Out of the roughly 1.2 million registered Democrats and Republicans across Connecticut as of late March, about 17,800, or 1.4%, turned out last week to participate in the state’s first ever early voting period, according to unofficial data from the secretary of the state’s office.
Voters for the Democratic primary had a slightly higher turnout among early voters than Republicans, 1.56% and 1.12%, respectively.
“Pretty low turnout in general, but I thought it was a resounding success,” said Secretary of the State Stephanie Thomas in a press conference earlier today.
