MA · State

Massachusetts (MA) — Total Data

Year	D	R	Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%)	D Cand.	R Cand.	State Margin	Nat. Margin	Rel. Margin	Total votes	Source	EVs
1864	48,745(27.8%)	126,742(72.2%)	(27.8%, 72.2%, 0.0%)	George B. McClellan	Abraham Lincoln	R+44.4	R+10.1	R+34.4	175,490	Wikipedia	12
1868	59,103(30.2%)(Δ 10,358)	136,379(69.8%)(Δ 9,637)	(30.2%, 69.8%, 0.0%)	Horatio Seymour	Ulysses S. Grant	R+39.5(Δ D+4.9)	R+5.3(Δ D+4.8)	R+34.2(Δ D+0.2)	195,508(Δ 20,018)	Wikipedia	12
1872	59,195(30.7%)(Δ 92)	133,455(69.3%)(Δ -2,924)	(30.7%, 69.2%, 0.0%)	Horace Greeley	Ulysses S. Grant	R+38.5(Δ D+1.0)	R+11.8(Δ R+6.5)	R+26.7(Δ D+7.5)	192,864(Δ -2,644)	Wikipedia	13
1876	108,777(42.0%)(Δ 49,582)	150,064(58.0%)(Δ 16,609)	(41.9%, 57.8%, 0.0%)	Samuel J. Tilden	Rutherford B. Hayes	R+15.9(Δ D+22.6)	D+3.0(Δ D+14.8)	R+18.9(Δ D+7.8)	259,620(Δ 66,756)	Wikipedia	13
1880	111,690(39.7%)(Δ 2,913)	165,205(58.7%)(Δ 15,141)	(39.6%, 58.6%, 1.6%)	Winfield Scott Hancock	James A. Garfield	R+19.0(Δ R+3.1)	R+0.1(Δ R+3.1)	R+18.9(Δ D+0.0)	282,125(Δ 22,505)	Wikipedia	13
1884	122,352(41.7%)(Δ 10,662)	146,724(50.0%)(Δ -18,481)	(40.3%, 48.4%, 8.0%)	Grover Cleveland	James G. Blaine	R+8.0(Δ D+10.9)	D+0.6(Δ D+0.7)	R+8.6(Δ D+10.3)	303,383(Δ 21,258)	Wikipedia	14
1888	151,590(44.0%)(Δ 29,238)	183,892(53.4%)(Δ 37,168)	(44.0%, 53.4%, 2.5%)	Grover Cleveland	Benjamin Harrison	R+9.4(Δ R+1.4)	D+0.8(Δ D+0.3)	R+10.2(Δ R+1.6)	344,243(Δ 40,860)	Wikipedia	14
1892	176,813(45.7%)(Δ 25,223)	202,814(52.4%)(Δ 18,922)	(45.2%, 51.9%, 1.9%)	Grover Cleveland	Benjamin Harrison	R+6.6(Δ D+2.7)	D+3.0(Δ D+2.2)	R+9.7(Δ D+0.6)	391,028(Δ 46,785)	Wikipedia	15
1896	105,711(26.7%)(Δ -71,102)	278,976(70.4%)(Δ 76,162)	(26.3%, 69.5%, 2.9%)	William Jennings Bryan	William McKinley	R+43.1(Δ R+36.5)	R+4.3(Δ R+7.3)	R+38.8(Δ R+29.2)	401,568(Δ 10,540)	Wikipedia	15
1900	156,997(39.0%)(Δ 51,286)	238,866(59.4%)(Δ -40,110)	(37.8%, 57.6%, 1.5%)	William Jennings Bryan	William McKinley	R+19.7(Δ D+23.4)	R+6.1(Δ R+1.8)	R+13.6(Δ D+25.2)	414,804(Δ 13,236)	Wikipedia	15
1904	165,746(37.9%)(Δ 8,749)	257,822(59.0%)(Δ 18,956)	(37.2%, 57.9%, 3.1%)	Alton B. Parker	Theodore Roosevelt	R+20.7(Δ R+0.9)	R+18.8(Δ R+12.7)	R+1.9(Δ D+11.8)	445,109(Δ 30,305)	Wikipedia	16
