Connecticut · 2016 presidential election
Connecticut presidential election results 2016
Hillary Clinton carried Connecticut by 13.64 points (224,357 votes), winning 7 electoral votes.
- Electoral votes
- 7
- Votes counted
- 1,644,920
- CT result
- D+13.6
- Compared with the nation
- 11.6 pts more Democratic
- Swing since 2012
- 3.7 pts to R
Statewide result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar | Electoral votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hillary Clinton | Democratic | 897,572 | 54.60% | 7 | |
| Donald J. Trump | Republican | 673,215 | 40.90% | — | |
| Gary Johnson | Libertarian | 48,676 | 3.00% | — | |
| Total votes | 1,644,920 | ||||
Certified state documentCertified
Every ticket on the ballot, as printed in the certified document (the statewide table above groups minor candidates as “Others” when the source does).
All 24 tickets as printed in the document
| Ticket (as printed) | Code | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinton and Kaine | — | 897,572 | 54.57% |
| Trump and Pence | — | 673,215 | 40.93% |
| Johnson and Weld | — | 48,676 | 2.96% |
| Stein and Baraka | — | 22,841 | 1.39% |
| McMullin and Johnson | — | 2,108 | 0.13% |
| Castle and Bradley | — | 147 | 0.01% |
| Cooper and Meyer | — | 57 | 0.00% |
| Evans and Fitch | — | 44 | 0.00% |
| Basiago and Kinnison | — | 42 | 0.00% |
| La Riva and Puryear | — | 41 | 0.00% |
| Hoefling and Schulin | — | 31 | 0.00% |
| Kotlikoff and Leamer | — | 23 | 0.00% |
| Buchanan and Washington | — | 19 | 0.00% |
| Wu and Wu | — | 18 | 0.00% |
| Schoenke and Mitchell Jr. | — | 15 | 0.00% |
| Deame and Long | — | 13 | 0.00% |
| Blumenthal and Blair | — | 12 | 0.00% |
| De La Fuente and Steinberg | — | 12 | 0.00% |
| Smith and White | — | 12 | 0.00% |
| Klojzy Jr. and LeMay | — | 6 | 0.00% |
| Cummings and Romanoff | — | 5 | 0.00% |
| Maldonado and Terranova | — | 4 | 0.00% |
| Skewes and Lacy | — | 4 | 0.00% |
| Fox and Kushner | — | 3 | 0.00% |
County resultsMIT Election Lab
Download CSV| County | Hillary Clinton | Donald J. Trump | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 243,852 | 160,077 | 17,280 | 421,209 | 19.9 |
| Hartford | 240,403 | 148,173 | 18,288 | 406,864 | 22.7 |
| Litchfield | 39,775 | 53,051 | 4,616 | 97,442 | 13.6 |
| Middlesex | 45,357 | 38,867 | 4,400 | 88,624 | 7.3 |
| New Haven | 205,609 | 159,048 | 14,349 | 379,006 | 12.3 |
| New London | 62,278 | 54,058 | 7,192 | 123,528 | 6.7 |
| Tolland | 38,506 | 34,194 | 4,724 | 77,424 | 5.6 |
| Windham | 21,792 | 25,747 | 3,284 | 50,823 | 7.8 |
Candidate votes as printed in the document. “Total” is the document’s total where it prints one, otherwise the sum of the candidate columns. Margin is the leading ticket’s lead in points over the second.
Notes on how this document was read
- Secondary source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records).
Method: Machine-readable dataset; county sums checked against the state totals in The American Presidency Project summary (within 0.5% for both main tickets).
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Questions and answers
Who won Connecticut in 2016?
Hillary Clinton won Connecticut by 13.64 percentage points (224,357 votes).
How many electoral votes did Connecticut have in 2016?
Connecticut cast 7 electoral votes in 2016.
How many people voted for president in Connecticut in 2016?
1,644,920 votes were counted for president.
How many counties did each candidate win in Connecticut in 2016?
Hillary Clinton 6, Donald J. Trump 2 (out of 8 counties with results).
How did Connecticut change from 2012 to 2016?
The margin moved 3.7 points toward the Republican ticket, from Democratic by 17.3 points to Democratic by 13.6 points.
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data