CONNECTICUT | 8 Electoral Votes |
Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary of State)
Connecticut has: 8 counties and 169 towns. Largest counties: Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, New London, Litchfield. Largest cities: Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury. Government
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Secretary of State Concern'd
Citizens Pty (Const)
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Past
Results
1996 Clinton (Dem.)........735,740 (52.83) Dole (Rep.).............483,109 (34.69) Perot (Ref.).............139,523 (10.02) Nader (Grn.).............24,321 (1.75) Others (3+w/ins)........9,921 (0.71) Total........1,392,614 1992
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Results
2000
Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 58.40%. (U.S. avg. 53.76%). |
Overview
Sen. Lieberman won twice in his home state. The Gore-Lieberman ticket prevailed with a plurality of 254,921 votes (17.47 percentage points) over Bush-Cheney, and voters handily re-elected him to the U.S. Senate. Ralph Nader, who hails from Winsted, managed just a 4.42% showing. Republicans picked up a U.S. House seat as challenger Rob Simmons narrowly defeated ten-term incumbent Democrat Rep. Sam Gejdenson in the 2nd Congressional District (Groton-New London). General Election Activity |
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Republicans |
Tuesday March 7, 2000 |
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. 179,183 of 442,199 enrolled Republicans were checked as having voted, or 40.5%. |
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Total
Delegates
25 of 2,066 (1.2%). Delegate
Allocation
Winner-take-all.
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Democrats
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Tuesday March 7, 2000 |
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. 180,289 of 625,911 enrolled Democrats were checked as having voted, or 28.8%. |
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Total
Pledged Delegates
54 of 3,537 (1.5%). Total Delegates 67 of 4,335 (1.5%). Bradley-24
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Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000,
2001 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.