- Lead
- 2,640
- Total
- 9,876
- vs nation
- D+28.2
Connecticut 145th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,325
- Total
- 7,306
- vs nation
- D+54.7
- Lead
- 4,053
- Total
- 6,489
- vs nation
- D+60.4
- Lead
- 3,379
- Total
- 5,892
- vs nation
- D+53.5
- Lead
- 3,976
- Total
- 6,370
- vs nation
- D+55.1
- Lead
- 3,033
- Total
- 5,813
- vs nation
- D+54.6
- Lead
- 2,990
- Total
- 5,420
- vs nation
- D+54.6
- Lead
- 2,624
- Total
- 5,052
- vs nation
- D+43.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,5052024 5-year
- Population density
- 9,402 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $80,7812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 20.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 23.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 46.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+64.6 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 121, CT · twin score 95.0
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 145th 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
82.3%
4,136 votes · D+64.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 80.9%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
43.9%
1,413 votes · D+12.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 43.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
6,172votes
62.5% of the vote · D+26.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 5,784 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
3,532votes
35.8% of the vote · D+26.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 1,810 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
Hillary Clinton2016
+60.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+62.5 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +57.6 pts
Republican
William H. Taft1912
−24.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+44.0 · U.S. D+19.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · −25.2 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin exceeding 26 points, District 145 sits firmly in the Democratic column, reflecting the dense urban or inner-suburban demographics typical of Connecticut's most lopsided legislative constituencies.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 64.6 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 32.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.7 points.
A population of 23,505, a 20% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $80,781 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 121 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 145th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/09145/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.