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1876–2024
Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut
Northwest Hills Planning Region·Connecticut

Northwest Hills Planning Region votes the way the country votes.

18762024·38 elections
Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut · John Phelan · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+5
in 2024
Archetype
Bellwether
since the recent cycles
Population
113,216
2024 ACS
Most similar
Macomb County
MI · similarity 0.90
21 precincts · 63,238 votes cast
Trump · R+5
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−5.4%
29,44232,84263,238
2020R
−2.1%
30,96132,33264,352
2016R
−10.4%
24,75130,80458,304
2012R
−0.9%
27,02927,55355,384
2008D
+7.3%
31,25226,93959,209
2004R
−3.5%
27,27129,31557,690
2000D
+5.0%
25,61122,97652,295
1996D
+8.8%
22,97118,67148,921
1992D
+0.7%
20,85820,49256,101
1988R
−11.0%
21,20826,53748,279
1984R
−30.5%
16,63331,31848,117
1980R
−13.7%
16,65923,02546,359
1976R
−9.6%
20,11324,42144,812
1972R
−19.8%
17,45626,17644,121
1968R
−1.0%
18,43018,81239,429
1964D
+33.3%
24,96312,48937,494
1960R
−5.1%
18,33720,29738,635
1956R
−37.2%
11,01124,06335,074
1952R
−24.9%
12,86321,39634,328
1948R
−15.0%
11,74915,97728,240
1944R
−8.3%
12,10514,30726,562
1940R
−5.9%
12,10913,63725,779
1936R
−1.2%
10,84211,11222,523
1932R
−14.4%
8,26511,10919,801
1928R
−25.8%
6,70811,41118,210
1924R
−34.9%
3,9819,23115,035
1920R
−33.5%
4,1688,54113,043
1916R
−7.2%
3,6814,2698,130
1912R
−6.1%
2,7543,2247,714
1908R
−35.3%
2,4155,2097,906
1904R
−30.7%
2,6575,0997,956
1900R
−29.3%
2,6674,9377,735
1896R
−25.7%
3,4035,8809,625
1892
No data
1888R
−2.3%
3,3473,5127,124
1884D
+3.9%
3,3973,1416,538
1880R
−0.6%
3,3743,4176,791
1876D
+6.1%
3,3993,0106,409
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
English
0.5%
African American
2.2%
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
13.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.7%
Other Christian
1.8%
Non-Christian
1.0%
Methodist
0.9%
Baptist
0.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Northwest Hills Planning Region in New England has, for decades, voted very close to the way the country has voted. Its margins are typically narrow, and the candidate who carries Northwest Hills Planning Region more often than not also wins the national popular vote.

The Democratic margin in Northwest Hills Planning Region has rarely exceeded thirty-three points in modern history; the Republican margin has rarely exceeded thirty-seven points. 2024 delivered the county to the Republican candidate by five points.

Northwest Hills Planning Region's demographics resemble the country more than they resemble most counties. A 84% non-Hispanic-white share, a 9% poverty rate, and a median household income of $93,551 — all within the broad national range. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Macomb County and Suffolk County.