Connecticut Governor

2026 General Election

Image and Ballot Testing
September 17th, 2026

Top Lines

Trump Approval

Approve	35%
Disapprove	58%
Unsure	7%

Lamont Image

Favorable	39%
Unfavorable	44%
Unsure	14%
Never heard	3%

Fazio Image

Favorable	36%
Unfavorable	33%
Unsure	24%
Never heard	7%

Governor Ballot

Ned Lamont, D	48%
Ryan Fazio, R	41%
Undecided	11%

Most Important Issue

Gov't Corruption	13%
Property Taxes	12%
Utility Bills	12%
Healthcare	12%
Border/Immigration	11%
Jobs/Economy	11%
State Taxes	7%
Abortion Rights	4%
Public Edu	3%
Data centers	2%
Other	11%

Most Important Issue (Other)

Inflation	46%
Immigration (ICE)	13%
Partisan Corruption	22%
Individual Rights	32%
Housing	8%

Trump Approval

Approve

35%

Disapprove

58%

Unsure

Full Question:

Do you approve or disapprove of President Donald Trump's job performance?

	Approve	Disapprove	Unsure
Democrat	7	91	2
Republican	71	21	9
NP/Other	38	51	11
Female	28	65	6
Male	42	50	8
18-34	20	67	13
35-44	23	70	6
45-54	50	42	8
55-64	41	52	6
65+	33	61	6
Moderate	19	73	8
Conservative	81	10	8
Liberal	3	95	2
White	35	59	7
Hispanic	54	35	11
Black	19	73	8
Other Race	27	68	6
HS	49	41	11
Some College	36	58	6
College	28	68	4
Grad+	16	78	6
CD 01	36	56	8
CD 02	35	60	5
CD 03	40	56	5
CD 04	33	58	9
CD 05	31	61	8
4 of 4	34	59	7
3 of 4	38	59	4
2 of 4	39	54	7
1 of 4	49	44	7
0 of 4	24	67	9
Suburban	39	56	6
Rural	32	61	7
Urban	34	60	6

Lamont Image

Favorable

39%

Unfavorable

44%

Unsure

14%

Never heard

Full Question:

What is your opinion of Ned Lamont?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Unsure	Never heard
Democrat	64	18	14	4
Republican	10	79	9	2
NP/Other	33	47	19	2
Female	43	37	16	4
Male	33	53	13	2
18-34	21	59	17	2
35-44	35	43	18	4
45-54	37	51	12	0
55-64	37	52	9	2
65+	45	34	16	5
Moderate	48	31	18	4
Conservative	7	81	10	2
Liberal	62	21	15	3
White	40	44	13	3
Hispanic	26	61	11	3
Black	29	32	27	12
Other Race	47	34	20	0
HS	27	56	12	5
Some College	34	48	14	3
College	48	38	13	2
Grad+	54	25	19	2
CD 01	41	45	13	1
CD 02	31	50	12	7
CD 03	39	45	14	2
CD 04	46	33	17	4
CD 05	37	47	15	1
4 of 4	44	41	12	2
3 of 4	31	45	20	4
2 of 4	23	63	8	6
1 of 4	14	63	21	1
0 of 4	50	31	15	4
Suburban	39	49	11	1
Rural	37	43	16	4
Urban	38	36	20	6

Fazio Image

Favorable

36%

Unfavorable

33%

Unsure

24%

Never heard

Full Question:

What is your opinion of Ryan Fazio?

	Favorable	Unfavorable	Unsure	Never heard
Democrat	9	57	27	7
Republican	71	10	17	2
NP/Other	40	25	25	10
Female	29	39	25	8
Male	45	26	22	6
18-34	25	23	30	22
35-44	24	46	25	5
45-54	48	24	20	8
55-64	46	29	23	3
65+	33	37	23	6
Moderate	27	37	27	9
Conservative	78	6	13	3
Liberal	2	60	30	7
White	37	34	24	5
Hispanic	51	5	22	21
Black	19	52	20	9
Other Race	22	45	23	10
HS	50	23	20	8
Some College	37	36	22	5
College	30	39	25	7
Grad+	20	41	31	8
CD 01	37	32	26	5
CD 02	35	30	29	6
CD 03	37	39	19	6
CD 04	39	26	24	11
CD 05	35	38	19	8
4 of 4	38	37	21	4
3 of 4	36	31	28	6
2 of 4	47	33	17	3
1 of 4	33	19	27	21
0 of 4	26	29	31	13
Suburban	38	34	23	5
Rural	35	33	26	6
Urban	35	36	20	10

Governor Ballot

Ned Lamont, D

48%

Ryan Fazio, R

41%

Undecided

11%

Full Question:

If the November 3rd general election for Governor of Connecticut were held today, who would you vote for?

