United States presidential election in Connecticut, 2016



The 2020 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 William C. Rutherford of Texas, over the Republican nominee, Senator Thomas P. Leach of Arizona. Rutherford ran with incumbent Vice President Carlotta Sanchez of California, while Leach's running mate was Congressman Todd Rokita of Indiana.

Rutherford 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.