1908	155,543(35.3%)(Δ -10,203)	265,966(60.3%)(Δ 8,144)	(34.0%, 58.2%, 4.2%)	William Jennings Bryan	William Howard Taft	R+24.2(Δ R+3.5)	R+8.5(Δ D+10.3)	R+15.6(Δ R+13.8)	456,919(Δ 11,810)	Wikipedia	16
1912	173,408(36.8%)(Δ 17,865)	142,228(30.2%)(Δ -123,738)	(35.5%, 29.1%, 32.0%)	Woodrow Wilson	Theodore Roosevelt	D+6.4(Δ D+30.6)	D+14.4(Δ D+23.0)	R+8.1(Δ D+7.6)	488,056(Δ 31,137)	Wikipedia	18
1916	247,885(47.0%)(Δ 74,477)	268,784(50.9%)(Δ 126,556)	(46.6%, 50.5%, 2.1%)	Woodrow Wilson	Charles Evans Hughes	R+3.9(Δ R+10.3)	D+3.1(Δ R+11.3)	R+7.0(Δ D+1.0)	531,823(Δ 43,767)	Wikipedia	18
1920	276,691(27.9%)(Δ 28,806)	681,153(68.8%)(Δ 412,369)	(27.8%, 68.5%, 3.2%)	James M. Cox	Warren G. Harding	R+40.7(Δ R+36.8)	R+26.2(Δ R+29.3)	R+14.5(Δ R+7.5)	993,718(Δ 461,895)	Wikipedia	18
1924	280,831(25.0%)(Δ 4,140)	703,476(62.5%)(Δ 22,323)	(24.9%, 62.3%, 12.5%)	John W. Davis	Calvin Coolidge	R+37.4(Δ D+3.3)	R+25.2(Δ D+1.0)	R+12.2(Δ D+2.3)	1,129,837(Δ 136,119)	Wikipedia	18
1928	792,758(50.3%)(Δ 511,927)	775,566(49.3%)(Δ 72,090)	(50.2%, 49.2%, 0.4%)	Al Smith	Herbert Hoover	D+1.1(Δ D+38.5)	R+17.4(Δ D+7.8)	D+18.5(Δ D+30.7)	1,577,823(Δ 447,986)	Wikipedia	18
1932	800,148(50.9%)(Δ 7,390)	736,959(46.9%)(Δ -38,607)	(50.6%, 46.6%, 2.2%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Herbert Hoover	D+4.0(Δ D+2.9)	D+17.8(Δ D+35.2)	R+13.8(Δ R+32.3)	1,580,114(Δ 2,291)	Wikipedia	17
1936	942,716(51.5%)(Δ 142,568)	768,613(42.0%)(Δ 31,654)	(51.2%, 41.8%, 6.4%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Alf Landon	D+9.5(Δ D+5.5)	D+24.3(Δ D+6.5)	R+14.8(Δ R+1.0)	1,840,357(Δ 260,243)	Wikipedia	17
1940	1,076,522(53.3%)(Δ 133,806)	939,700(46.5%)(Δ 171,087)	(53.1%, 46.4%, 0.2%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Willkie	D+6.7(Δ R+2.7)	D+10.0(Δ R+14.3)	R+3.2(Δ D+11.6)	2,026,993(Δ 186,636)	Wikipedia	17
1944	1,035,296(52.9%)(Δ -41,226)	921,350(47.1%)(Δ -18,350)	(52.8%, 47.0%, 0.0%)	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Thomas E. Dewey	D+5.8(Δ R+0.9)	D+7.5(Δ R+2.5)	R+1.7(Δ D+1.5)	1,960,665(Δ -66,328)	Wikipedia	16
1948	1,151,788(54.9%)(Δ 116,492)	909,370(43.3%)(Δ -11,980)	(54.7%, 43.2%, 1.8%)	Harry S. Truman	Thomas E. Dewey	D+11.5(Δ D+5.7)	D+4.5(Δ R+3.0)	D+7.0(Δ D+8.7)	2,107,146(Δ 146,481)	Wikipedia	16
1952	1,083,525(45.5%)(Δ -68,263)	1,292,325(54.3%)(Δ 382,955)	(45.5%, 54.2%, 0.2%)	Adlai Stevenson	Dwight D. Eisenhower	R+8.8(Δ R+20.3)	R+10.9(Δ R+15.3)	D+2.1(Δ R+4.9)	2,383,398(Δ 276,252)	Wikipedia	16
