Politics
Further information: Political party strength in Connecticut and Elections in Connecticut| Year | Republican | Democratic |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 38.77% 620,210 | 61.23% 979,316 |
| 2004 | 43.95% 693,826 | 54.31% 857,488 |
| 2000 | 38.44% 561,094 | 55.91% 816,015 |
| 1996 | 34.69% 483,109 | 52.83% 735,740 |
| 1992 | 35.78% 578,313 | 42.21% 682,318 |
| 1988 | 51.98% 750,241 | 46.87% 676,584 |
| 1984 | 60.73% 890,877 | 38.83% 569,597 |
| 1980 | 48.16% 677,210 | 38.52% 541,732 |
| 1976 | 52.06% 719,261 | 46.90% 647,895 |
| 1972 | 58.57% 810,763 | 40.13% 555,498 |
| 1968 | 44.32% 556,721 | 49.48% 621,561 |
| 1964 | 32.09% 390,996 | 67.81% 826,269 |
| 1960 | 46.27% 565,813 | 53.73% 657,055 |
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“I played by the rules of politics as I found them.”
—Richard M. Nixon (1913–1995)
“The real grounds of difference upon important political questions no longer correspond with party lines.... Politics is no longer the topic of this country. Its important questions are settled... Great minds hereafter are to be employed on other matters.... Government no longer has its ancient importance.... The people’s progress, progress of every sort, no longer depends on government. But enough of politics. Henceforth I am out more than ever.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)
“Beware the politically obsessed. They are often bright and interesting, but they have something missing in their natures; there is a hole, an empty place, and they use politics to fill it up. It leaves them somehow misshapen.”
—Peggy Noonan (b. 1950)