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Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Connecticut snapshot11,121

Abortions reported by area of occurrence

2022 surveillance year

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Legal induced abortions reported as occurring in Connecticut, regardless of the patient's state of residence.

Selected surveillance measures

Abortion rate: 16.0 per 1,000 women ages 15–44
Obtained by out-of-area residents: 523

How it was measured: CDC abortion-surveillance aggregate data voluntarily reported by Connecticut; the rate is per 1,000 women ages 15–44 residing in the state.

Keep in mind

This is an occurrence count, not a count of abortions obtained by Connecticut residents; 523 were reported for out-of-area residents.
CDC surveillance is voluntary and reporting completeness, definitions, and availability vary by reporting area; 2022 is the latest comparable federal table used here.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect abortion accessRestrict abortion access

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Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Connecticut snapshot$1,488/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

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Median monthly gross rent for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, including contract rent plus estimated average utility and fuel costs paid by the renter.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate and expressed in 2024 dollars.

Keep in mind

This is a multi-year statewide estimate, not a current asking-rent measure.
The median obscures differences by location, unit size, housing quality, and renter circumstances.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

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Expand affordable housingLower property costs

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Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Connecticut snapshot7.0%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

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Share of Connecticut’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This is a survey estimate for people under 65 and does not describe coverage type or continuity of coverage.
Insurance status alone does not measure affordability, access, quality, or health outcomes.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand coverage and accessEmphasize choice and competition

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Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Connecticut snapshot91.5%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Connecticut residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This is an adult educational-attainment measure, not a current high-school graduation rate or a measure of school quality.
A statewide estimate can obscure differences across communities and demographic groups.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Invest in public schoolsExpand school choice

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Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Connecticut snapshot224

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths in which firearm injury was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 5.8 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm deaths across intents, including suicide, homicide, legal intervention, and unintentional or undetermined injury.
It does not measure nonfatal injuries, firearm ownership, defensive uses, or policy effects.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

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Strengthen gun-safety lawsProtect gun rights

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Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Connecticut snapshot15.7%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

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Share of Connecticut residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The Census does not assign legal status in this measure.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

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Prioritize border enforcementCreate legal pathways

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Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Connecticut snapshot58.2%

Natural-gas share of in-state electricity generation

2024

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Natural-gas generation as a share of Connecticut's total in-state electric-industry net generation.

EIA generation totals

Natural-gas generation: 26,036,343 MWh
Total net generation: 44,761,412 MWh

Selected generation shares

Natural gas: 58.2%
Nuclear: 37.7%
Solar: 1.1%
Other: 0.9%
Other biomass: 0.8%
Hydroelectric: 0.8%

How it was measured: FactVote divides the 26,036,343 MWh of natural-gas generation in U.S. Energy Information Administration Table 5 by 44,761,412 MWh of total in-state net generation and rounds to one decimal place.

Keep in mind

The selected shares round EIA's source-specific generation totals to one decimal place and do not list every small source.
In-state generation is not the same as electricity consumed in Connecticut because power crosses state lines.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

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Connecticut snapshot$4.10/gal

New England regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

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Estimated average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations in EIA's New England region, including taxes. The region contains Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

Connecticut compared with the U.S.

Regular gasoline price

Connecticut: $4.096/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

The New England average was $0.025 per gallon higher, or about 0.6% above the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026. The Connecticut-side figure is the New England regional average, not a Connecticut statewide estimate.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

Recent EIA observations

Prior week: $4.026/gal
Weekly change: +7.0¢
One year earlier: $3.070/gal
Change from one year earlier: +102.6¢

How it was measured: FactVote uses EIA’s New England series, the smallest current EIA retail region that includes Connecticut. Changes are calculated from the published August 24, 2026 (prior week), and September 1, 2025 (52 weeks earlier), observations.

Keep in mind

EIA does not publish a current Connecticut statewide weekly gasoline-price series. This New England regional estimate should not be read as Connecticut’s statewide average.
The regional average combines Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, and does not represent the price at every station or in every Connecticut community.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns. Weekly estimates can be revised and can differ from monthly averages.
Price changes alone do not establish the effect of any bill, official, or government action.