1956	948,190(40.4%)(Δ -135,335)	1,393,197(59.4%)(Δ 100,872)	(40.4%, 59.3%, 0.2%)	Adlai Stevenson	Dwight D. Eisenhower	R+18.9(Δ R+10.2)	R+15.4(Δ R+4.5)	R+3.5(Δ R+5.6)	2,348,506(Δ -34,892)	Wikipedia	16
1960	1,487,174(60.3%)(Δ 538,984)	976,750(39.6%)(Δ -416,447)	(60.2%, 39.6%, 0.2%)	John F. Kennedy	Richard Nixon	D+20.7(Δ D+39.6)	D+0.2(Δ D+15.6)	D+20.5(Δ D+24.1)	2,469,480(Δ 120,974)	Wikipedia	16
1964	1,786,422(76.5%)(Δ 299,248)	549,727(23.5%)(Δ -427,023)	(76.2%, 23.4%, 0.0%)	Lyndon B. Johnson	Barry Goldwater	D+52.7(Δ D+32.1)	D+22.6(Δ D+22.4)	D+30.2(Δ D+9.7)	2,344,798(Δ -124,682)	Wikipedia	14
1968	1,469,218(63.2%)(Δ -317,204)	766,844(33.0%)(Δ 217,117)	(63.0%, 32.9%, 3.7%)	Hubert Humphrey	Richard Nixon	D+30.1(Δ R+22.6)	R+0.7(Δ R+23.3)	D+30.8(Δ D+0.7)	2,331,752(Δ -13,046)	Wikipedia	14
1972	1,332,540(54.4%)(Δ -136,678)	1,112,078(45.4%)(Δ 345,234)	(54.2%, 45.2%, 0.1%)	George McGovern	Richard Nixon	D+9.0(Δ R+21.2)	R+23.1(Δ R+22.4)	D+32.1(Δ D+1.3)	2,458,756(Δ 127,004)	Wikipedia	14
1976	1,429,475(56.6%)(Δ 96,935)	1,030,276(40.8%)(Δ -81,802)	(56.1%, 40.4%, 2.6%)	Jimmy Carter	Gerald Ford	D+15.7(Δ D+6.7)	D+2.1(Δ D+25.2)	D+13.6(Δ R+18.5)	2,547,557(Δ 88,801)	Wikipedia	14
1980	1,053,802(42.3%)(Δ -375,673)	1,057,631(42.4%)(Δ 27,355)	(41.7%, 41.9%, 15.2%)	Jimmy Carter	Ronald Reagan	R+0.2(Δ R+15.8)	R+9.7(Δ R+11.8)	D+9.6(Δ R+4.0)	2,524,298(Δ -23,259)	Wikipedia	14
1984	1,239,606(48.6%)(Δ 185,804)	1,310,936(51.4%)(Δ 253,305)	(48.4%, 51.2%, 0.0%)	Walter Mondale	Ronald Reagan	R+2.8(Δ R+2.6)	R+18.2(Δ R+8.5)	D+15.4(Δ D+5.8)	2,559,453(Δ 35,155)	Wikipedia	13
1988	1,401,406(53.5%)(Δ 161,800)	1,194,644(45.6%)(Δ -116,292)	(53.2%, 45.4%, 0.9%)	Michael Dukakis	George H.W. Bush	D+7.9(Δ D+10.6)	R+7.7(Δ D+10.5)	D+15.6(Δ D+0.2)	2,632,805(Δ 73,352)	Wikipedia	13
1992	1,318,639(47.9%)(Δ -82,767)	805,039(29.2%)(Δ -389,605)	(47.5%, 29.0%, 22.7%)	Bill Clinton	George H.W. Bush	D+18.5(Δ D+10.7)	D+5.6(Δ D+13.3)	D+13.0(Δ R+2.6)	2,773,664(Δ 140,859)	Wikipedia	12
1996	1,571,763(62.4%)(Δ 253,124)	718,107(28.5%)(Δ -86,932)	(61.5%, 28.1%, 8.9%)	Bill Clinton	Bob Dole	D+33.4(Δ D+14.9)	D+8.5(Δ D+3.0)	D+24.9(Δ D+11.9)	2,556,786(Δ -216,878)	Wikipedia	12
