Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

2024 results by precinct

38 precincts · 475,693 votes cast

Harris · D+20

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+20.1%	281,478	185,997	475,693
2020	D	+25.0%	304,377	180,813	493,288
2016	D	+19.8%	259,270	170,197	450,974
2012	D	+23.7%	264,019	161,940	431,137
2008	D	+29.7%	291,809	156,853	454,454
2004	D	+17.8%	250,252	173,468	431,473
2000	D	+23.7%	236,665	141,733	400,205
1996	D	+24.6%	216,944	121,836	386,305
1992	D	+14.4%	206,974	142,395	447,134
1988	D	+5.8%	210,446	187,266	401,664
1984	R	−12.3%	174,981	224,184	400,835
1980	D	+2.5%	169,798	160,128	391,443
1976	D	+3.7%	198,758	184,492	385,489
1972	R	−6.2%	180,112	204,070	387,932
1968	D	+16.0%	193,358	137,671	348,715
1964	D	+45.2%	242,755	91,533	334,917
1960	D	+15.9%	194,119	140,737	334,858
1956	R	−17.1%	125,735	177,481	303,216
1952	R	−2.5%	144,091	151,583	296,489
1948	D	+7.3%	122,717	105,723	233,526
1944	D	+13.3%	125,197	95,697	222,070
1940	D	+12.0%	112,731	88,497	201,677
1936	D	+20.2%	101,736	66,282	175,137
1932	R	−0.8%	71,440	72,572	149,263
1928	R	−8.2%	64,709	76,326	142,235
1924	R	−33.7%	28,093	61,557	99,346
1920	R	−27.5%	30,137	54,788	89,515
1916	D	+0.6%	24,448	24,128	50,758
1912	R	−0.7%	17,293	17,604	44,605
1908	R	−28.4%	13,652	25,580	42,005
1904	R	−19.5%	16,473	24,885	43,064
1900	R	−21.7%	14,988	23,594	39,637
1896	R	−22.4%	20,812	33,448	56,385
1892	—	No data	—	—	—
1888	R	−2.5%	16,162	17,011	34,147
1884	R	−0.9%	15,022	15,285	30,308
1880	R	−4.9%	14,268	15,743	30,012
1876	D	+2.5%	14,767	14,034	28,801

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

Polish

0.5%

African American

10.0%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 40.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.9%

85+

1.6%

2.3%

75–84

3.0%

4.8%

65–74

5.5%

6.6%

55–64

7.0%

5.9%

45–54

6.2%

6.5%

35–44

6.5%

6.7%

25–34

6.4%

5.1%

18–24

5.0%

7.7%

5–17

7.4%

2.6%

2.4%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$93,394

Capitol Planning Region ranks in the top 10% of US counties.

Capitol Planning Region$93,394

Connecticut$95,781

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

10.3%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Catholic & Orthodox

48.8%

Other Christian

9.6%

Mainline Protestant

7.6%

Non-Christian

5.5%

Baptist

4.7%

Methodist

2.4%

Pentecostal & Holiness

2.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 19.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Capitol Planning Region is a political anchor of New England. Its population of 977,290 and its concentration of urban, diverse, and college-educated voters have made it a Democratic stronghold for decades running.

The Democratic margin in Capitol Planning Region has been steady. It reached its modern peak at forty-five points in 1964; the 2024 margin was twenty points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

Capitol Planning Region's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 64% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $93,394, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Washington County and Bristol County.

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Capitol Planning Region is one of the bluest places in America.