Connecticut Primary Voter Guide: What You Need to Know

By RICH SCINTO (Patch Staff)

Registered Democrats and Republicans are taking to the polls in Connecticut today — Tuesday, April 26 — for what is shaping up to be a historic primary for both parties.

Polls across the state are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Anyone standing in line by 8 p.m. will have a chance to vote.

Voters can check their polling location through the Secretary of the State website.

The time to register to vote for the primary has passed. Online registration closed on April 22 and in-person registration closed at noon on April 25. Unlike Election Day there is no same-day registration for the primary.

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Past Presidential Primary Results

Republicans took to the primary polls in February 2008 for a presidential primary. About 36 percent of registered Republicans voted in the primary and 52 percent supported Sen. John McCain, 32.9 percent for Mitt Romney and seven percent or less for other hopeful nominees.

For the Democrats, then Sen. Barack Obama received 26 of the state’s delegates and Hillary Clinton received 22, according to the Secretary of the State documents. Voter turnout was 51.1 percent of all registered Democrats with 50.7 percent voting for Obama and 46.7 percent for Clinton.

Republicans also voted in an April 2012 presidential primary. Turnout was a low 14.3 percent of registered Republicans and eventual nominee Mitt Romney walked away with 67.4 percent of the vote. The primary happened weeks after one of Romney's main challengers Rick Santorum bowed out of the race.