2000	1,616,487(60.6%)(Δ 44,724)	878,502(32.9%)(Δ 160,395)	(59.8%, 32.5%, 6.4%)	Al Gore	George W. Bush	D+27.3(Δ R+6.1)	D+0.5(Δ R+8.0)	D+26.8(Δ D+1.9)	2,702,984(Δ 146,198)	Wikipedia	12
2004	1,803,800(62.4%)(Δ 187,313)	1,071,109(37.1%)(Δ 192,607)	(61.9%, 36.8%, 0.5%)	John Kerry	George W. Bush	D+25.2(Δ R+2.1)	R+2.5(Δ R+3.0)	D+27.6(Δ D+0.8)	2,912,388(Δ 209,404)	Wikipedia	12
2008	1,904,097(62.6%)(Δ 100,297)	1,108,854(36.5%)(Δ 37,745)	(61.8%, 36.0%, 0.9%)	Barack Obama	John McCain	D+25.8(Δ D+0.7)	D+7.3(Δ D+9.7)	D+18.5(Δ R+9.1)	3,080,985(Δ 168,597)	Wikipedia	12
2012	1,921,290(61.2%)(Δ 17,193)	1,188,314(37.8%)(Δ 79,460)	(60.7%, 37.5%, 1.0%)	Barack Obama	Mitt Romney	D+23.1(Δ R+2.7)	D+3.9(Δ R+3.4)	D+19.3(Δ D+0.7)	3,167,767(Δ 86,782)	Wikipedia	11
2016	1,995,196(61.9%)(Δ 73,906)	1,090,893(33.8%)(Δ -97,421)	(60.0%, 32.8%, 4.2%)	Hillary Clinton	Donald Trump	D+27.2(Δ D+4.1)	D+2.1(Δ R+1.8)	D+25.1(Δ D+5.8)	3,325,046(Δ 157,279)	Wikipedia	11
2020	2,382,202(66.2%)(Δ 387,006)	1,167,202(32.5%)(Δ 76,309)	(65.6%, 32.1%, 1.3%)	Joe Biden	Donald Trump	D+33.5(Δ D+6.3)	D+4.5(Δ D+2.4)	D+29.0(Δ D+3.9)	3,631,402(Δ 306,356)	Wikipedia	11
2024	2,126,518(62.5%)(Δ -255,684)	1,251,303(36.8%)(Δ 84,101)	(61.2%, 36.0%, 0.8%)	Kamala Harris	Donald Trump	D+25.2(Δ R+8.3)	R+1.5(Δ R+5.9)	D+26.7(Δ R+2.3)	3,473,668(Δ -157,734)	Wikipedia	11

Column explanations

Δ: Change (delta) in the value from the previous election year.
Year: Election year.
D: Number of votes for the Democratic candidate (raw count(pct%)).
R: Number of votes for the Republican candidate (raw count(pct%)).
Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%): Vote share breakdown showing Democratic %, Republican %, and top third-party % in format (D%, R%, 3rd%).
D Cand.: Name of the Democratic candidate.
R Cand.: Name of the Republican candidate.
State Margin: Margin between the two major-party candidates, including third-party votes ((D - R)/total).
Nat. Margin: The national presidential margin for that year, including third-party votes ((D_total - R_total)/total_votes).
Rel. Margin: The presidential margin relative to the national presidential margin (Margin - Nat. Margin).
Total votes: Total voter turnout or ballots cast (when provided).
Source: URL of the source for this data (usually Wikipedia).
EVs: Number of electoral votes allocated to this state or unit.

