Presidential elections · 2000–2024
Fairfield County, CT — Presidential Election Results (2000–2024)
In 2024, Fairfield County, Connecticut voted for Kamala D. Harris (Democratic) by D+19.6 — 267,019 Democratic to 178,263 Republican of 452,303 votes cast. From 2020 to 2024 it shifted 7.7 points toward Republicans. That makes it 5.1 points more Democratic than Connecticut overall (D+14.5).
Data: MIT Election Data & Science Lab, Harvard Dataverse.
Connecticut election results are reported for its eight legacy counties, like Fairfield County. These no longer function as governments and don't match the planning-region boundaries used on modern Connecticut maps, but they remain the grain of the official returns.
Margin by election, 2000–2024
Democratic minus Republican, in points of all votes cast — blue bars Democratic, red Republican.
Every election in Fairfield County
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other | Dem share | Rep share | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 267,019 | 178,263 | 7,021 | 59.0% | 39.4% | D+19.6 |
| 2020 | 297,505 | 168,445 | 6,446 | 63.0% | 35.7% | D+27.3 |
| 2016 | 243,852 | 160,077 | 17,280 | 57.9% | 38.0% | D+19.9 |
| 2012 | 217,294 | 175,168 | 3,668 | 54.9% | 44.2% | D+10.6 |
| 2008 | 241,320 | 166,845 | 2,931 | 58.7% | 40.6% | D+18.1 |
| 2004 | 205,902 | 189,605 | 5,460 | 51.4% | 47.3% | D+4.1 |
| 2000 | 193,769 | 159,659 | 16,861 | 52.3% | 43.1% | D+9.2 |
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Fairfield County presidential elections — FAQ
Who carried Fairfield County in the 2024 presidential election?+
Kamala D. Harris (Democratic) carried Fairfield County, Connecticut in 2024 by D+19.6, with 452,303 votes cast. Data: MIT Election Data & Science Lab.
How did Fairfield County shift between 2020 and 2024?+
Fairfield County shifted 7.7 points toward Republicans between 2020 (D+27.3) and 2024 (D+19.6).
Is Fairfield County more Democratic or Republican than Connecticut overall?+
In 2024, Fairfield County went D+19.6 while Connecticut overall went D+14.5 — 5.1 points more Democratic than the state.
Where does this election data come from?+
County-level presidential returns (2000–2024) come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL), published on the Harvard Dataverse. pumsdata is an independent product that makes the data easy to map and compare, and is not affiliated with MEDSL or Harvard.