- Lead
- 1,584
- Total
- 54,446
- vs nation
- D+4.4
Connecticut 7th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,869
- Total
- 55,569
- vs nation
- D+2.5
- Lead
- 2,097
- Total
- 50,015
- vs nation
- R+6.3
- Lead
- 582
- Total
- 47,138
- vs nation
- R+5.1
- Lead
- 2,554
- Total
- 48,958
- vs nation
- R+2.1
- Lead
- 3,537
- Total
- 47,986
- vs nation
- R+4.9
- Lead
- 15
- Total
- 44,197
- vs nation
- R+0.6
- Lead
- 1,106
- Total
- 43,099
- vs nation
- R+6.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 100,8912024 5-year
- Population density
- 597 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 169 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $99,9572024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 78.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.0 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Worcester and Hampden District, MA · twin score 90.7
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 7th 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
61.1%
21,452 votes · D+22.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 52.6%
Republican
William McKinley1896
76.7%
3,812 votes · R+60.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1900 · 71.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
29,212votes
52.6% of the vote · D+7.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 27,572 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
32,962votes
67.9% of the vote · R+36.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 30,169 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
+4.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +2.5 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+53.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+60.0 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +42.8 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 | 62.9%29,593 | 37.1%17,478 | 47,071 |
| 2018 | D | 63.4%23,339 | 36.6%13,454 | 36,793 |
Connecticut 7th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 60.0 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.9 points.
A population of 100,891, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $99,957 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Worcester and Hampden District and State Senate District 35.
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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