United States presidential elections in Connecticut

Presidential elections in Connecticut
No. of elections	58
Voted Democrat	20
Voted Republican	23
Voted Whig	3
Voted Democratic-Republican	4
Voted Federalist	6
Voted other	2[lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate	39
Voted for losing candidate	19

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Connecticut, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Connecticut has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
2016	Donald Trump	673,215	40.93	Hillary Clinton	897,572	54.57	-			7
2012	Barack Obama	905,083	58.06	Mitt Romney	634,892	40.73	-			7
2008	Barack Obama	997,772	60.59	John McCain	629,428	38.22	-			7
2004	George W. Bush	693,826	43.95	John Kerry	857,488	54.31	-			7
2000	George W. Bush	561,094	38.44	Al Gore	816,015	55.91	-			8
1996	Bill Clinton	735,740	52.83	Bob Dole	483,109	34.69	Ross Perot	139,523	10.02	8
1992	Bill Clinton	682,318	42.21	George H. W. Bush	578,313	35.78	Ross Perot	348,771	21.58	8
1988	George H. W. Bush	750,241	51.98	Michael Dukakis	676,584	46.87	-			8
1984	Ronald Reagan	890,877	60.73	Walter Mondale	569,597	38.83	-			8
1980	Ronald Reagan	677,210	48.16	Jimmy Carter	541,732	38.52	John B. Anderson	171,807	12.22	8
1976	Jimmy Carter	647,895	46.90	Gerald Ford	719,261	52.06	-			8
1972	Richard Nixon	810,763	58.57	George McGovern	555,498	40.13	-			8
1968	Richard Nixon	556,721	44.32	Hubert Humphrey	621,561	49.48	George Wallace	76,650	6.10	8
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	826,269	67.81	Barry Goldwater	390,996	32.09	-			8
1960	John F. Kennedy	657,055	53.73	Richard Nixon	565,813	46.27	-			8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	711,837	63.72	Adlai Stevenson II	405,079	36.26	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors^{[lower-alpha 3]}	-		8
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	611,012	55.70	Adlai Stevenson II	481,649	43.91	-			8
1948	Harry S. Truman	423,297	47.91	Thomas E. Dewey	437,754	49.55	Strom Thurmond	-		8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	435,146	52.30	Thomas E. Dewey	390,527	46.94	-			8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	417,621	53.44	Wendell Willkie	361,819	46.30	-			8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	382,129	55.32	Alf Landon	278,685	40.35	-			8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	281,632	47.40	Herbert Hoover	288,420	48.54	-			8
1928	Herbert Hoover	296,614	53.63	Al Smith	252,040	45.57	-			7
1924	Calvin Coolidge	246,322	61.54	John W. Davis	110,184	27.53	Robert M. La Follette Sr.	42,416	10.6	7
1920	Warren G. Harding	229,238	62.72	James M. Cox	120,721	33.03	Parley P. Christensen	1,947	0.53	7
1916	Woodrow Wilson	99,786	46.66	Charles E. Hughes	106,514	49.80	-			7
1912	Woodrow Wilson	74,561	39.16	Theodore Roosevelt	34,129	17.92	William H. Taft	68,324	35.88	7
1908	William H. Taft	112,915	59.43	William Jennings Bryan	68,255	35.92	-			7
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	111,089	58.12	Alton B. Parker	72,909	38.15	-			7
1900	William McKinley	102,572	56.92	William Jennings Bryan	74,014	41.07	-			6
1896	William McKinley	110,285	63.24	William Jennings Bryan	56,740	32.54	-			6
1892	Grover Cleveland	82,395	50.06	Benjamin Harrison	77,032	46.80	James B. Weaver	809	0.49	6
1888	Benjamin Harrison	74,584	48.44	Grover Cleveland	74,920	48.66	-	-		6
1884	Grover Cleveland	67,182	48.95	James G. Blaine	65,898	48.01	-			6
1880	James A. Garfield	67,071	50.51	Winfield S. Hancock	64,411	48.50	James B. Weaver	868	0.65	6
1876^[1]	Rutherford B. Hayes	59,033	48.33	Samuel J. Tilden	61,927	50.70	-			6
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	50,314	52.41	Horace Greeley	45,695	47.59	-			6
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	50,789	51.5	Horatio Seymour	47,781	48.5	-			6
1864	Abraham Lincoln	44,673	51.4	George B. McClellan	42,285	48.6	-			6

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	43,488	58.1	Stephen A. Douglas	15,431	20.6	John C. Breckinridge	14,372	19.2	John Bell	1,528	2.0	6

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1856	James Buchanan	34,997	43.57	John C. Frémont	42,717	53.18	Millard Fillmore	2,615	3.26	6
1852	Franklin Pierce	33,249	49.79	Winfield Scott	30,359	45.56	John P. Hale	3,161	4.73	6
1848	Zachary Taylor	30,318	48.59	Lewis Cass	27,051	43.35	Martin Van Buren	5,005	8.02	6
1844	James K. Polk	29,841	46.18	Henry Clay	32,832	50.81	-			6
1840	William Henry Harrison	31,598	55.55	Martin Van Buren	25,281	44.45	-			8
1836	Martin Van Buren	19,294	50.65	William Henry Harrison	18,799	49.35	various^{[lower-alpha 4]}			8
1832	Andrew Jackson	11,269	34.32	Henry Clay	18,155	55.29	William Wirt	3,409	10.38	8
1828	Andrew Jackson	4,448	22.95	John Quincy Adams	13,829	71.36	-			8

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Loser (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1824	Andrew Jackson	no ballots	-	John Quincy Adams	7,494	70.39	Henry Clay	no ballots	-	William H. Crawford	1,965	18.46	8

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all nine of Connecticut’s electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

In elections prior to 1820, Connecticut did not conduct a popular vote. Each Elector was appointed by the state legislature.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Loser (nationally)	Electoral Votes	Notes
1820	James Monroe	-	9	Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816	James Monroe	Rufus King	9
1812	James Madison	DeWitt Clinton	9
1808	James Madison	Charles C. Pinckney	9
1804	Thomas Jefferson	Charles C. Pinckney	9
1800	Thomas Jefferson	John Adams	9
1796	John Adams	Thomas Jefferson	9
1792	George Washington	-	9	Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89	George Washington	-	7	Washington effectively ran unopposed.

References

↑ Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1876 Presidential General Election Results – Connecticut

Notes

↑ George Washington, 1788-89, 1792.
1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
↑ Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
↑ Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Connecticut.

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[4] Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; 1876 Presidential General Election Results – Connecticut

[1] George Washington, 1788-89, 1792.

[national-2] 1 2 For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.

[3] Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

[5] Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Connecticut.

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