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{{US state
| Name = Connecticut
| Fullname = State of Connecticut
| Flag = Flag of Connecticut.svg
| Seal = Seal of Connecticut.svg
| Flower = Mountain Laurel<ref name=SOTS>[http://www.sots.ct.gov/RegisterManual/SectionX/SITESEALSYMB.htm STATE OF CONNECTICUT, Sites º Seals º Symbols]; ''Connecticut State Register & Manual''; retrieved on [[December 15]], [[2006]]</ref>|
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Flaglink = [[Flag of Connecticut]]
(contracted; show full)inor party.<!-- editor's note: figures do not add up to 100% due to rounding errors --><ref>[http://www.sots.ct.gov/ElectionsServices/election_results/statistics/enrolhst.pdf Party Enrollment in Connecticut]. Connecticut Office of the Secretary of State. Last retrieved 2007-02-22. {{dead link|date=November 2010}}</ref> Most voters in Litchfield County, [[Naugatuck River Valley]], some towns in Fairfield County and towns in the west of Hartford County are Republicans.

== Education ==
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Connecticut is the home of [[Yale University]], established in 1701. It is one of the most [[public school|academically]] and most popular [[university|universities]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/28392| title = Admit rate falls to record-low 7.5 percent| publisher=[[Yale Daily News]]| date = March 31, 2009| accessdate =April 23, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Yale is also one of the largest employers in the state. Its research activity has created many [[biotechnology]] companies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://yalemedicine.yale.edu/ym_fw0001/biotech/biotech1.html |title="New Haven's Biotech Boom," Yale Medicine, Fall 2000/Winter 2001 |publisher=Yalemedicine.yale.edu |accessdate=January 23, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mckay |first=David |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/16/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/16yalect.html |title=Yale and New Haven Find Common Ground|location=New Haven (Conn) |work=The New York Times  |date=December 16, 2007 |accessdate=June 5, 2011}}</ref>

The state has many other academic institutions including, [[Trinity College]] (1823), [[Wesleyan University]] (1831), [[University of Hartford]] (1877), [[Post University]] (1890), [[Connecticut College]] (1911), [[United States Coast Guard Academy]] (1915) [[University of New Haven]] (1920) [[University of Bridgeport]] (1927) and [[Quinnipiac University]] (1929). The [[University of Connecticut]] (1881) has been the highest [[rank]]ed public university in New England from 1998 to 2010, according to ''[[U.S. News and World Report]]''.<ref>[http://www.uconn.edu/rankings.php] (Note: US News and World Report is a subscription website.)</ref>

The first [[law school]] ever built in the United States, [[Litchfield Law School]] (1773-1833), was in Litchfield, Connecticut. [[Hartford Public High School]] (1638) is the third-oldest [[Education in the United States|secondary school]] in the nation after [[Collegiate School]] (1628) in Manhattan and the [[Boston Latin School]] (1635) in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. Connecticut also has many [[private school]]s. The state's [[boarding school]]s [[wikt:attract|attract]] students from around the world.

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