MA
Massachusetts
Party timeline · 1789–2024
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Swing timeline · Massachusetts
One column per cycle. Height is the state’s electoral votes, colour is the party that carried it, and a diamond marks a flip. 14 flips across 60 cycles.
Electoral votes over time
By party · all cycles
Dem 22
Rep 21
Fed 5
Whig 5
3
2
2
Popular vote · newest first
Swing is how far the gap between the Democratic and Republican shares moved since the state’s previous election with sourced votes: “R +1.6” means 1.6 points toward the Republican.
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| Year | Carried by | Dem | Rep | Others named | Margin | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20241 | Dem Harris | Harris 2,126,518 60.5% | Trump 1,251,303 35.6% | None | 875,215 24.9 pts | R +8.3 since 2020 |
| 20202 | Dem Biden | Biden 2,382,202 65.1% | Trump 1,167,202 31.9% | Jo Jorgensen 47,013 · 1.3% | 1,215,000 33.2 pts | D +6.5 since 2016 |
| 20163 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,995,196 59.1% | Trump 1,090,893 32.3% | Gary Johnson 138,018 · 4.1% Jill Stein 47,661 · 1.4% | 904,303 26.8 pts | D +3.7 since 2012 |
| 20124 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,921,290 60.3% | Romney 1,188,314 37.3% | None | 732,976 23.0 pts | R +2.6 since 2008 |
| 20085 | Dem Obama | Obama 1,904,097 61.4% | McCain 1,108,854 35.7% | None | 795,243 25.6 pts | D +0.6 since 2004 |
| 20046 | Dem Kerry | Kerry 1,803,800 61.6% | Bush 1,071,109 36.6% | None | 732,691 25.0 pts | R +2.0 since 2000 |
| 20007 | Dem Gore | Gore 1,616,487 59.1% | Bush 878,502 32.1% | Ralph Nader 173,564 · 6.3% | 737,985 27.0 pts | R +6.4 since 1996 |
| 1996 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,571,509 61.5% | Dole 718,058 28.1% | Ross Perot 227,206 · 8.9% | 853,451 33.4 pts | D +14.9 since 1992 |
| 1992 | Dem Clinton | Clinton 1,318,639 47.5% | Bush 805,039 29.0% | Ross Perot 630,731 · 22.7% | 513,600 18.5 pts | D +10.7 since 1988 |
| 1988 | Dem Dukakis | Dukakis 1,401,415 53.2% | Bush 1,194,635 45.4% | None | 206,780 7.9 pts | D +10.6 since 1984 |
| 1984 | Rep Reagan | Mondale 1,239,606 48.4% | Reagan 1,310,936 51.2% | None | 71,330 2.8 pts | R +2.6 since 1980 |
| 1980 | Rep Reagan | Carter 1,053,802 41.7% | Reagan 1,057,631 41.9% | John B. Anderson 382,539 · 15.2% | 3,829 0.2 pts | R +15.8 since 1976 |
| 1976 | Dem Carter | Carter 1,429,475 56.1% | Ford 1,030,276 40.4% | Eugene McCarthy 65,637 · 2.6% | 399,199 15.7 pts | D +6.7 since 1972 |
| 1972 | Dem McGovern | McGovern 1,332,540 54.2% | Nixon 1,112,078 45.2% | None | 220,462 9.0 pts | R +21.2 since 1968 |
| 1968 | Dem Humphrey | Humphrey 1,469,218 63.0% | Nixon 766,844 32.9% | George Wallace 87,088 · 3.7% | 702,374 30.1 pts | R +22.6 since 1964 |
| 1964 | Dem Johnson | Johnson 1,786,422 76.2% | Goldwater 549,727 23.4% | None | 1,236,695 52.7 pts | D +32.1 since 1960 |
| 1960 | Dem Kennedy | Kennedy 1,487,174 60.2% | Nixon 976,750 39.6% | None | 510,424 20.7 pts | D +39.6 since 1956 |
| 1956 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 948,190 40.4% | Eisenhower 1,393,197 59.3% | None | 445,007 18.9 pts | R +10.2 since 1952 |
| 19528 | Rep Eisenhower | Stevenson 1,083,5258 45.5% | Eisenhower 1,292,3258 54.2% | None | 208,800 8.8 pts | R +20.0 since 1948 |
| 19489 | Dem Truman | Truman 1,151,7889 53.4% | Dewey 909,3709 42.2% | Henry A. Wallace 38,157 · 1.8%9 | 242,418 11.2 pts | D +5.6 since 1944 |
| 194410 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 1,035,29610 51.5% | Dewey 921,35010 45.8% | None | 113,946 5.7 pts | R +1.1 since 1940 |
| 194011 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 1,076,52211 53.1% | Willkie 939,70011 46.4% | None | 136,822 6.7 pts | R +2.7 since 1936 |
| 1936 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 942,716 51.2% | Landon 768,613 41.8% | William Lemke 118,639 · 6.4% | 174,103 9.5 pts | D +5.5 since 1932 |
| 1932 | Dem Roosevelt | Roosevelt 800,148 50.6% | Hoover 736,959 46.6% | Norman Thomas 34,305 · 2.2% | 63,189 4.0 pts | D +2.9 since 1928 |
| 192812 | Dem Smith | Smith 792,75812 50.2% | Hoover 775,56612 49.2% | None | 17,192 1.1 pts | D +38.5 since 1924 |
| 1924 | Rep Coolidge | Davis 280,831 24.9% | Coolidge 703,489 62.3% | Robert M. La Follette 141,284 · 12.5% | 422,658 37.4 pts | D +3.3 since 1920 |
