About 52 percent of Connecticut voters cast their vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. Now all voters are contemplating the next four years under President-elect Donald Trump.
More than 75 percent of eligible Connecticut voters headed to the polls, according to the Secretary of the State's office. Approximately four percent of Connecticut voters chose the Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson or Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Connecticut's presidential pick wasn't called by the Associated Press until about 9:30 pm -- 90 minutes after polls closed. The national results quickly started sliding in Trump's favor after that.
How are voters in Connecticut feeling the day after?
@wherewelive I'm a woman,Latina,gay mom. How do I reconcile this and move toward respecting the results?
— Evelyn Mantilla (@mantilla) November 9, 2016
God bless this country. Now, my 6yr old has a fighting chance in this world. Don't let him down @realDonaldTrump!
— Bill Evans (@BillEvansCT) November 9, 2016
@colinmcenroe Strive for real understanding of the voters and those who stayed home.
— Ross Garber (@rossgarber) November 9, 2016
College campuses are seeing demonstrations including at the University of Connecticut, where the organization CT Students for a Dreamrallied.
"We demand an answer from the @uconn university - what is the plan of a student gets deportation order" #HeretoStay pic.twitter.com/pMBBky2LM6
— CT Students for a Dream (@CT4aDREAM) November 9, 2016
For more than 12 hours overnight, Connecticut's usually Twitter-vocal congressional delegation was silent. But every incumbent won re-election, including U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, who will return to Washington for his second term.
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, an ardent supporter and surrogate for Clinton, spoke to reporters on Wednesday.
"While I am disappointed in the results of last night’s presidential election, I know that we are not weakened as a country or a state," he said. "We are resilient."
At the state level, Republicans picked up seats in both chambers of the General Assembly. Many Republican candidates were turning the election into a referendum on the Malloy administration.
Even though Democrats will still have control of the chamber, Republicans hailed their electoral victories.
We are now a chamber of equals #ctleg #ctgop pic.twitter.com/0GXUQtkvR2
— CT Senate Republicans (@CTSenateGOP) November 9, 2016
Both parties will have 18 members, with Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman being the tie-breaking vote for Democrats.