Massachusetts (MA) — Third-Party Data

Year	D	R	Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%)	Other votes	Top 3rd-Party Candidate	Top 3rd-Party Share	Total 3rd-Party Votes	State 3rd-Party Share	3rd-Party Nat. Share	3rd-Party Rel. Share
1864	48,745(27.8%)	126,742(72.2%)	(27.8%, 72.2%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	3	0.00%	0.02%	-0.01%
1868	59,103(30.2%)(Δ 10,358)	136,379(69.8%)(Δ 9,637)	(30.2%, 69.8%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	26	0.01%	0.00%	0.01%
1872	59,195(30.7%)(Δ 92)	133,455(69.3%)(Δ -2,924)	(30.7%, 69.2%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	214	0.11%	0.63%	-0.52%
1876	108,777(42.0%)(Δ 49,582)	150,064(58.0%)(Δ 16,609)	(41.9%, 57.8%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	779	0.30%	1.16%	-0.86%
1880	111,690(39.7%)(Δ 2,913)	165,205(58.7%)(Δ 15,141)	(39.6%, 58.6%, 1.6%)	4,548(1.6%)	James Weaver	1.61%	5,230	1.85%	3.47%	-1.62%
1884	122,352(41.7%)(Δ 10,662)	146,724(50.0%)(Δ -18,481)	(40.3%, 48.4%, 8.0%)	24,382(8.3%)	Benjamin Butler	8.04%	34,307	11.31%	2.87%	8.44%
1888	151,590(44.0%)(Δ 29,238)	183,892(53.4%)(Δ 37,168)	(44.0%, 53.4%, 2.5%)	8,701(2.5%)	Clinton Fisk	2.53%	8,761	2.55%	3.57%	-1.03%
1892	176,813(45.7%)(Δ 25,223)	202,814(52.4%)(Δ 18,922)	(45.2%, 51.9%, 1.9%)	7,539(1.9%)	John Bidwell	1.93%	11,401	2.92%	10.97%	-8.05%
1896	105,711(26.7%)(Δ -71,102)	278,976(70.4%)(Δ 76,162)	(26.3%, 69.5%, 2.9%)	11,749(3.0%)	John Palmer	2.93%	16,881	4.20%	2.27%	1.94%
1900	156,997(39.0%)(Δ 51,286)	238,866(59.4%)(Δ -40,110)	(37.8%, 57.6%, 1.5%)	6,202(1.5%)	John Woolley	1.50%	18,941	4.57%	2.84%	1.73%
1904	165,746(37.9%)(Δ 8,749)	257,822(59.0%)(Δ 18,956)	(37.2%, 57.9%, 3.1%)	13,604(3.1%)	Eugene V. Debs	3.06%	21,541	4.84%	5.99%	-1.15%
1908	155,543(35.3%)(Δ -10,203)	265,966(60.3%)(Δ 8,144)	(34.0%, 58.2%, 4.2%)	19,237(4.4%)	Thomas Hisgen	4.21%	35,410	7.75%	5.39%	2.36%
1912	173,408(36.8%)(Δ 17,865)	142,228(30.2%)(Δ -123,738)	(35.5%, 29.1%, 32.0%)	155,948(33.1%)	William H. Taft	31.95%	172,420	35.33%	30.74%	4.58%
1916	247,885(47.0%)(Δ 74,477)	268,784(50.9%)(Δ 126,556)	(46.6%, 50.5%, 2.1%)	11,058(2.1%)	Allan Benson	2.08%	15,154	2.85%	4.64%	-1.80%
1920	276,691(27.9%)(Δ 28,806)	681,153(68.8%)(Δ 412,369)	(27.8%, 68.5%, 3.2%)	32,267(3.3%)	Eugene Debs	3.25%	35,874	3.61%	5.53%	-1.92%
1924	280,831(25.0%)(Δ 4,140)	703,476(62.5%)(Δ 22,323)	(24.9%, 62.3%, 12.5%)	141,225(12.5%)	Robert La Follette	12.50%	145,530	12.88%	17.14%	-4.26%
