2024 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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2024 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Nominee Joe Biden (presumptive) Donald Trump (presumptive) Party Democratic Republican Home state Delaware Florida Running mate Kamala Harris (presumptive) TBA

Incumbent President Joe Biden Democratic

The 2024 United States presidential election in Connecticut is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Connecticut voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Connecticut has seven electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. ^[1]

Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden is running for reelection to a second term. ^[2]

Primary elections

Republican primary

Main article: 2024 Connecticut Republican presidential primary

The Connecticut Republican primary was held on April 2, 2024, alongside the New York primary. ^[3]

Connecticut Republican primary, April 2, 2024

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Bound	Unbound	Total
Donald Trump	34,760	77.9%	28		28
Nikki Haley (withdrawn)	6,220	13.9%
Uncommitted	2,162	4.8%
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)	1,275	2.9%
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)	219	0.5%
Total:	44,636	100.0%	28		28
Source: [4]

Democratic primary

Main article: 2024 Connecticut Democratic presidential primary

The Connecticut Democratic primary was held on April 2, 2024.

Connecticut Democratic primary, April 2, 2024

Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Actual delegate count
			Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Joe Biden (incumbent)	55,361	84.8%	60		60
Uncommitted	7,492	11.5%
Marianne Williamson	1,501	2.3%
Dean Phillips (withdrawn)	580	0.9%
Cenk Uygur (withdrawn)	316	0.5%
Total:	65,250	100.0%	60	14	79
Source: [5]

Libertarian primary

The Libertarian Party of Connecticut held a ranked-choice straw poll on April 2, 2024. ^[6]

2024 Connecticut Libertarian straw poll

Candidate	Round 1		T.	Round 2		T.	Round 3		T.	Round 4		T.	Round 5		T.	Round 6		T.	Round 7
	Votes	%		Votes	%		Votes	%		Votes	%		Votes	%		Votes	%		Votes	%
Chase Oliver	37	34.9%	+1	38	35.8%		38	37.6%	+3	41	41.0%	+1	42	42.4%	+2	44	44.4%	+5	49	51.0%
Jacob Hornberger	12	11.3%		12	11.3%	+1	13	12.9%	+1	14	14.0%	+2	16	16.2%	+4	20	20.2%	+4	24	25.0%
Michael Rectenwald	14	14.6%		14	13.2%		14	13.9%		14	14.0%	+2	16	16.2%	+2	18	18.2%	+5	23	24.0%
Joshua Smith	10	9.4%	+1	11	10.4%		11	10.9%		11	11.0%	+2	13	13.1%	+4	17	17.2%	–17	Eliminated
Mike ter Maat	9	8.5%		9	8.5%		9	8.9%	+1	10	10.0%	+2	12	12.1%	–12	Eliminated
Lars Mapstead	7	6.6%	+1	8	7.5%		8	7.9%	+2	10	10.0%	–10	Eliminated
Charles Ballay	7	6.6%	+1	8	7.5%		8	7.9%	–8	Eliminated
None of the above	6	5.7%		6	5.7%	–6	Eliminated
Joseph Collins Jr.	4	3.8%	–4	Eliminated
Active ballots	106					–5	101		–1	100		–1	99					–3	96

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report [7]	Solid D	December 19, 2023
Inside Elections [8]	Solid D	April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9]	Solid D	June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [10]	Solid D	December 14, 2023
CNalysis [11]	Solid D	December 30, 2023
CNN [12]	Solid D	January 14, 2024

Polling

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Joe Biden Democratic	Donald Trump Republican	Other / Undecided
Emerson College	October 19–21, 2022	1,000 (LV)	± 3.0%	49%	40%	11%
Emerson College	September 7–9, 2022	1,000 (LV)	± 3.0%	49%	36%	15%
McLaughlin & Associates (R)	July 26–27, 2022	500 (LV)	± 4.4%	52%	39%	9%
Emerson College	May 10–11, 2022	1,000 (RV)	± 3.0%	51%	38%	11%

See also

• United States presidential elections in Connecticut
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

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2. Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.
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7. "2024 CPR Electoral College Ratings". cookpolitical.com. Cook Political Report. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
8. "Presidential Ratings". insideelections.com. Inside Elections. April 26, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
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12. "Electoral College map 2024: Road to 270". CNN . Retrieved January 14, 2024.