| 192013,14 | Rep Harding | Cox 276,69113 27.8% | Harding 681,15313 68.5% | Eugene V. Debs 32,269 · 3.2%13 | 404,462 40.7 pts | R +36.8 since 1916 |
| 1916 | Rep Hughes | Wilson 247,885 46.6% | Hughes 268,784 50.5% | Allan L. Benson 11,058 · 2.1% | 20,899 3.9 pts | R +7.5 since 1912 |
| 1912 | Dem Wilson | Wilson 173,408 35.5% | Taft 155,948 32.0% | Theodore Roosevelt 142,228 · 29.1% Eugene V. Debs 12,616 · 2.6% | 17,460 3.6 pts | D +27.7 since 1908 |
| 1908 | Rep Taft | Bryan 155,543 34.0% | Taft 265,966 58.2% | Thomas L. Hisgen 19,239 · 4.2% Eugene V. Debs 10,781 · 2.4% | 110,423 24.2 pts | R +3.5 since 1904 |
| 1904 | Rep Roosevelt | Parker 165,746 37.2% | Roosevelt 257,822 57.9% | Eugene V. Debs 13,604 · 3.1% | 92,076 20.7 pts | R +0.9 since 1900 |
| 190015 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 156,99915 37.9% | McKinley 238,86615 57.7% | Eugene V. Debs 9,607 · 2.3%15 John G. Woolley 6,202 · 1.5%15 | 81,867 19.8 pts | D +23.4 since 1896 |
| 189616 | Rep McKinley | Bryan 105,71116 26.3% | McKinley 278,97616 69.5% | John M. Palmer 11,749 · 2.9%16 | 173,265 43.1 pts | R +36.5 since 1892 |
| 189217 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 176,81317 45.2% | Harrison 202,81417 51.9% | John Bidwell 7,539 · 1.9%17 | 26,001 6.6 pts | D +2.7 since 1888 |
| 1888 | Rep Harrison | Cleveland 151,855 44.1% | Harrison 183,892 53.4% | Clinton B. Fisk 8,701 · 2.5% | 32,037 9.3 pts | R +1.3 since 1884 |
| 188418 | Rep Blaine | Cleveland 122,35218 40.3% | Blaine 146,72418 48.4% | Benjamin F. Butler 24,382 · 8.0%18 John P. St. John 9,925 · 3.3%18 | 24,372 8.0 pts | D +10.9 since 1880 |
| 188019 | Rep Garfield | Hancock 111,96019 39.7% | Garfield 165,20519 58.6% | James B. Weaver 4,548 · 1.6%19 | 53,245 18.9 pts | R +3.0 since 1876 |
| 187620 | Rep Hayes | Tilden 108,77720 41.9% | Hayes 150,06320 57.8% | None | 41,286 15.9 pts | D +22.6 since 1872 |
| 187221,22 | Rep Grant | Greeley 59,26021 30.7% | Grant 133,47221 69.3% | None | 74,212 38.5 pts | D +0.8 since 1868 |
| 186823 | Rep Grant | Seymour 59,40823 30.3% | Grant 136,47723 69.7% | None | 77,069 39.3 pts | First sourced year |
| 186424 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 186025 | Rep Lincoln | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185626 | Rep Fremont | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 185227 | Whig Scott | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184828 | Whig Taylor | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184429 | Whig Clay | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 184030 | Whig Harrison | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183631 | Whig Webster | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 183232 | N-R Clay | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182833 | N-R John Quincy Adams | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182434 | D-R John Quincy Adams | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 182035 | D-R Monroe | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 181636 | Fed King | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 181237 | Fed Clinton | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180838 | Fed Pinckney | Electors were chosen by the legislature. | ||||
| 180439 | D-R Jefferson | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 180040 | Fed Adams Charles C. Pinckney 16, John Adams 16 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179641 | Fed Adams John Adams 16, Thomas Pinckney 13, Samuel Johnston 2, Oliver Ellsworth 1 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 179242 | Ind Washington George Washington 16, John Adams 16 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
| 178943 | Ind Washington George Washington 10, John Adams 10 | State popular vote not yet sourced. | ||||
Shares are of the state’s total vote for president. Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate. “Others named” lists every other candidate the figures give a line of their own.
Notes on the figures