1928	792,758(50.3%)(Δ 511,927)	775,566(49.3%)(Δ 72,090)	(50.2%, 49.2%, 0.4%)	6,262(0.4%)	Norman Thomas	0.40%	9,499	0.60%	0.99%	-0.39%
1932	800,148(50.9%)(Δ 7,390)	736,959(46.9%)(Δ -38,607)	(50.6%, 46.6%, 2.2%)	34,305(2.2%)	Thomas/Maurer	2.17%	43,007	2.72%	2.94%	-0.22%
1936	942,716(51.5%)(Δ 142,568)	768,613(42.0%)(Δ 31,654)	(51.2%, 41.8%, 6.4%)	118,639(6.5%)	William Lemke	6.45%	129,028	7.01%	2.66%	4.35%
1940	1,076,522(53.3%)(Δ 133,806)	939,700(46.5%)(Δ 171,087)	(53.1%, 46.4%, 0.2%)	4,091(0.2%)	Norman Thomas	0.20%	10,771	0.53%	0.48%	0.05%
1944	1,035,296(52.9%)(Δ -41,226)	921,350(47.1%)(Δ -18,350)	(52.8%, 47.0%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	4,019	0.20%	0.72%	-0.52%
1948	1,151,788(54.9%)(Δ 116,492)	909,370(43.3%)(Δ -11,980)	(54.7%, 43.2%, 1.8%)	38,157(1.8%)	Henry Wallace	1.81%	45,988	2.18%	5.38%	-3.19%
1952	1,083,525(45.5%)(Δ -68,263)	1,292,325(54.3%)(Δ 382,955)	(45.5%, 54.2%, 0.2%)	4,636(0.2%)	Vincent Hallinan	0.19%	7,548	0.32%	0.49%	-0.17%
1956	948,190(40.4%)(Δ -135,335)	1,393,197(59.4%)(Δ 100,872)	(40.4%, 59.3%, 0.2%)	5,573(0.2%)	Eric Hass	0.24%	7,119	0.30%	0.67%	-0.37%
1960	1,487,174(60.3%)(Δ 538,984)	976,750(39.6%)(Δ -416,447)	(60.2%, 39.6%, 0.2%)	3,892(0.2%)	Eric Hass	0.16%	5,556	0.22%	0.73%	-0.51%
1964	1,786,422(76.5%)(Δ 299,248)	549,727(23.5%)(Δ -427,023)	(76.2%, 23.4%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	8,649	0.37%	0.48%	-0.11%
1968	1,469,218(63.2%)(Δ -317,204)	766,844(33.0%)(Δ 217,117)	(63.0%, 32.9%, 3.7%)	87,088(3.7%)	George Wallace	3.73%	95,690	4.10%	13.86%	-9.75%
1972	1,332,540(54.4%)(Δ -136,678)	1,112,078(45.4%)(Δ 345,234)	(54.2%, 45.2%, 0.1%)	2,877(0.1%)	John Schmitz	0.12%	14,138	0.58%	1.80%	-1.23%
1976	1,429,475(56.6%)(Δ 96,935)	1,030,276(40.8%)(Δ -81,802)	(56.1%, 40.4%, 2.6%)	65,637(2.6%)	Eugene McCarthy	2.58%	87,806	3.45%	1.90%	1.54%
1980	1,053,802(42.3%)(Δ -375,673)	1,057,631(42.4%)(Δ 27,355)	(41.7%, 41.9%, 15.2%)	382,539(15.3%)	John Anderson	15.15%	412,865	16.36%	8.24%	8.12%
1984	1,239,606(48.6%)(Δ 185,804)	1,310,936(51.4%)(Δ 253,305)	(48.4%, 51.2%, 0.0%)	0(0.0%)	None	0.00%	8,911	0.35%	0.67%	-0.32%
1988	1,401,406(53.5%)(Δ 161,800)	1,194,644(45.6%)(Δ -116,292)	(53.2%, 45.4%, 0.9%)	24,251(0.9%)	Ron Paul	0.92%	36,755	1.40%	0.98%	0.41%
1992	1,318,639(47.9%)(Δ -82,767)	805,039(29.2%)(Δ -389,605)	(47.5%, 29.0%, 22.7%)	630,731(22.9%)	Ross Perot	22.74%	649,986	23.43%	19.55%	3.89%
1996	1,571,763(62.4%)(Δ 253,124)	718,107(28.5%)(Δ -86,932)	(61.5%, 28.1%, 8.9%)	227,217(9.0%)	Ross Perot	8.89%	266,916	10.44%	10.05%	0.39%
