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1876–2024
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region·Connecticut

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

18762024·38 elections
Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut · Sage Ross · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+20
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
329,259
2024 ACS
Most similar
Western Connecticut Planning Region
CT · similarity 1.00
6 precincts · 153,964 votes cast
Harris · D+20
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+19.6%
90,89360,681153,964
2020D
+27.2%
101,27157,541161,006
2016D
+19.9%
83,00754,490143,380
2012D
+10.6%
73,96759,627134,843
2008D
+18.2%
82,69557,097140,837
2004D
+4.1%
70,08964,542136,489
2000D
+9.2%
65,95954,348126,046
1996D
+7.9%
58,66449,233119,898
1992R
−3.7%
54,53359,624139,363
1988R
−19.1%
50,93475,336127,608
1984R
−32.0%
45,01987,591133,157
1980R
−21.2%
42,23568,760125,301
1976R
−17.0%
50,49971,300122,620
1972R
−29.7%
42,59479,377124,030
1968R
−10.1%
47,44058,926113,793
1964D
+21.6%
66,30442,746109,139
1960R
−6.8%
49,84957,112106,963
1956R
−40.4%
28,89768,02696,922
1952R
−22.1%
36,22056,94193,778
1948R
−12.8%
30,89740,38473,891
1944R
−2.2%
33,76135,29769,883
1940D
+1.3%
31,89131,04163,215
1936D
+11.9%
29,72723,09555,575
1932R
−5.4%
21,91124,59049,255
1928R
−12.4%
18,88924,30843,553
1924R
−44.8%
6,40519,75729,834
1920R
−36.7%
8,42918,80728,292
1916R
−10.5%
7,1058,83716,433
1912D
+6.0%
5,3324,47514,196
1908R
−22.4%
5,0788,19113,886
1904R
−19.1%
5,3777,99613,735
1900R
−15.7%
5,2617,25612,708
1896R
−40.9%
3,3118,33612,276
1892
No data
1888D
+1.0%
5,1915,08410,487
1884D
+2.7%
4,4144,1838,597
1880D
+0.3%
4,1074,0838,190
1876D
+5.6%
3,8843,4747,358
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
10.2%
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.
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
12.3%
Other Christian
2.6%
Mainline Protestant
1.6%
Non-Christian
0.9%
Baptist
0.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Methodist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 80.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region sits in New England. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 7 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region reached its widest at twenty-seven points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was twenty points — still decisive.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $89,667, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 329,259 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Western Connecticut Planning Region and Montgomery County.