United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016

United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016
Connecticut
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence
Electoral vote 7 0
Popular vote 897,572 673,215
Percentage 54.5% 40.9%

County Results
  Clinton—50-60%
  Trump—50-60%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

 Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated. Connecticut voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Virginia Senator Tim Kaine.

On April 26, 2016, in the presidential primaries, Connecticut voters expressed their preferences for the Democratic and Republican parties' respective nominees for president. Registered members of each party only voted in their party's primary, while voters who were unaffiliated could choose any one primary in which to vote, provided they registered with the party they wished to vote in in person by noon the day before.

Hillary Clinton won the election in Connecticut with 53.9% of the vote, a reduced margin from President Obama's 58.06% in 2012. Donald Trump, who later went on to win the presidency, received 41.7% of the vote.[1]

General Election

Statewide Results

U.S. presidential election in Connecticut, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hillary Clinton 895,224 54.51
Republican Donald Trump 673,066 40.98
Libertarian Gary Johnson 48,639 2.96
Green Jill Stein 22,799 1.39
Independent Evan McMullin 2,084 0.13
Independent Write-in's 356 0.02
Constitution Darrell Castle 144 0.01
Total votes 1,642,312 100.0


Primary elections results

Democratic primary

Three candidates appeared on the Democratic presidential primary ballot:[2]

Opinion polling

Results

 Democratic Party's presidential nominating process in Connecticut, 2016
– Summary of results –
Candidate Popular vote Estimated delegates
Count Percentage Pledged Unpledged Total
Hillary Clinton 170,045 51.80% 28 15 43
Bernie Sanders 152,379 46.42% 27 0 27
Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente 960 0.29% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 4,871 1.48% 0 1 1
Total 328,255 100% 55 16 71
Source: The Green Papers, Connecticut Secretary of State - Official Primary Results

Republican primary

Four candidates appeared on the Republican presidential primary ballot:[2]

Opinion polling

Results

Connecticut Republican primary, April 26, 2016
Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count
Bound Unbound Total
Donald Trump 123,523 57.86% 28 0 28
John Kasich 60,522 28.35% 0 0 0
Ted Cruz 24,987 11.70% 0 0 0
Uncommitted 2,728 1.28% 0 0 0
Ben Carson (withdrawn) 1,733 0.81% 0 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0
Total: 213,493 100.00% 28 0 28
Source: The Green Papers

Polling

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Connecticut Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Secretary Merrill Selects Presidential Primary Ballot Order" (PDF). Secretary of the State of Connecticut. March 22, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.

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