Kamala D. Harris won Connecticut with 56.4% of the vote, ahead of Donald J. Trump. 1,759,010 votes were counted. The party margin was a Democratic lead of 14.5 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Connecticut that is loaded, the margin moved 5.6 points toward Republicans.
Connecticut leans Democratic by 16.2 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Connecticut voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 10 of 13 presidential elections from 1976 to 2024. On average its margin sat 10.1 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 1,759,010 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 66.6% of the 2,641,585 citizens aged 18 and over in Connecticut.