Has Darien Ct ever voted D before 2016?

[lfromnj]

I cant think of one time as atleast presidentially.

[Bidenworth2020]

Blumenthal may have won it in his 2006 74-45 win in the AG race.

[lfromnj]

Yeah he won it by 500 votes and around 7%. Still its possibly an elliot county but in reverse. It also has more people than Elliot with infinitely more economic value yet one gets way more political discussion.

[HAnnA MArin County]

If a Democratic presidential nominee did win it, it would have been before 1924, as Republicans have won it in every election since then up to 2016. Prior to 2016, it appears as though Barack Obama's 2008 election was the closest a Democrat came to winning the town, as he only lost it by 9.18 points that year to John McCain.

A previous poster already pointed out that Richard Blumenthal did manage to carry it by ~800 votes in the 2006 Attorney General race; for what it's worth, Joe Lieberman also won Darien with over 60 percent of the vote that same year in his U.S. Senate race (granted, he ran as an Independent and not a Democrat, so make of that what you will).

Meanwhile, New Canaan (another Republican stronghold in Connecticut) did vote for Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 with 52.50 percent of the vote.

[mianfei]

Yeah he won it by 500 votes and around 7%. Still its possibly an Elliott County but in reverse. It also has more people than Elliott with infinitely more economic value yet one gets way more political discussion.

I checked the 1912 election and Taft beat Wilson in Darien by one vote! That does suggest it not implausible Grover Cleveland could have won it, though I doubt there is data for townships that far back. If Cleveland did carry Darien, it would not be unique in voting for him but for no twentieth century Democrat:

• Wayne County, PA voted Democratic in every election from 1876 to 1892 and has never done so since.
• Russell County, KY voted for Cleveland in 1884 but for no Democrat since