How Massachusetts has voted since 1960

Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in 2028. Since 1960 it has voted Democratic 15 times and Republican twice. It has backed the national winner in 10 of 17 elections. Kamala Harris carried it in 2024 by 25.2 points, 26.7 points more Democratic than the nation. In 2024, 68.4% of its eligible voters cast a ballot, ranking 16th among the 50 states and DC (nationally, 64.3%). It has voted Democratic in every election since 1988. Its closest result was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan won it by 3,829 votes.

  1. 1960Kennedy+20.7
  2. 1964Johnson+52.8
  3. 1968Humphrey+30.1
  4. 1972McGovern+9.0
  5. 1976Carter+15.7
  6. 1980Reagan+0.2
  7. 1984Reagan+2.8
  8. 1988Dukakis+7.9
  9. 1992Clinton+18.5
  10. 1996Clinton+33.4
  11. 2000Gore+27.3
  12. 2004Kerry+25.1
  13. 2008Obama+25.8
  14. 2012Obama+23.1
  15. 2016Clinton+27.2
  16. 2020Biden+33.5
  17. 2024Harris+25.2

Each box is one election: the winner in Massachusetts and the margin in points. Darker boxes were won by 10 points or more, lighter by under 5.

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Times from the 2024 general election; states rarely change them, and they will be confirmed for 2028.

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In Congress

Senate

House: 9 Democrats

All 9 members
  1. 1 Richard E. Neal (D)
  2. 2 James P. McGovern (D)
  3. 3 Lori Trahan (D)
  4. 4 Jake Auchincloss (D)
  5. 5 Katherine M. Clark (D)
  6. 6 Seth Moulton (D)
  7. 7 Ayanna Pressley (D)
  8. 8 Stephen F. Lynch (D)
  9. 9 William R. Keating (D)

From Congress.gov, as of Sept. 28, 2026. Vacant seats are not listed.

Margin by election

Massachusetts margin by electionBars show the Democratic or Republican margin in Massachusetts in each election since 1960; the line shows the national popular-vote margin. The table below has every figure.R+60R+40R+20EvenD+20D+40D+601960: D+20.7 (nation D+0.2)'601964: D+52.8 (nation D+22.6)'641968: D+30.1 (nation R+0.7)'681972: D+9.0 (nation R+23.2)'721976: D+15.7 (nation D+2.1)'761980: R+0.2 (nation R+9.7)'801984: R+2.8 (nation R+18.2)'841988: D+7.9 (nation R+7.7)'881992: D+18.5 (nation D+5.6)'921996: D+33.4 (nation D+8.5)'962000: D+27.3 (nation D+0.5)'002004: D+25.1 (nation R+2.5)'042008: D+25.8 (nation D+7.3)'082012: D+23.1 (nation D+3.9)'122016: D+27.2 (nation D+2.1)'162020: D+33.5 (nation D+4.5)'202024: D+25.2 (nation R+1.5)'24

Massachusetts margin National popular vote

By county

Kamala Harris won 14 of Massachusetts' 14 counties in 2024; Donald Trump won 0.

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Largest counties, 2024

CountyVotesMarginShift from 2020
Middlesex County814,832D+39.2→R 5.7
Worcester County420,841D+10.0→R 7.8
Essex County401,851D+20.2→R 8.6
Norfolk County386,447D+28.5→R 7.5
Plymouth County300,129D+8.8→R 8.4
Suffolk County299,193D+52.1→R 10.8
Bristol County278,017D+1.3→R 10.6
Hampden County208,604D+8.9→R 8.6
Barnstable County148,785D+20.6→R 3.6
Hampshire County84,720D+41.7→R 4.8

Biggest shifts from 2020 to 2024: toward the Republican, Suffolk County (10.8), Bristol County (10.6), Essex County (8.6); toward the Democrat, Barnstable County (3.6), Dukes County (4.2), Hampshire County (4.8) — in points of margin.

County returns from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (official state data), 2000–2024. Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, of all votes cast.

