Here's All The 2024 U.S. Presidential Candidates On The Ballot In CT

CONNECTICUT — Did you know that over the past 120 years, Connecticut residents have voted Republican for U.S. president more than they have for Democratic candidates?

The margin is razor-thin, but Republican candidates hold a 16-15 majority over Democrats from 1900 to 2020, according to Ballotpedia. Connecticut residents picked Republican presidential candidates eight out of nine elections to begin 1900 through 1932.

The last Republican to win Connecticut was George H. W. Bush in 1988 and Ronald Reagan also won Connecticut twice. Since then, it has been a sea of blue as Democrats won the past eight elections and Vice President Kamala Harris is predicted to make it a ninth straight win.

President Joe Biden received 1,080,831 votes in 2020 in Connecticut and Trump earned 714,717.

Connecticut has seven electoral votes.

Here's a look at who is on the ballot for Nov. 5

Democrats, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

Harris is the current Vice President of the United States. She began her career as a prosecutor and then became district attorney. She went on to become state attorney general in California and then later on as the state's U.S. Senator.

According to her campaign website, it says Harris led the fight to reduce health care costs, including capping insulin prices for seniors. Her campaign touts her efforts on addressing gun violence, and that she "led the fight to restore reproductive freedom..."

Her platform also includes "strengthen Social Security and Medicare" and working to lower taxes for the middle-class. (Read more here).

Republicans Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance

Trump, who was president from 2016-2020, took over his father's real estate company in 1971 and expanded it to include casinos, hotels, golf courses and more, according to his official presidential biography. In 2004, he created The Apprentice TV show.

Trump won the GOP primary in 2016 by defeating a dozen rivals and defeated Hillary Clinton for president. He lost the 2020 election to Biden.

Trump has released a 20-point platform on his campaign website.

Some of those points include: sealing the border, carry out the largest deportation in American history, end inflation, "large tax cuts for workers, and no tax on tips!," strengthen the military, and protect Social Security and Medicare, while leaving the retirement age unchanged.

You can read the entire platform here.

Green Party Jill Stein and Butch Ware

Stein is a Harvard-educated doctor and a long-time environmental health advocate.

"She has helped lead initiatives to fight environmental racism, injustice, and pollution, to promote healthy communities, and to revitalize democracy," her campaign website states. "She has helped win victories in campaign finance reform, racially-just redistricting, and the clean-up of incinerators, coal plants, and other toxic threats. She was a principal organizer for the Global Climate Convergence for People, Planet, and Peace over Profit."

On her website, her platform is broken up into three segments, "People" "Planet" and "Peace."

She vows to end discrimination for all, and said we "must take decisive action now to fight runaway global heating and prevent the worst-case scenario of climate collapse." She also calls for an end to the endless wars.

Libertarian Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat

On his website, Oliver noted that he has been "hailed as the “most influential Libertarian” by Rolling Stone. He earned 80,000 votes in the Georgia U.S. Senate primary, which went to a runoff.

"Now, as the Libertarian Presidential nominee, he’s on a mission to deliver a bold message of liberty to everyday Americans," his campaign website states. "The two-party system is broken and overdue for a shake-up. With inflation soaring and housing costs skyrocketing, it’s clear the status quo isn’t working. America needs a new voice—one that challenges both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. That voice is Chase Oliver." (Read more here).

Petitioning Candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. and Nicole Shanahan

In August, Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump for president. However, Kennedy remains on the ballot as a petitioning candidate in Connecticut.

In an Associated Press article, it states that Kennedy suspended his campaign because he believed that by continuing, it would hurt Trump's presidential chances. At the time of his announcement, Kennedy said free speech, the war in Ukraine and a "war on our children," were the main reasons he decided to endorse Trump, according to the AP.

Kennedy tried to remove his name from ballots in contested states, but that attempt failed.

Kennedy is the nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy. He has worked on environmental causes and children’s welfare, according to his official biography.