PARTY-DOMINANT DISTRICTS IN CONNECTICUT

Using August 2005 data from the Office of the Secretary of the State, we found that over 58% of all Senate districts and 62% of all House districts are dominated by one of the two major political parties (i. e. , either Democrats or Republicans). For the purpose of this report, a party-dominant district is one where a major party has at least 10% more registered voters than the other. Table 1 shows the total number of Senate and House districts where the percentage of party-affiliated active voters (i. e. , those properly enrolled) is 10, 15, or 20% greater among Democrats or Republicans. Tables 2 and 3 provide a breakdown of those voters, as well as all other registered voters, by Senate and House district, respectively.


TABLE 3: ACTIVE VOTERS BY HOUSE DISTRICT
*Assembly District*	*Total*	*Democrat*	*Republican*	Other*	*% Democrat*	*% Republican*	*% Other*	*10% Majority*	*15% Majority*	*20 % Majority*
1	10,117	6,362	650	3,105	62. 9%	6. 4%	30. 7%	-	-	D**
2	13,163	3,441	3,263	6,459	26. 1%	24. 8%	49. 1%	-	-	-
3	7,464	5,146	326	1,992	68. 9%	4. 4%	26. 7%	-	-	D
4	6,523	4,070	317	2,136	62. 4%	4. 9%	32. 7%	-	-	D
5	8,174	5,748	291	2,135	70. 3%	3. 6%	26. 1%	-	-	D
6	9,405	6,000	660	2,745	63. 8%	7. 0%	29. 2%	-	-	D
7	8,459	5,784	313	2,362	68. 4%	3. 7%	27. 9%	-	-	D
8	15,221	4,239	3,185	7,797	27. 8%	20. 9%	51. 2%	-	-	-
9	16,154	5,706	3,615	6,833	35. 3%	22. 4%	42. 3%	D	-	-
10	11,493	5,266	1,330	4,897	45. 8%	11. 6%	42. 6%	-	-	D
11	10,394	4,848	1,182	4,364	46. 6%	11. 4%	42. 0%	-	-	D
12	13,560	4,684	2,715	6,161	34. 5%	20. 0%	45. 4%	D	-	-
13	11,472	4,000	2,115	5,357	34. 9%	18. 4%	46. 7%	-	D	-
14	14,895	5,045	3,425	6,425	33. 9%	23. 0%	43. 1%	D	-	-
15	15,819	7,448	2,382	5,989	47. 1%	15. 1%	37. 9%	-	-	D
16	16,408	4,085	5,958	6,365	24. 9%	36. 3%	38. 8%	R***	-	-
17	15,802	4,017	5,195	6,590	25. 4%	32. 9%	41. 7%	-	-	-
18	13,682	6,239	2,380	5,063	45. 6%	17. 4%	37. 0%	-	-	D
19	15,576	5,614	4,177	5,785	36. 0%	26. 8%	37. 1%	-	-	-
20	12,720	4,930	2,463	5,327	38. 8%	19. 4%	41. 9%	-	D	-
21	14,589	4,173	3,937	6,479	28. 6%	27. 0%	44. 4%	-	-	-
22	12,525	4,901	2,411	5,213	39. 1%	19. 2%	41. 6%	-	D	-
23	16,590	3,783	5,631	7,176	22. 8%	33. 9%	43. 3%	R	-	-
24	11,321	5,827	1,611	3,883	51. 5%	14. 2%	34. 3%	-	-	D
25	8,864	4,696	885	3,283	53. 0%	10. 0%	37. 0%	-	-	D
26	9,965	5,213	1,464	3,288	52. 3%	14. 7%	33. 0%	-	-	D
27	14,767	6,146	2,806	5,815	41. 6%	19. 0%	39. 4%	-	-	D
28	15,483	5,896	3,379	6,208	38. 1%	21. 8%	40. 1%	-	D	-
29	14,786	5,506	3,062	6,218	37. 2%	20. 7%	42. 1%	-	D	-
30	15,014	5,245	3,505	6,264	34. 9%	23. 3%	41. 7%	D	-	-
31	15,868	4,479	4,767	6,622	28. 2%	30. 0%	41. 7%	-	-	-
32	15,844	5,120	3,273	7,451	32. 3%	20. 7%	47. 0%	D	-	-
33	11,667	5,250	1,712	4,705	45. 0%	14. 7%	40. 3%	-	-	D
34	12,839	4,360	2,455	6,024	34. 0%	19. 1%	46. 9%	D	-	-
35	15,822	3,655	4,164	8,003	23. 1%	26. 3%


