2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut

The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut was held on 8 November 2016. It was part of the 2016 United States presidential election, in which all other states plus the District of Columbia voted.

In the presidential election, Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump and received 7 electoral votes.

Presidential change

Below is a table with the polling results in Connecticut. Connecticut has voted Democrat in the general election since 1992.

Poll source	Date administered	Democrat	%	Republican	%	Libertarian	%	Green	%	Lead margin	Sample size	Margin of error
Emerson College^[1]	September 2–5, 2016	Hillary Clinton	50%	Donald Trump	35%	Gary Johnson	9%	Jill Stein	4%	15	1,000	± 3.0%

Results by Connecticut's counties

Clinton—50-60%

Trump—50-60%

	Hillary Clinton Democratic		Donald Trump Republican		Gary Johnson Libertarian		Jill Stein Green		Others Write-ins		Total Votes
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Fairfield	243,852	57.89%	160,077	38.00%	11,691	2.78%	4,866	1.16%	723	0.17%	421,209
Hartford	240,403	59.09%	148,173	36.42%	11,997	2.95%	5,680	1.40%	611	0.15%	406,864
Litchfield	39,775	40.82%	53,051	54.44%	3,004	3.08%	1,441	1.48%	171	0.18%	97,442
Middlesex	45,357	51.18%	38,867	43.86%	2,760	3.11%	1,497	1.69%	143	0.16%	88,624
New Haven	205,609	54.25%	159,048	41.96%	9,119	2.41%	4,757	1.26%	473	0.12%	379,006
New London	62,278	50.42%	54,058	43.76%	4,744	3.84%	2,220	1.80%	228	0.18%	123,528
Tolland	38,506	49.73%	34,194	44.16%	3,181	4.11%	1,370	1.77%	173	0.22%	77,424
Windham	21,792	42.88%	25,747	50.66%	2,180	4.29%	1,010	1.99%	94	0.18%	50,823
Totals	897,572	54.57%	673,215	40.93%	48,676	2.96%	22,841	1.39%	2,616	0.16%	1,644,915

The Democratic primary occurred on 26 April 2016.

The Republican primary occurred on 26 April 2016.