Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT
Contests in this Place (38 available)
President37 · 1876–2024 · 3 mapped
▦ precinct · ▥ counties · ▢ no spatial detail
President margin by year
Place winner margin
1876–2024 · D minus RFull record · 1876 → 2024
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic55.5%57,007TrumpRepublican42.7%43,844OtherAll other candidates1.7%1,783
D+12.8
Lead
13,163
Total
102,634
vs nation
D+14.3
BidenDemocratic57.3%59,804TrumpRepublican41.0%42,789OtherAll other candidates1.7%1,803
D+16.3
Lead
17,015
Total
104,396
vs nation
D+11.8
ClintonDemocratic51.1%47,674TrumpRepublican43.9%40,878OtherAll other candidates5.0%4,667
D+7.3
Lead
6,796
Total
93,219
vs nation
D+5.2
ObamaDemocratic57.3%50,353RomneyRepublican41.3%36,307OtherAll other candidates1.3%1,160
D+16.0
Lead
14,046
Total
87,820
vs nation
D+12.1
ObamaDemocratic60.7%55,766McCainRepublican37.8%34,722OtherAll other candidates1.5%1,410
D+22.9
Lead
21,044
Total
91,898
vs nation
D+15.6
KerryDemocratic56.3%49,750BushRepublican42.0%37,109OtherAll other candidates1.7%1,528
D+14.3
Lead
12,641
Total
88,387
vs nation
D+16.8
GoreDemocratic55.9%45,568BushRepublican37.8%30,826OtherAll other candidates6.3%5,099
D+18.1
Lead
14,742
Total
81,493
vs nation
D+17.6
ClintonDemocratic52.5%39,718DoleRepublican32.0%24,189OtherAll other candidates15.5%11,714
D+20.5
Lead
15,529
Total
75,621
vs nation
D+12.0
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupLower Connecticut River Valley Planning RegionConnecticutUnited States
Italian19.6%15.3%4.8%
Irish19.4%13.9%9.4%
English12.7%8.7%9.5%
German11.5%7.8%12.5%
Polish9.5%6.3%2.2%
French4.1%3.8%1.6%
American3.7%3.3%5.3%
French Canadian2.8%1.9%—
Puerto Rican3.7%8.1%1.8%
Ecuadorian0.9%1.4%—
Mexican0.8%1.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.3%—0.7%
Spaniard0.3%——
Cuban0.2%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.2%1.6%0.7%
Chilean0.2%——
African American†2.9%6.0%9.9%
Jamaican0.8%1.8%0.4%
African0.3%0.5%0.5%
Asian Indian0.9%1.7%1.4%
Chinese0.9%1.1%1.3%
Vietnamese0.4%0.2%0.6%
Filipino0.3%0.4%0.9%
Pakistani0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
Median age
45.9
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
8.6%
9.3%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.2%
18.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
Median household income
$104,428
$95,781
$84,427
Poverty rate
6.8%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
46.0%
42.5%
35.6%
Housing and tenure
Measure
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
Owner-occupied homes
75.8%
66.5%
65.2%
Renter-occupied homes
24.2%
33.5%
34.8%
Median home value
$379,700
$366,900
$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)
$1,454
$1,488
$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income
49.6%
52.6%
51.1%
Vacant housing units
10.7%
7.0%
10.1%
Getting to work
Measure
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
Mean commute
26.0 min
26.5 min
26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more
6.0%
8.7%
8.6%
Drives alone to work
71.6%
68.8%
68.8%
Takes public transit
1.1%
3.3%
3.2%
Works from home
16.8%
16.0%
15.1%
Languages at home
Measure
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
10.7%
23.4%
22.3%
Spanish
4.2%
12.8%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.0%
1.5%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.3%
4.0%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
Catholic
29.1%
28.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
7.2%
6.5%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
53.9%
54.0%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.7%
6.0%
5.2%
Origins and service
Measure
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region
Connecticut
United States
Foreign-born residents
8.2%
15.7%
14.1%
Naturalized citizens
5.1%
8.7%
7.4%
Not U.S. citizens
3.1%
7.1%
6.8%
Veterans (18+)
5.8%
4.7%
6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.452
0.499
0.483
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).
county2024 presidential electionLower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CTHarrisD+12.8
18762024
2024 precinct map of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning RegionPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin, and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the precinct. Detailed per-precinct vote counts, search, sorting, and CSV export are available in the collapsed precinct data section below this map.
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic
55.5%
57,007
Donald TrumpRepublican
42.7%
43,844
OtherAll other candidates
1.7%
1,783
Harris +50Trump +50
17 precincts · 102,634 votes. Hover any precinct for its result.
Connecticut replaced its eight counties with nine planning regions, the Census county-equivalents since 2022; the presidential series here is apportioned onto these boundaries from the historical county returns by town population share, not re-counted. The timeline scrubs this planning region’s overall result across 1876–2024.