August 12, 2005		2005-R-0636
PARTY-DOMINANT DISTRICTS IN CONNECTICUT

By: Kristin Sullivan, Research Analyst


*Senate District*	*Total*	*Democrat*	*Republican*	Other*	% *Democrat*	*% Republican*	*% Other*	*10% Majority*	*15% Majority*	*20% Majority*
1	37,467	21,508	3,739	12,220	57. 4%	10. 0%	32. 6%		-	D**
2	46,123	25,583	4,495	16,045	55. 5%	9. 7%	34. 8%	-	-	D
3	54,195	20,646	9,351	24,198	38. 1%	17. 3%	44. 6%	-	-	D
4	60,454	18,996	14,580	26,878	31. 4%	24. 1%	44. 5%	-	-	-
5	61,794	22,824	13,984	24,986	36. 9%	22. 6%	40. 4%	D	-	-
6	44,596	21,458	7,368	15,770	48. 1%	16. 5%	35. 4%	-	-	D
7	57,144	17,428	12,874	26,842	30. 5%	22. 5%	47. 0%	-	-	-
8	61,253	16,253	19,057	25,943	26. 5%	31. 1%	42. 4%	-	-	-
9	58,956	23,007	11,385	24,564	39. 0%	19. 3%	41. 7%	-	D	-
10	41,716	26,153	2,186	13,377	62. 7%	5. 2%	32. 1%	-	-	D
11	46,323	24,089	4,837	17,397	52. 0%	10. 4%	37. 6%	-	-	D
12	65,056	16,180	15,395	33,481	24. 9%	23. 7%	51. 5%	-	-	-
13	56,016	17,499	9,629	28,888	31. 2%	17. 2%	51. 6%	D	-	-
14	57,712	19,110	11,902	26,700	33. 1%	20. 6%	46. 3%	D	-	-
15	47,794	20,302	8,121	19,371	42. 5%	17. 0%	40. 5%	-	-	D
16	58,087	18,383	11,955	27,749	31. 6%	20. 6%	47. 8%	D	-	-
17	51,354	17,791	9,033	24,530	34. 6%	17. 6%	47. 8%	-	-	D
18	56,027	16,300	11,500	28,227	29. 1%	20. 5%	50. 4%	-	-	-
19	53,802	16,764	10,982	26,056	31. 2%	20. 4%	48. 4%	D	-	-
20	52,939	15,620	11,699	25,620	29. 5%	22. 1%	48. 4%	-	-	-
21	59,173	12,680	14,264	32,229	21. 4%	24. 1%	54. 5%	-	-	-
22	53,462	18,736	10,902	23,824	35. 0%	20. 4%	44. 6%	D	-	-
23	37,320	22,835	2,259	12,226	61. 2%	6. 1%	32. 8%	-	-	D
24	45,540	11,877	11,077	22,586	26. 1%	24. 3%	49. 6%	-	-	-
25	54,318	15,020	14,488	24,810	27. 7%	26. 7%	45. 7%	-	-	-
26	64,265	16,196	23,083	24,986	25. 2%	35. 9%	38. 9%	R***	-	-
27	44,211	16,836	11,251	16,124	38. 1%	25. 4%	36. 5%	D	-	-
28	59,869	14,689	19,265	25,915	24. 5%	32. 2%	43. 3%	-	-	-
29	50,678	17,243	8,523	24,912	34. 0%	16. 8%	49. 2%	-	D	-
30	62,697	14,825	19,173	28,699	23. 6%	30. 6%	45. 8%	-	-	-
31	50,994	18,177	9,497	23,320	35. 6%	18. 6%	45. 7%	-	D	-
32	63,507	12,944	18,830	31,733	20. 4%	29. 7%	50. 0%	-	-	-
33	62,137	17,015	14,994	30,128	27. 4%	24. 1%	48. 5%	-	-	-
34	57,494	15,445	11,262	30,787	26. 9%	19. 6%	53. 5%	-	-	-
35	60,125	16,720	13,038	30,367	27. 8%	21. 7%	50. 5%	-	-	-
36	55,550	13,290	22,424	19,836	23. 9%	40. 4%	35. 7%	-	R	-
*All other registered voters including those who are unaffiliated, independent, or affiliated with a minor party.								D = 7	D = 3	D = 9
								R = 1	R = 1	R = 0
**Democrat								non-party-dominant districts = 15
***Republican


	*Total Districts*	*Difference is less than 10%*	*10% Majority*		*15% Majority*		*20% Majority*
			Democrat	Republican	Democrat	Republican	Democrat	Republican
Senate	36	15	7	1	3	1	9	0
Assembly	151	57	22	6	15	3	45	3

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