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1876–2024
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
South Central Connecticut Planning Region·Connecticut

South Central Connecticut Planning Region is one of the bluest places in America.

18762024·38 elections
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut · Roman Eugeniusz · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+12
in 2024
Archetype
Urban anchor
since the recent cycles
Population
570,598
2024 ACS
Most similar
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
CT · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 262,234 votes cast
Harris · D+12
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+11.9%
144,287112,959262,234
2020D
+17.4%
159,869111,942275,409
2016D
+12.3%
135,476104,797249,727
2012D
+22.3%
144,29891,168237,902
2008D
+23.2%
153,91295,310252,284
2004D
+10.6%
131,161105,681241,416
2000D
+22.0%
130,41580,991224,750
1996D
+22.0%
117,49770,262214,730
1992D
+5.2%
106,32993,079253,763
1988R
−3.2%
107,502114,814225,582
1984R
−20.1%
92,869139,796233,720
1980R
−11.3%
86,259111,379222,532
1976R
−5.1%
103,712114,874220,197
1972R
−19.3%
89,038132,319224,239
1968D
+9.3%
105,19585,987207,179
1964D
+38.2%
144,13064,346208,588
1960D
+15.9%
124,32590,172214,498
1956R
−26.0%
73,934125,992199,925
1952R
−9.7%
89,924109,323200,003
1948D
+0.3%
80,11679,575164,061
1944D
+6.2%
81,34171,743154,277
1940D
+10.0%
83,06967,933151,342
1936D
+19.9%
77,29450,481134,818
1932D
+4.5%
57,21052,066114,742
1928D
+1.0%
54,46353,339108,750
1924R
−27.3%
23,88345,57279,395
1920R
−25.5%
25,02343,44772,132
1916D
+0.4%
20,04119,88241,699
1912D
+5.7%
14,73612,64337,021
1908R
−17.3%
14,75521,28537,837
1904R
−17.5%
14,32720,86337,274
1900R
−4.5%
16,70418,29535,742
1896R
−45.9%
1,2703,5735,016
1892
No data
1888D
+7.4%
14,57012,52127,732
1884D
+8.5%
12,74410,75723,500
1880D
+6.5%
11,79010,35322,144
1876D
+8.5%
10,2978,68418,981
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Polish
0.7%
African American
11.1%
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
20.0%
Other Christian
4.5%
Mainline Protestant
2.0%
Non-Christian
1.7%
Baptist
0.9%
Methodist
0.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region is a political anchor of New England. Its population of 570,598 and its concentration of urban, diverse, and college-educated voters have made it a Democratic stronghold for decades running.

The Democratic margin in South Central Connecticut Planning Region has been steady. It reached its modern peak at thirty-eight points in 1964; the 2024 margin was twelve points, still in line with the county's long pattern.

South Central Connecticut Planning Region's political identity is inseparable from its demographic profile: a 62% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $88,197, and the full diversity of a major metropolitan center. The county's voting pattern resembles other major urban centers most closely — Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and Middlesex County.