- 2024 'Other candidates' includes 39,262 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2020 'Other candidates' includes 26,603 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2016 'Other candidates' includes 53,775 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2012 'Other candidates' includes 16,429 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2008 'Other candidates' includes 22,010 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2004 'Other candidates' includes 15,067 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 2000 'Other candidates' includes 31,022 blank, void, over- or under-vote or 'none of these candidates' ballots, which the source reports as lines of their own.
- 1952 The official table notes: Others: scattering (footnote 8).
- 1948 The official table notes: Others: blanks 48,201 and scattering 633 votes (footnote 5).
- 1944 The official table notes: Others: blanks 49,328 and scattering 266 votes (footnote 6).
- 1940 The official table notes: Other: Socialist Labor, 1,492; scattering, 12.
- 1928 The official table notes: Footnote 11: 'Scattering, 4 votes, included in grand total.'
- 1920 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1920 The official table notes: Other tickets on the state page (in OthersState): All others 24.
- 1900 The official table prints a state total of 414,266, which does not agree with its own figures (they add up to 414,273); their sum is used.
- 1896 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1892 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1884 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1880 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1876 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1872 Horace Greeley was the Liberal Republican nominee and was also endorsed by the Democratic Party; he is listed under the Democratic column, where the county file records his votes.
- 1872 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1868 The official table prints no state total here; the total is the sum of the tickets it lists.
- 1864 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1860 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1856 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1852 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1848 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1844 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1840 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1836 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1832 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1828 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1824 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1820 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1816 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1812 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1808 The state legislature chose the electors; there was no popular vote.
- 1804 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1800 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1796 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1792 State popular vote not yet sourced.
- 1789 State popular vote not yet sourced.
SourcesMIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. President 1976–2024 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1964 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1956 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1952 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1940 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 3, 1936 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1932 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 1928 ; Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1924 ; Statistics of the Congressional and Presidential Election of November 2, 1920 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1917 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1914 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1910 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1905 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1901 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1897 ; The World Almanac and Encyclopedia 1894 ; The World Almanac 1891 ; The World Almanac 1886 ; The Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1878 ; The World Almanac for 1873 . How these figures were compiled
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