Ned Lamont, Democrat
Ryan Fazio, Republican
Undecided

	Ned Lamont, D	Ryan Fazio, R	Undecided
Democrat	81	11	9
Republican	11	83	7
NP/Other	40	44	16
Female	55	34	11
Male	39	50	11
18-34	32	30	39
35-44	60	30	10
45-54	40	48	12
55-64	41	52	7
65+	54	40	7
Moderate	60	28	12
Conservative	7	89	4
Liberal	78	5	18
White	47	44	9
Hispanic	25	41	34
Black	69	23	8
Other Race	65	25	10
HS	36	55	10
Some College	41	46	13
College	54	34	13
Grad+	69	22	9
CD 01	45	48	7
CD 02	43	43	14
CD 03	49	44	7
CD 04	51	35	14
CD 05	50	38	12
4 of 4	51	41	7
3 of 4	45	47	8
2 of 4	34	52	14
1 of 4	28	48	25
0 of 4	58	22	20
Suburban	46	47	7
Rural	46	40	14
Urban	54	35	11

Most Important Issue

Gov't Corruption

13%

Property Taxes

12%

Utility Bills

12%

Healthcare

12%

Border/Immigration

11%

Jobs/Economy

11%

State Taxes

Abortion Rights

Public Edu

Data centers

Other

11%

Full Question:

Which of the following do you consider the MOST important issue facing Connecticut?

Corruption in government
Property taxes
Electricity and utility bills
Healthcare
Illegal immigration and border security
Jobs and the economy
State sales and income taxes
Reproductive freedom and abortion rights
K-12 public education
Data centers
Other

	Gov't Corruption	Property Taxes	Utility Bills	Healthcare	Border/Immigration	Jobs/Economy	State Taxes	Abortion Rights	Public Edu	Data centers	Other
Democrat	8	9	14	20	2	15	5	7	6	3	10
Republican	15	17	11	4	22	6	10	2	1	1	11
NP/Other	18	11	10	10	13	10	7	4	2	2	13
Female	13	12	14	11	8	12	7	7	3	3	11
Male	14	13	9	13	16	11	7	1	4	1	12
18-34	17	7	9	9	6	14	12	1	5	6	14
35-44	7	7	16	14	4	16	1	5	9	2	19
45-54	13	15	5	6	10	13	9	5	6	2	16
55-64	12	17	9	17	9	11	6	6	1	0	11
65+	15	11	15	11	17	8	8	4	2	2	7
Moderate	11	11	13	14	6	16	9	3	4	1	12
Conservative	15	17	13	2	27	3	9	1	1	1	11
Liberal	13	8	8	21	2	13	4	11	6	5	9
White	14	12	12	12	12	10	7	5	3	2	11
Hispanic	19	14	7	6	10	22	8	0	2	0	13
Black	4	13	17	6	6	5	9	9	11	11	9
Other Race	7	17	7	18	7	23	1	2	7	3	10
HS	18	13	16	6	16	12	6	3	2	1	9
Some College	14	12	10	16	14	6	8	4	1	4	11
College	11	12	11	10	8	9	11	6	5	3	13
Grad+	8	11	7	19	5	17	4	6	8	1	13
CD 01	15	14	15	8	11	9	6	5	4	2	11
CD 02	17	12	9	14	11	13	9	6	1	2	7
CD 03	11	13	14	10	12	8	8	2	3	2	19
CD 04	8	7	14	14	13	15	8	5	4	1	10
CD 05	16	14	9	13	11	10	6	4	5	3	9
4 of 4	15	12	12	14	13	8	6	5	4	1	10
3 of 4	9	7	11	11	14	13	12	7	4	0	12
2 of 4	7	23	8	10	5	20	8	0	1	3	14
1 of 4	27	15	13	1	9	3	14	0	2	9	8
0 of 4	8	8	12	13	7	20	0	6	5	5	15
Suburban	14	13	12	7	12	11	9	4	4	2	11
Rural	16	10	8	15	12	8	7	8	2	2	12
Urban	14	12	14	13	9	12	5	3	5	2	11

Most Important Issue (Other)

111 Verbatim Responses Some responses fit into multiple themes

Inflation

46%

Immigration (ICE)

13%

Partisan Corruption

22%

Individual Rights

32%

Housing

Full Question:

Which of the following do you consider the MOST important issue facing Connecticut?