2000	1,616,487(60.6%)(Δ 44,724)	878,502(32.9%)(Δ 160,395)	(59.8%, 32.5%, 6.4%)	173,564(6.5%)	Ralph Nader	6.42%	207,995	7.70%	3.75%	3.95%
2004	1,803,800(62.4%)(Δ 187,313)	1,071,109(37.1%)(Δ 192,607)	(61.9%, 36.8%, 0.5%)	15,022(0.5%)	Michael Badnarik	0.52%	37,479	1.29%	1.00%	0.29%
2008	1,904,097(62.6%)(Δ 100,297)	1,108,854(36.5%)(Δ 37,745)	(61.8%, 36.0%, 0.9%)	28,841(0.9%)	Ralph Nader	0.94%	68,034	2.21%	1.42%	0.79%
2012	1,921,290(61.2%)(Δ 17,193)	1,188,314(37.8%)(Δ 79,460)	(60.7%, 37.5%, 1.0%)	30,920(1.0%)	Johnson/Gray	0.98%	58,163	1.84%	1.73%	0.10%
2016	1,995,196(61.9%)(Δ 73,906)	1,090,893(33.8%)(Δ -97,421)	(60.0%, 32.8%, 4.2%)	138,018(4.3%)	Johnson/Weld	4.15%	238,957	7.19%	5.73%	1.46%
2020	2,382,202(66.2%)(Δ 387,006)	1,167,202(32.5%)(Δ 76,309)	(65.6%, 32.1%, 1.3%)	47,013(1.3%)	Jorgensen/Cohen	1.29%	81,998	2.26%	1.84%	0.41%
2024	2,126,518(62.5%)(Δ -255,684)	1,251,303(36.8%)(Δ 84,101)	(61.2%, 36.0%, 0.8%)	26,545(0.8%)	Stein/Ware	0.76%	95,847	2.76%	1.88%	0.88%

Column explanations

Δ: Change (delta) in the value from the previous election year.
Year: Election year.
D: Number of votes for the Democratic candidate (raw count(pct%)).
R: Number of votes for the Republican candidate (raw count(pct%)).
Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%): Vote share breakdown showing Democratic %, Republican %, and top third-party % in format (D%, R%, 3rd%).
Other votes: Number of votes for third-party (other) candidates (raw count(pct%)).
Top 3rd-Party Candidate: Name of the highest-vote third-party / other candidate in that state and year.
Top 3rd-Party Share: Share of the vote received by third-party (other) candidates.
Total 3rd-Party Votes: Total votes for all third-party / other candidates combined (may exceed top candidate).
State 3rd-Party Share: Share of the vote received by third-party (other) candidates.
3rd-Party Nat. Share: The national third-party share for that year (3rd-Party votes / total votes).
3rd-Party Rel. Share: Third-party share relative to the national third-party share (3rd-Party share - Nat. 3rd-Party share).

Massachusetts (MA) — Two-Party Data

Year	D	R	Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%)	2-Party Margin	2-Party Nat. Margin	2-Party Rel. Margin	EVs
1864	48,745(27.8%)	126,742(72.2%)	(27.8%, 72.2%, 0.0%)	R+44.4	R+10.1	R+34.4	12
1868	59,103(30.2%)(Δ 10,358)	136,379(69.8%)(Δ 9,637)	(30.2%, 69.8%, 0.0%)	R+39.5(Δ D+4.9)	R+5.3(Δ D+4.8)	R+34.2(Δ D+0.2)	12
