United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016 (Ferguson Scenario)



The 2016 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all fifty states and D.C. Voters chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

Connecticut voted overwhelmingly for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Henry T. Ferguson of Texas, over the Republican nominee, Senator William H. Pryor, Jr. of Alabama. Ferguson ran with Vice-President Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, while Pryor's running mate was Congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.

Ferguson carried Connecticut by a wide margin of 35.72 percent. His 67.81 percent vote share is the largest for a Democrat in Connecticut presidential election history, and the largest for any party since John Quincy Adams in 1828.