- Lead
- 19,773
- Total
- 59,325
- vs nation
- D+34.8
Connecticut 26th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 23,695
- Total
- 63,551
- vs nation
- D+32.8
- Lead
- 15,521
- Total
- 56,171
- vs nation
- D+25.5
- Lead
- 9,998
- Total
- 52,126
- vs nation
- D+15.3
- Lead
- 14,467
- Total
- 54,798
- vs nation
- D+19.1
- Lead
- 6,643
- Total
- 52,525
- vs nation
- D+15.1
- Lead
- 8,475
- Total
- 48,956
- vs nation
- D+16.8
- Lead
- 7,252
- Total
- 47,012
- vs nation
- D+6.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+33.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 102,3222024 5-year
- Population density
- 830 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 123 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $201,3282024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 8.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.3 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37.9 in 1924MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 28, CT · twin score 96.7
presidential history
Party record book
Connecticut 26th 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
Joe Biden2020
67.8%
43,105 votes · D+37.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 65.8%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
66.4%
23,744 votes · R+32.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 61.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
43,105votes
67.8% of the vote · D+37.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 39,036 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
30,527votes
61.6% of the vote · R+23.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 27,669 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
+34.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+33.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +32.8 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
+17.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+32.8 · U.S. R+15.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +15.0 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%27,733 | 38.3%17,237 | 44,970 |
| 2018 | D | 61.4%22,525 | 38.6%14,157 | 36,682 |
Connecticut 26th State Senate District sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.3 points in 2020 and a Republican high of 37.9 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.3 points.
A population of 102,322, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $201,328 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 28 and State Senate District 36.
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 26th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/09026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.