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The2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus theDistrict of Columbia participated.[2]Massachusetts voters chose electors to represent them in theElectoral College via a popular vote, pitting theRepublican Party's nominee, incumbent PresidentDonald Trump, and running mateVice PresidentMike Pence againstDemocratic Party nominee, former Vice PresidentJoe Biden, and his running mate California SenatorKamala Harris. Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[3]
Prior to the election, Massachusetts was widely considered a state Biden would win or a safe blue state. On election day, Biden easily carried Massachusetts with a 33-point margin, the largest margin whereby any nominee had carried the state sinceLyndon B. Johnson's1964 landslide. Massachusetts was one of three states where Biden won every county, the other two beingRhode Island andHawaii.
Massachusetts voted 29% more Democratic than the national average.
Presidential preference primaries were scheduled for March 3, 2020, for each of the political parties with state ballot access.
Bernie Sanders andJoe Biden were among the declared major Democratic candidates.Elizabeth Warren, one of the two current senators from Massachusetts, formed an exploratory committee in December 2018 and declared her intention to run in February 2019.[4][5]
| Candidate | Votes | % | Delegates[7] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Biden | 473,861 | 33.41 | 37 |
| Bernie Sanders | 376,990 | 26.58 | 30 |
| Elizabeth Warren | 303,864 | 21.43 | 24 |
| Michael Bloomberg | 166,200 | 11.72 | |
| Pete Buttigieg(withdrawn)[a] | 38,400 | 2.71 | |
| Amy Klobuchar(withdrawn)[a] | 17,297 | 1.22 | |
| Tulsi Gabbard | 10,548 | 0.74 | |
| Deval Patrick(withdrawn) | 6,923 | 0.49 | |
| Tom Steyer(withdrawn)[a] | 6,762 | 0.48 | |
| Andrew Yang(withdrawn) | 2,708 | 0.19 | |
| Michael Bennet(withdrawn) | 1,257 | 0.09 | |
| John Delaney(withdrawn) | 675 | 0.05 | |
| Marianne Williamson(withdrawn) | 617 | 0.04 | |
| Cory Booker(withdrawn) | 426 | 0.03 | |
| Julian Castro(withdrawn) | 305 | 0.02 | |
| All Others | 1,941 | 0.14 | |
| No Preference | 5,345 | 0.38 | |
| Blank ballots | 4,061 | 0.29 | |
| Total | 1,418,180 | 100% | 91 |
Massachusetts governorCharlie Baker declined to run, as did Utah Senator and former Massachusetts governorMitt Romney.[8][9][10][11]
| 2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary[12] | |||
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| Candidate | Popular vote | Delegates | |
| Count | Percentage | ||
| Donald Trump (incumbent) | 239,115 | 86.32 | 41 |
| Bill Weld | 25,425 | 9.18 | 0 |
| Joe Walsh(withdrawn) | 3,008 | 1.09 | 0 |
| Rocky De La Fuente | 675 | 0.24 | 0 |
| No Preference | 4,385 | 1.58 | 0 |
| Blank ballots | 2,242 | 0.81 | 0 |
| All Others | 2,152 | 0.78 | 0 |
| Total | 277,002 | 100% | 41 |
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A number of Libertarian candidates declared for the race, including New Hampshire State RepresentativeMax Abramson,Adam Kokesh,Vermin Supreme and former Libertarian National Committee vice-chair Arvin Vohra.[13][14][15]
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| All others | 958 | 25.0% |
| No preference | 804 | 21.0% |
| Vermin Supreme | 399 | 10.4% |
| Jacob Hornberger | 369 | 9.6% |
| Dan Behrman | 294 | 7.7% |
| Kim Ruff (withdrawn) | 224 | 5.8% |
| Arvin Vohra | 151 | 3.9% |
| Ken Armstrong | 145 | 3.8% |
| Jo Jorgensen | 141 | 3.7% |
| Sam Robb | 127 | 3.3% |
| Adam Kokesh | 125 | 3.3% |
| Max Abramson | 98 | 2.6% |
| Total | 3,835 | 100% |
| Candidate | Votes | Percentage | National delegates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dario Hunter | 224 | 16.9 | 2 |
| Howie Hawkins | 217 | 16.4 | 1 |
| Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry | 141 | 10.6 | 1 |
| Kent Mesplay | 55 | 4.1 | 0 |
| David Rolde | 4 | 0.3 | 0 |
| Write-In | 369 | 27.8 | 0 |
| No Preference | 316 | 23.8 | 7 |
| Total | 1326 | 100.00% | 11 |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[18] | Safe D | September 10, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[19] | Safe D | September 4, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] | Safe D | July 14, 2020 |
| Politico[21] | Safe D | September 8, 2020 |
| RCP[22] | Safe D | August 3, 2020 |
| Niskanen[23] | Safe D | July 26, 2020 |
| CNN[24] | Safe D | August 3, 2020 |
| The Economist[25] | Safe D | September 2, 2020 |
| 270towin[26] | Safe D | August 2, 2020 |
| ABC News[27] | Safe D | July 31, 2020 |
| NBC News[28] | Safe D | August 6, 2020 |
| 538[29] | Safe D | September 9, 2020 |
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Aggregate polls
| Source of poll aggregation | Dates administered | Dates updated | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Other/ Undecided [c] | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 270 to Win[30] | October 17 – November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 65.0% | 28.7% | 6.3% | Biden +36.3 |
| RealClearPolitics[31] | July 31 – August 27, 2020 | September 15, 2020 | 64.0% | 28.3% | 7.7% | Biden +35.7 |
| FiveThirtyEight[32] | until November 2, 2020 | November 3, 2020 | 64.6% | 28.9% | 6.5% | Biden +35.8 |
| Average | 64.5% | 28.6% | 6.8% | Biden +35.9 | ||
Polls
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[d] | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Jo Jorgensen Libertarian | Howie Hawkins Green | Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MassInc[33] | Oct 23–30, 2020 | 929 (LV) | – | 28% | 62% | - | - | 8%[e] | 2% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[34] | Oct 1–28, 2020 | 5,848 (LV) | – | 28% | 70% | - | - | – | – |
| YouGov/UMass Amherst[35] | Oct 14–21, 2020 | 713 (LV) | – | 29% | 64% | - | - | 3%[f] | 3% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[34] | Sep 1–30, 2020 | 2,655 (LV) | – | 32% | 66% | - | - | – | 2% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[34] | Aug 1–31, 2020 | 2,286 (LV) | – | 29% | 69% | - | - | – | 2% |
| Emerson College/WHDH[36] | Aug 25–27, 2020 | 763 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 31% | 69% | - | - | – | – |
| MassINC/WBUR[37] | Aug 6–9, 2020 | 501 (LV) | ± 4.4% | 27% | 63% | - | - | 5%[g] | 4% |
| UMass/YouGov[38] | Jul 31 – Aug 7, 2020 | 500 (RV) | ± 5.9% | 28% | 61% | - | - | – | – |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[34] | Jul 1–31, 2020 | 2,509 (LV) | – | 26% | 72% | - | - | – | 2% |
| MassINC[39] | Jul 17–20, 2020 | 797 (RV) | – | 23% | 55% | - | - | 10%[h] | 12% |
| SurveyMonkey/Axios[34] | Jun 8–30, 2020 | 1,091 (LV) | – | 27% | 71% | - | - | – | 2% |
| Emerson College/7 News[40] | May 4–5, 2020 | 740 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 33%[i] | 67% | - | - | – | – |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell/YouGov[41] | Apr 27 – May 1, 2020 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.6% | 30% | 58% | - | - | 7%[j] | 4% |
| Emerson College[42] | Apr 4–7, 2019 | 761 (RV) | ± 3.5% | 31% | 69% | - | - | – | – |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Joe Biden Kamala Harris | 2,382,202 | 65.60 | +4.62 | |
| Republican | Donald Trump Mike Pence | 1,167,202 | 32.14 | –0.67 | |
| Libertarian | Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen | 47,013 | 1.29 | –2.93 | |
| Green | Howie Hawkins Angela Walker | 18,658 | 0.51 | –0.95 | |
| Write-in | 16,327 | 0.45 | –1.07 | ||
| Total votes | 3,631,402 | 100% | +1.49 | ||
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| County | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Barnstable | 91,994 | 61.20% | 55,311 | 36.79% | 3,020 | 2.01% | 36,683 | 24.41% | 150,325 |
