2016_United_States_presidential_election_in_Massachusetts

2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

Election in Massachusetts


The 2016 United States presidential election in Massachusetts was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[1]

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Treemap of the popular vote by county.

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 and Hawaii the only states in which Clinton won every single county. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has maintained extremely large Democratic margins since 1996. It also marked the fourth consecutive election in which both the Democratic and Republican vote shares in Massachusetts fell; since 2004, 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's 2012 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, the New Bedford and Fall River areas and the western part of Massachusetts, particularly eastern Berkshire County, swung to Trump.[2]

Primary elections

Democratic primary

Results of the Democratic primary by town.
  Hillary Clinton
  Bernie Sanders
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Republican primary

Town results of the Massachusetts Republican presidential primaries, 2016.
  Donald Trump
  John Kasich
  Marco Rubio
  Tie
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Green-Rainbow primary

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

Town results of the Massachusetts Green presidential primaries, 2016.
  Jill Stein
  Sedinam Curry
  Darryl Cherney
  Kent Mesplay
  William Kreml
  No Votes
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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]

United Independent primary

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

General election

Predictions

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

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Polling

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]

Results

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Results by county

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Results by Municipality

Results by municipality.
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Results by congressional district

Clinton won all 9 congressional districts.[23]

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See also


References

  1. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration. September 19, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  2. "2016 President Democratic Primary". Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  3. "Official results: Stein wins Massachusetts Green Rainbow Party presidential primary with 48.1%". Green Party Watch. March 11, 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  4. "Massachusetts Green Party Presidential Primary Will List Five Candidates". Independent Political Report. December 25, 2016. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  5. "2016 Green-Rainbow Party Presidential Primary". MA Green-Rainbow Party. December 25, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  6. "Massachusetts Secretary of State Releases Green Party Presidential Primary Results". Ballot Access News. April 7, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2016.
  7. Chalian, David (November 4, 2016). "Road to 270: CNN's new election map". CNN. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  8. "2016 Electoral Scorecard". The Cook Political Report. November 7, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  9. "2016 Electoral Map Prediction". Electoral-vote.com. November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  10. "Presidential Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  11. "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  12. Federal Election Commission (December 2017). "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF). p. 33. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

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