Who won Massachusetts in the 2020 presidential election?

Biden (Democratic) carried Massachusetts in 2020, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 2020?

Massachusetts cast 11 electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 2020?

Yes. Massachusetts backed Joe Biden, who won the presidency that year.

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2020

Massachusetts: Biden carries 11 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 11 electoral votes for Biden (Democratic). National winner: Joe Biden (Democratic) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

Massachusetts in 2020

The 2020 contest saw Massachusetts line up behind Biden, delivering 11 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Joe Biden captured the White House that year.

It marked the 10th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1984. Massachusetts did not move alone — neighboring Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire broke the same way in 2020. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 times). The vote fell within the Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Joe Biden took 306 of the 538 electoral votes, against Donald Trump's 232. Joe Biden led the national popular vote with 51.31% of the ballots cast.

The 2020 national map

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