Inflation

Respondents cite high income, sales, property, car, and utility taxes as a major burden.

"Taxes for everything. One of the things we fought for was taxes yet we are taxed everywhere we turn. We are charged taxes on our pay that takes almost half of it before we see it then there is sales tax. Why are cars considered a luxury when they are something necessary to get to work. Even making a decent salary I could not afford to pay rent and bills and live on my own."
"Property taxes, State and sales taxes and income tax, Electricity and utilities"

Immigration (ICE)

Respondents call immigration enforcement, sanctuary cities, and ICE either too lenient or too aggressive.

"Get ICE out of CT."
"Residents being obtained by ICE ILLEGALLY"

Partisan Corruption

Respondents distrust leaders in both parties, citing partisan corruption and governance failures.

"Republican liars like fazio"
"It's a multitude of Things. The Democrats destroyed our state and fazio isn't much better. He's a middle of the road at best. He's no trump."

Individual Rights

Respondents back individual rights: religious freedom, women's and LGBTQ+ rights, vaccine choice, and parental authority over schooling.

"Keeping the freedoms we have and protecting rights of minority groups."
"Parental rights / covid vaccine mandate / decision to homeschool without state involvement"

Housing

Respondents stress the need for affordable, accessible housing for middle-class residents facing high rents.

"Housing rent (eviction,high rent super hard to get apartment with the requirements ) control"
"Housing lots of buildings apartments but not accessible for middle class"

	Inflation	Immigration (ICE)	Partisan Corruption	Individual Rights	Housing
Democrat	13	21	38	28	16
Republican	57	5	9	27	5
NP/Other	61	12	19	38	5
Male	43	13	13	39	13
Female	48	13	32	25	3
18-34	43	3	0	45	9
35-44	29	17	25	39	9
45-54	80	16	8	40	2
55-64	36	15	47	29	0
65+	33	9	22	8	28
Moderate	52	7	28	22	5
Conservative	60	9	7	48	9
Liberal	0	38	37	35	16
White	43	13	26	28	3
Hispanic	85	15	0	85	0
Black	21	16	16	0	63
Other Race	47	0	30	27	43
HS	72	0	0	52	12
Some College	67	0	28	8	0
College	15	28	34	30	17
Grad+	51	12	20	38	0
CD 01	52	1	24	31	9
CD 02	0	26	29	51	18
CD 03	58	5	19	45	0
CD 04	65	15	26	14	2
CD 05	18	39	17	18	24
4 of 4	57	9	16	37	13
3 of 4	38	15	48	26	0
2 of 4	56	29	0	12	3
1 of 4	53	47	38	0	0
0 of 4	8	1	24	54	14
Suburban	45	7	31	22	9
Rural	58	18	17	51	0
Urban	43	18	6	42	7

Methodology & Demographics

Fielded On:: September 16-17, 2026
Method:: Mobile Text Responses and Landline Interviews
Population & Sample Description:: 979 Likely General Election Voters
Weighting:: Age, Gender, Race, Education, Congressional District, and Community Type
MoE:: ±3.12%

Registered Party

Democrat	38%
Republican	26%
NP/Other	36%

Gender

Female	53%
Male	47%

Age

18-34	10%
35-44	12%
45-54	14%
55-64	21%
65+	42%

Ideology

Moderate	41%
Conservative	32%
Liberal	27%

Race

White	82%
Hispanic	8%
Other Race	5%
Black	5%

Education

HS	34%
Some College	24%
College	23%
Grad+	19%

Congressional District

CD 01	20%
CD 02	23%
CD 03	20%
CD 04	18%
CD 05	20%

Community Type

Suburban	48%
Rural	31%
Urban	21%

Last 4 Generals

4 of 4	55%
3 of 4	15%
2 of 4	9%
1 of 4	9%
0 of 4	12%

For information, contact:

Ryan Munce

President

co/efficient

ryan@coefficient.org