Results by year

YearWinnerDemocratRepublicanOtherMarginNationTurnoutEV
2024 Kamala HarrisHarris lostHarris 61.2%2,126,518Trump 36.0%1,251,3032.8%D+25.2R+1.568.4%11
2020 Joe BidenBidenBiden 65.6%2,382,202Trump 32.1%1,167,2022.3%D+33.5D+4.571.3%11
2016 Hillary ClintonClinton lostClinton 60.0%1,995,196Trump 32.8%1,090,8937.2%D+27.2D+2.168.1%11
2012 Barack ObamaObamaObama 60.7%1,921,290Romney 37.5%1,188,3141.8%D+23.1D+3.966.0%11
2008 Barack ObamaObamaObama 61.8%1,904,097McCain 36.0%1,108,8542.2%D+25.8D+7.367.3%12
2004 John KerryKerry lostKerry 61.7%1,803,800Bush 36.6%1,071,1091.7%D+25.1R+2.564.9%12
2000 Al GoreGore lostGore 59.8%1,616,487Bush 32.5%878,502Nader 6.4%D+27.3D+0.561.1%12
1996 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 61.5%1,571,509Dole 28.1%718,058Perot 8.9%D+33.4D+8.559.3%12
1992 Bill ClintonClintonClinton 47.5%1,318,639Bush 29.0%805,039Perot 22.7%D+18.5D+5.664.9%12
1988 Michael DukakisDukakis lostDukakis 53.2%1,401,415Bush 45.4%1,194,6351.4%D+7.9R+7.761.3%13
1984 Ronald ReaganReaganMondale 48.4%1,239,606Reagan 51.2%1,310,9360.4%R+2.8R+18.260.8%13
1980 Ronald ReaganReaganCarter 41.8%1,053,802Reagan 41.9%1,057,631Anderson 15.2%R+0.2R+9.762.5%14
1976 Jimmy CarterCarterCarter 56.1%1,429,475Ford 40.4%1,030,2763.5%D+15.7D+2.1—14
1972 George McGovernMcGovern lostMcGovern 54.2%Nixon 45.2%0.6%D+9.0R+23.2—14
1968 Hubert HumphreyHumphrey lostHumphrey 63.0%Nixon 32.9%4.1%D+30.1R+0.7—14
1964 Lyndon B. JohnsonJohnsonJohnson 76.2%Goldwater 23.4%0.4%D+52.8D+22.6—14
1960 John F. KennedyKennedyKennedy 60.2%Nixon 39.6%0.2%D+20.7D+0.2—16

Margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's, in percentage points; Nation is the same for the national popular vote. "Other" is everyone else combined, or the leading third-party candidate where one took 5% or more. Vote counts from 1976. Turnout is ballots cast as a share of eligible voters, from 1980 (UF Election Lab; the newest year is preliminary).

Electoral votes

Electoral votes change after each census, when House seats are reapportioned.

  • 1619601950 census
  • 141964–19681960 census
  • 141972–19801970 census
  • 131984–19881980 census
  • 121992–20001990 census
  • 122004–20082000 census
  • 112012–20202010 census
  • 112024–20282020 census
  • 112032–2040projected

Projected: Massachusetts's share of House seats after the 2030 census if each state's population keeps changing at its pace since 2020, from the Census Bureau's 2024 American Community Survey population estimates (July 1, 2024). If the count were taken today it would have 11. An estimate, not a forecast.

Before 1960

Massachusetts cast electoral votes in 43 presidential elections before 1960, the first in 1789. It backed the eventual president in 29 of them. Until 1820 Massachusetts included what is now Maine.

YearCarried byElectorsMarginBacked winner
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican16+19.0✓
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican16+8.8✓
1948Harry S. Truman Democratic16+11.8✓
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic16+5.8✓
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic17+6.8✓
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic17+10.2✓
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic17+4.1✓
1928Al Smith Democratic18+1.1–
1924Calvin Coolidge Republican18+37.6✓
1920Warren G. Harding Republican18+42.2✓
1916Charles Evans Hughes Republican18+4.0–
1912Woodrow Wilson Democratic18+3.6✓
1908William Howard Taft Republican16+26.2✓
1904Theodore Roosevelt Republican16+21.7✓
1900William McKinley Republican15+20.7✓
1896William McKinley Republican15+45.2✓
1892Benjamin Harrison Republican15+6.8–
1888Benjamin Harrison Republican14+9.6✓
1884James G. Blaine Republican14+9.1–
1880James A. Garfield Republican13+19.2✓
1876Rutherford B. Hayes Republican13+16.0✓
1872Ulysses S. Grant Republican13+38.5✓
1868Ulysses S. Grant Republican12+39.5✓
1864Abraham Lincoln Republican12+44.4✓
1860Abraham Lincoln Republican13+42.7✓
1856John C. Frémont Republican13+41.3–
1852Winfield Scott Whig13+8.3–
1848Zachary Taylor Whig12+16.9✓
1844Henry Clay Whig12+11.7–
1840William Henry Harrison Whig14+16.4✓
1836Daniel Webster Whig14+10.3–
1832Henry Clay National Republican14+28.5–
1828John Quincy Adams National Republican15+66.5–
1824John Quincy Adams Democratic-Republican15Unopposed✓
1820James Monroe Democratic-Republican15—✓
1816Rufus King Federalist22—–
1812DeWitt Clinton Democratic-Republican22—–
1808Charles C. Pinckney Federalist19—–
1804Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican19—✓
1800John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 16, Pinckney 1616—–
1796John Adams FederalistVotes (two per elector): Adams 16, Pinckney 13, Johnston 2, Ellsworth 116—✓
1792George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 16, Adams 1616—✓
1789George WashingtonVotes (two per elector): Washington 10, Adams 1010—✓

Margin: the winner's lead over the runner-up in the state's popular vote, in points. A dash means the legislature chose the electors (common before the 1830s) or no popular vote is on record. Each year links to that election's map and full results.