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1912 presidential election in Connecticut

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Connecticut in 1912, 39.2% to 35.9%, a margin of 3.3 points and 6,237 votes.

Connecticut changed party: in 1908 it went Republican, for William Howard Taft.

Democrats led in 4 of the 8 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, New Haven, cast 56,186 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.7 points. The closest was Tolland, where 123 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Woodrow Wilson won Democratic 74,561 39.2%
William Howard Taft Republican 68,324 35.9%
Theodore Roosevelt Progressive 34,129 17.9%
All other candidates 13,384 7.0%
Total190,398

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
New Haven 22,364 39.8% 19,188 34.2% 14,634 56,186 D+5.7
Hartford 16,756 38.6% 16,961 39.1% 9,674 43,391 R+0.5
Fairfield 15,663 37.6% 13,147 31.5% 12,893 41,703 D+6.0
New London 6,942 44.0% 5,543 35.1% 3,292 15,777 D+8.9
Litchfield 4,661 35.5% 5,518 42.0% 2,959 13,138 R+6.5
Middlesex 3,393 41.6% 2,892 35.4% 1,878 8,163 D+6.1
Windham 2,881 39.5% 3,051 41.8% 1,363 7,295 R+2.3
Tolland 1,901 40.1% 2,024 42.7% 820 4,745 R+2.6

Counties as they stood in 1912; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Connecticut in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+14.5
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+20.1
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+13.6
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+17.3
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+22.4
2004 John Kerry (D) D+10.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+17.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+18.1
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+21.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.4
1968 Hubert Humphrey (D) D+5.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+35.7
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+7.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+27.5
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+11.8
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.6
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+5.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.0
1932 Herbert Hoover (R) R+1.1
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+8.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.0
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+29.7
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+3.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+3.3
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+23.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+20.0
1900 William McKinley (R) R+15.9
1896 William McKinley (R) R+30.7
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.3
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+0.2
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+0.9
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+2.0
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+4.8
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+3.1