U.S. Energy Information Administration ↗

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Prioritize conservation and clean energyExpand domestic energy production

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Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Connecticut snapshot$95,781

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

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Median money income received by Connecticut households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

How it was measured: U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power.
A statewide median obscures regional and household differences.

U.S. Census Bureau ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Lower taxes and spendingInvest in workers and services

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Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Connecticut snapshot

76.17%

Registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

8.8%

Primary election turnout

April 2, 2024 presidential preference primaries

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Connecticut voters checked as having voted in the November 2024 general election as a share of names on the official active checklist.

2024 turnout comparison

General election turnout: 76.17%
Primary election turnout: 8.8%

The primary rate combines 66,674 Democratic and 45,117 Republican voters and divides that total by the 802,790 Democratic and 471,164 Republican names on the parties' registries.

Connecticut's presidential preference primaries were closed to voters enrolled in the participating party, so the denominator excludes unaffiliated and other-party registrants.
The combined rate is calculated from the two official party tables and is rounded to one decimal place for display.

Connecticut Secretary of the State ↗

Democratic primary calculation inputs

Voters checked: 66,674
Names on registry: 802,790

Connecticut Secretary of the State ↗

Republican primary calculation inputs

Voters checked: 45,117
Names on registry: 471,164

Connecticut Secretary of the State ↗

How it was measured: The Connecticut Statement of Vote reports 1,788,954 people checked as having voted out of 2,348,545 names on the official active checklist.

Keep in mind

This is active-checklist turnout, not participation among every voting-eligible resident.
Turnout does not by itself measure election access, administration quality, confidence, or the effect of a specific rule.

Connecticut Secretary of the State ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Expand voting accessIncrease election safeguardsStrengthen ethics and transparency

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Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Connecticut snapshot139.2 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

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Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

How it was measured: FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Connecticut's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 99.7% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 100%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Connecticut snapshot1,397.4 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Understand this number

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Connecticut's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 99.7% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 100%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Federal Bureau of Investigation ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Connecticut snapshot104

Homicide deaths

2024 final data

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Deaths for which homicide was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted homicide death rate: 3.0 per 100,000

How it was measured: CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

Homicide mortality is not the same as offenses reported to police and does not include nonfatal violence.
Counts and rates do not establish causes or the effect of a particular policy.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Emphasize policing and enforcementEmphasize prevention and justice reform

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Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Connecticut snapshot765,437

People receiving Social Security benefits

December 2025

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People in Connecticut receiving Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits in current-payment status.

Beneficiaries by grouped benefit type

Retired workers: 606,612
Disabled workers: 69,825
Widow(er)s and parents: 34,750
Spouses: 18,986
Children: 35,264

How it was measured: Social Security Administration Master Beneficiary Record, 100-percent administrative data.

Keep in mind

The grouped categories reconcile to the total but combine retirement, survivor, and disability spouses and children.
It does not measure benefit adequacy, private pensions, or retirement savings.

Social Security Administration ↗

Context only. This number does not affect candidate matches or rankings.

Protect or expand benefitsChange benefits to address long-term costs

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Foreign policy and diplomacy

Diplomacy, alliances, and the use of U.S. military force abroad.

Strengthen diplomacy and alliancesLimit U.S. military intervention abroad

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Veterans and military families

Veterans' care, benefits, housing, work, and transition to civilian life.

Protect or expand veterans' care and benefitsExpand veterans' housing, education, and work support

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National defense

Military readiness, modernization, and defense spending.

Invest in military readiness and modernizationReduce military spending

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Digital privacy and surveillance

Personal data rights and limits on surveillance.

Strengthen personal data rightsLimit government and workplace surveillance

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Artificial intelligence

AI safeguards, accountability, research, and development.

Set AI rules and safeguardsInvest in AI research and development

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Libraries and access to books

Public library services and access to books.

Support and expand library servicesProtect access to library books

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