Precinct-level results (17 precincts) — table
2024 presidential result by precinct for Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region — winner and Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
Precinct
Winner
Margin
130-Chester
Democratic
D+31.0
130-Clinton
Democratic
D+9.6
130-Cromwell
Democratic
D+9.5
130-Deep River
Democratic
D+22.2
130-Durham
Republican
R+3.5
130-East Haddam
Democratic
D+2.1
130-East Hampton
Democratic
D+0.7
130-Essex
Democratic
D+29.6
130-Haddam
Republican
R+4.5
130-Killingworth
Democratic
D+4.7
130-Lyme
Democratic
D+32.8
130-Middlefield
Democratic
D+1.4
130-Middletown
Democratic
D+29.0
130-Old Lyme
Democratic
D+18.4
130-Old Saybrook
Democratic
D+17.2
130-Portland
Democratic
D+6.3
130-Westbrook
Democratic
D+4.1
Explore precinct resultsSearch, sort, compare years, or export CSV · 17 precincts
Precinct data
Results by precinct
17 precincts · 104,504 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region precinct-level presidential election results for 2024
Precinct -130-Middletown130-Middletown
13,986
7,611
417
22,014
63.5%
34.6%
D+29.0
Precinct -130-Cromwell130-Cromwell
4,635
3,816
195
8,646
53.6%
44.1%
D+9.5
Precinct -130-East Hampton130-East Hampton
4,061
4,006
134
8,201
49.5%
48.8%
D+0.7
Precinct -130-Clinton130-Clinton
4,318
3,550
126
7,994
54.0%
44.4%
D+9.6
Precinct -130-Old Saybrook130-Old Saybrook
4,150
2,921
76
7,147
58.1%
40.9%
D+17.2
Precinct -130-Portland130-Portland
3,127
2,753
104
5,984
52.3%
46.0%
D+6.3
Precinct -130-East Haddam130-East Haddam
2,902
2,781
101
5,784
50.2%
48.1%
D+2.1
Precinct -130-Haddam130-Haddam
2,640
2,892
87
5,619
47.0%
51.5%
R+4.5
Precinct -130-Old Lyme130-Old Lyme
3,107
2,127
97
5,331
58.3%
39.9%
D+18.4
Precinct -130-Durham130-Durham
2,217
2,382
107
4,706
47.1%
50.6%
R+3.5
Precinct -130-Essex130-Essex
2,892
1,554
80
4,526
63.9%
34.3%
D+29.6
Precinct -130-Killingworth130-Killingworth
2,270
2,061
75
4,406
51.5%
46.8%
D+4.7
Precinct -130-Westbrook130-Westbrook
2,178
2,006
49
4,233
51.5%
47.4%
D+4.1
Precinct -130-Deep River130-Deep River
1,735
1,097
45
2,877
60.3%
38.1%
D+22.2
Precinct -130-Middlefield130-Middlefield
1,396
1,358
49
2,803
49.8%
48.4%
D+1.4
Precinct -130-Chester130-Chester
1,666
866
47
2,579
64.6%
33.6%
D+31.0
Precinct -130-Lyme130-Lyme
1,080
537
37
1,654
65.3%
32.5%
D+32.8
presidential history
Party record book
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 37 presidential cycles · 37 with a vote-share denominator · 33 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
67.5%
32,546 votes · D+35.1
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 60.7%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
65.1%
9,095 votes · R+32.8
Runner-up · Calvin Coolidge, 1924 · 65.0%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
59,804votes
57.3% of the vote · D+16.3
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 57,007 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
43,844votes
42.7% of the vote · D+12.8
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 42,789 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Seats representing Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT. A county elects none of these itself — they are the members for the 3 congressional, 4 state senate and 6 state house districts it falls inside, so parts of the county are represented by different members.
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region · Akashic carries this place’s presidential nominating contests, but not at this place’s own grain.
Connecticut’s presidential primary returns are aggregated to the eight counties retired as county-equivalents in 2022. Akashic publishes the nine planning regions that replaced them, and their boundaries cross the old county lines. The presidential record elsewhere on this page crosses that boundary because a general-election county row carries each party’s votes, and votes can be apportioned and disclosed as an estimate. A primary county row carries a leader and a lead over the runner-up and nothing else: there is no per-candidate vote to apportion, and who led is not a quantity that can be weighted. So the record is complete and published — at Connecticut’s state contest, not at this grain. See Connecticut’s Democratic presidential primary.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+9.1
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+12.8
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.8 points more Democratic than the rolls.
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+197 net domestic migration · 2025
20212025
Net +3,757 over 2021–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $86,726 in average income, against $120,037 for residents who stayed — 28% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean D+16.9 on average — 4.1 points more Democratic-leaning than Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT itself (D+12.8).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
Capitol Planning Region, CT1,383D+20.1
South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT1,026D+11.9
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
Domestic migration in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2021
+2,555
2022
+586
2023
+175
2024
+244
2025
+197
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1924. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.8 points.
A population of 175,822, a 79% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $104,428 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region and Ulster County.
Akashic
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
How did Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut vote in 2024?
In 2024, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut voted Democratic by 12.8 points (D+12.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 102,634 votes cast, 57,007 went Democratic and 43,844 went Republican.
When did Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut?
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut has a population of 175,822 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut?
Median household income in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut is $104,428 — above the national median of $80,734. The Connecticut state median is $95,781.
What is the political history of Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 14 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
