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 17.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $250,0012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+50.7 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+23.5 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 135, CT · twin score 98.0
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 136th 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
Joe Biden2020
74.6%
11,395 votes · D+50.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 72.7%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
57.9%
4,476 votes · R+15.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 54.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
11,395votes
74.6% of the vote · D+50.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 10,232 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
5,725votes
52.8% of the vote · R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 5,189 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
Joe Biden2020
+46.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+50.7 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +45.7 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+0.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+15.9 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · −1.7 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%6,397 | 38.3%3,976 | 10,373 |
| 2018 | D | 61.4%5,195 | 38.6%3,265 | 8,460 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+44.3, this Hartford-area district ranks among the most lopsided in the state, reflecting a dense urban core where competitive general elections are rare and primaries often decide outcomes.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.7 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 23.5 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 44.2 points.
A population of 23,601, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $250,001 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 135 and State House District 42.
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 136th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09136/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.