- Lead
- 22,557
- Total
- 38,032
- vs nation
- D+60.8
Connecticut 2nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 29,358
- Total
- 41,782
- vs nation
- D+65.8
- Lead
- 27,632
- Total
- 39,891
- vs nation
- D+67.2
- Lead
- 28,425
- Total
- 39,455
- vs nation
- D+68.2
- Lead
- 31,827
- Total
- 42,625
- vs nation
- D+67.4
- Lead
- 25,952
- Total
- 37,815
- vs nation
- D+71.1
- Lead
- 25,679
- Total
- 36,553
- vs nation
- D+69.7
- Lead
- 23,939
- Total
- 34,879
- vs nation
- D+60.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+59.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 95,9132024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,789 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 53.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,1092024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 23.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 49.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+81.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 2, DE · twin score 95.8
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 2nd State Senate 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
90.6%
33,109 votes · D+81.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 87.0%
Republican
William McKinley1896
37.4%
885 votes · D+20.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 33.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
37,082votes
87.0% of the vote · D+74.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 35,343 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,729votes
24.9% of the vote · D+50.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 7,466 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
George McGovern1972
+76.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+53.5 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Al Smith, 1928 · +71.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
−26.2pts R vs U.S.
Place D+20.1 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · −29.9 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 | 63.4%28,125 | 36.6%16,220 | 44,345 |
| 2018 | D | 63.6%21,912 | 36.4%12,554 | 34,466 |
Connecticut's 2nd Senate District sits along the shoreline with a population near 96,000, returning a D+59.3 presidential margin in 2024 — a result that reflects the district's mix of suburban professionals and older coastal communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 81.4 points in 1964. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 11.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.3 points.
A population of 95,913, a 23% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,109 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 2 and State Senate District 3.
The state-senate 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 2nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/09002/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.