2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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Turnout	74.51%
Nominee Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Tim Kaine Mike Pence Electoral vote 11 0 Popular vote 1,995,196 1,090,893 Percentage 60.01% 32.81%
County results Municipality results Congressional district results Precinct results Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Tie
Results by county showing number of votes by size and candidates by color
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

The2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.Massachusetts voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, businessmanDonald Trump, and running mateIndiana GovernorMike Pence againstDemocratic Party nominee, formerSecretary of StateHillary Clinton, and her running mate VirginiaSenatorTim Kaine. Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.^[1]

In the general election, Clinton won Massachusetts with 60.01% of the vote, while Trump received 32.81%. This marked the fourth consecutive election in which the Democratic candidate won over 60% of the vote, and the seventh in a row in which they won in every single county in the state, thus making Massachusetts andHawaii the only states in which Clinton won every single county. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since1928, and a Democratic stronghold since1960, and has maintained extremely large Democratic margins since1996. It also marked the fourth consecutive election in which both the Democratic and Republican vote shares in Massachusetts fell; since2004, the combined vote shares of the two major parties in the Commonwealth have gradually declined from 98.72% to 94.32%.

Clinton improved on Obama's2012 performance by around 4%, due to a large swing to the Democrat in the metropolitan Boston area, making the state one of 11 (along with the District of Columbia) that shifted towards the Democrats. Meanwhile, theNew Bedford andFall River areas and thewestern part of Massachusetts, particularly easternBerkshire County, swung to Trump.^[2]

Trump became the first Republican since1912 to lose the once reliably Republican town ofBoxford, which has voted against him all three of his runs for presidency. That being said, Clinton became the first Democrat to win Boxford in a presidential election since its creation.

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The Massachusetts primary took place on March 1. 5 candidates appeared on the ballot, the results are as follows:

Any members of the party could apply to be delegates to be sent to the national convention, and had until March 10 (over a week after the primary) to apply.^[7][8] The number of voters that took part in the election slightly increased from the 1,554 that took part in the 2012 primary.^[9]

Ballots were available for voters enrolled in this party, but there were no candidates for office.

The following are final 2016 predictions from various organizations for Massachusetts as of Election Day.

Hillary Clinton won every single pre-election poll by upper double digits. The final poll showed Clinton with 56% to Trump's 26%, and the average of the final 3 polls showed Hillary Clinton leading Trump 56% to 27%.^[18]

Swing by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +12.5-15%
•   Democratic — +10-12.5%
•   Democratic — +7.5-10%
•   Democratic — +5-7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5-5%
•   Democratic — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5-15%
•   Republican — +>15%

Trend relative to the state by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +12.5-15%
•   Democratic — +10-12.5%
•   Democratic — +7.5-10%
•   Democratic — +5-7.5%
•   Democratic — +2.5-5%
•   Democratic — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +0-2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5-5%
•   Republican — +7.5-10%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%
•   Republican — +12.5-15%
•   Republican — +>15%

Clinton won all nine congressional districts.^[23]

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