| Berkshire | 51,705 | 72.44% | 18,064 | 25.31% | 1,606 | 2.25% | 33,641 | 47.13% | 71,375 |
| Bristol | 153,377 | 54.92% | 119,872 | 42.92% | 6,030 | 2.16% | 33,505 | 12.00% | 279,279 |
| Dukes | 9,914 | 77.47% | 2,631 | 20.56% | 253 | 1.97% | 7,283 | 56.91% | 12,798 |
| Essex | 267,198 | 63.44% | 144,837 | 34.39% | 9,175 | 2.17% | 122,361 | 29.05% | 421,210 |
| Franklin | 30,030 | 70.73% | 11,201 | 26.38% | 1,227 | 2.89% | 18,829 | 44.35% | 42,458 |
| Hampden | 125,948 | 57.73% | 87,318 | 40.02% | 4,911 | 2.25% | 38,630 | 17.71% | 218,177 |
| Hampshire | 63,362 | 72.12% | 22,281 | 25.36% | 2,211 | 2.52% | 41,081 | 46.76% | 87,854 |
| Middlesex | 617,196 | 71.47% | 226,956 | 26.28% | 19,425 | 2.25% | 390,240 | 45.19% | 863,577 |
| Nantucket | 5,241 | 71.74% | 1,914 | 26.20% | 151 | 2.06% | 3,327 | 45.54% | 7,306 |
| Norfolk | 273,312 | 67.03% | 125,294 | 30.73% | 9,145 | 2.24% | 148,018 | 36.30% | 407,751 |
| Plymouth | 173,630 | 57.53% | 121,227 | 40.17% | 6,959 | 2.30% | 52,403 | 17.36% | 301,816 |
| Suffolk | 270,522 | 80.64% | 58,613 | 17.47% | 6,327 | 1.89% | 211,909 | 63.17% | 335,462 |
| Worcester | 248,773 | 57.58% | 171,683 | 39.74% | 11,558 | 2.68% | 77,090 | 17.84% | 432,014 |
| Totals | 2,382,202 | 65.60% | 1,167,202 | 32.14% | 81,998 | 2.26% | 1,215,000 | 33.46% | 3,631,402 |
Swing by county
Trend relative to the state by countyBiden won all nine congressional districts, breaking 60% of the vote in eight of them.[44]
| District | Trump | Biden | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 37% | 61% | Richard Neal |
| 2nd | 36% | 61% | Jim McGovern |
| 3rd | 34% | 63% | Lori Trahan |
| 4th | 34% | 64% | Joe Kennedy III |
| Jake Auchincloss | |||
| 5th | 24% | 74% | Katherine Clark |
| 6th | 35% | 62% | Seth Moulton |
| 7th | 13% | 85% | Ayanna Pressley |
| 8th | 32% | 66% | Stephen Lynch |
| 9th | 40% | 58% | Bill Keating |
Towns that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Massachusetts has been a Democratic-leaning state since1928, and a Democratic stronghold since1960, and has maintained extremely large Democratic margins since1996. This remained true in 2020, with Massachusetts being one of six states (along withHawaii,Vermont,Maryland,California, andNew York) to give Biden over 60% of the vote. Massachusetts isethnically diverse, highlyurbanized,highly educated, and among the leastreligious states.
Perexit polls by theAssociated Press, Biden's strength came from winning 74% of college-educated voters, which carries particular weight in Massachusetts, as the state contains the highest proportion of graduates of any state in the country.[45] Trump's slip among suburban white voters led Biden to carry almost every municipality in theGreater Boston area by at least 60% or more, while Trump carried only several towns on theSouth Shore and in Central Massachusetts. Biden won 298 of the 351 municipalities.[46] Biden swept all demographic groups, garnering 63% of whites, 84% of Latinos, 58% ofCatholics, 56% ofProtestants, and 86% ofJewish voters. Additionally, Biden won 52% of whites without a college degree within the state, one of Trump's strongest demographics elsewhere in the country.[45] While Biden overwhelmingly carriedLatino voters in the state, Trump improved on his 2016 performance in heavily Hispanic cities such asLawrence,Chelsea, andHolyoke.[47] Nevertheless, Trump had the worst vote share inMassachusetts of any Republican nominee sinceBob Dole in1996, and slightly underperformedGeorge W. Bush's 32.5% vote share in2000.
Massachusetts was one of five states in the nation in which Biden's victory margin was larger than 1 million raw votes, the others beingCalifornia,Maryland,New York andIllinois.
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