1872	59,195(30.7%)(Δ 92)	133,455(69.3%)(Δ -2,924)	(30.7%, 69.2%, 0.0%)	R+38.5(Δ D+1.0)	R+11.9(Δ R+6.5)	R+26.7(Δ D+7.5)	13
1876	108,777(42.0%)(Δ 49,582)	150,064(58.0%)(Δ 16,609)	(41.9%, 57.8%, 0.0%)	R+16.0(Δ D+22.6)	D+3.0(Δ D+14.9)	R+19.0(Δ D+7.7)	13
1880	111,690(40.3%)(Δ 2,913)	165,205(59.7%)(Δ 15,141)	(39.6%, 58.6%, 1.6%)	R+19.3(Δ R+3.4)	R+0.1(Δ R+3.1)	R+19.2(Δ R+0.2)	13
1884	122,352(45.5%)(Δ 10,662)	146,724(54.5%)(Δ -18,481)	(40.3%, 48.4%, 8.0%)	R+9.1(Δ D+10.3)	D+0.6(Δ D+0.7)	R+9.6(Δ D+9.6)	14
1888	151,590(45.2%)(Δ 29,238)	183,892(54.8%)(Δ 37,168)	(44.0%, 53.4%, 2.5%)	R+9.6(Δ R+0.6)	D+0.9(Δ D+0.3)	R+10.5(Δ R+0.8)	14
1892	176,813(46.6%)(Δ 25,223)	202,814(53.4%)(Δ 18,922)	(45.2%, 51.9%, 1.9%)	R+6.8(Δ D+2.8)	D+3.4(Δ D+2.5)	R+10.2(Δ D+0.3)	15
1896	105,711(27.5%)(Δ -71,102)	278,976(72.5%)(Δ 76,162)	(26.3%, 69.5%, 2.9%)	R+45.0(Δ R+38.2)	R+4.4(Δ R+7.8)	R+40.6(Δ R+30.4)	15
1900	156,997(39.7%)(Δ 51,286)	238,866(60.3%)(Δ -40,110)	(37.8%, 57.6%, 1.5%)	R+20.7(Δ D+24.4)	R+6.3(Δ R+1.9)	R+14.4(Δ D+26.3)	15
1904	165,746(39.1%)(Δ 8,749)	257,822(60.9%)(Δ 18,956)	(37.2%, 57.9%, 3.1%)	R+21.7(Δ R+1.1)	R+20.0(Δ R+13.7)	R+1.7(Δ D+12.7)	16
1908	155,543(36.9%)(Δ -10,203)	265,966(63.1%)(Δ 8,144)	(34.0%, 58.2%, 4.2%)	R+26.2(Δ R+4.5)	R+9.0(Δ D+11.0)	R+17.2(Δ R+15.5)	16
1912	173,408(54.9%)(Δ 17,865)	142,228(45.1%)(Δ -123,738)	(35.5%, 29.1%, 32.0%)	D+9.9(Δ D+36.1)	D+20.9(Δ D+29.9)	R+11.0(Δ D+6.2)	18
1916	247,885(48.0%)(Δ 74,477)	268,784(52.0%)(Δ 126,556)	(46.6%, 50.5%, 2.1%)	R+4.0(Δ R+13.9)	D+3.3(Δ R+17.6)	R+7.3(Δ D+3.7)	18
1920	276,691(28.9%)(Δ 28,806)	681,153(71.1%)(Δ 412,369)	(27.8%, 68.5%, 3.2%)	R+42.2(Δ R+38.2)	R+27.7(Δ R+31.0)	R+14.5(Δ R+7.2)	18
1924	280,831(28.5%)(Δ 4,140)	703,476(71.5%)(Δ 22,323)	(24.9%, 62.3%, 12.5%)	R+42.9(Δ R+0.7)	R+30.4(Δ R+2.7)	R+12.5(Δ D+2.0)	18
1928	792,758(50.5%)(Δ 511,927)	775,566(49.5%)(Δ 72,090)	(50.2%, 49.2%, 0.4%)	D+1.1(Δ D+44.0)	R+17.6(Δ D+12.8)	D+18.7(Δ D+31.2)	18
1932	800,148(52.1%)(Δ 7,390)	736,959(47.9%)(Δ -38,607)	(50.6%, 46.6%, 2.2%)	D+4.1(Δ D+3.0)	D+18.3(Δ D+35.9)	R+14.2(Δ R+32.9)	17
1936	942,716(55.1%)(Δ 142,568)	768,613(44.9%)(Δ 31,654)	(51.2%, 41.8%, 6.4%)	D+10.2(Δ D+6.1)	D+24.9(Δ D+6.6)	R+14.7(Δ R+0.6)	17
1940	1,076,522(53.4%)(Δ 133,806)	939,700(46.6%)(Δ 171,087)	(53.1%, 46.4%, 0.2%)	D+6.8(Δ R+3.4)	D+10.0(Δ R+14.9)	R+3.2(Δ D+11.5)	17
1944	1,035,296(52.9%)(Δ -41,226)	921,350(47.1%)(Δ -18,350)	(52.8%, 47.0%, 0.0%)	D+5.8(Δ R+1.0)	D+7.5(Δ R+2.5)	R+1.7(Δ D+1.5)	16
1948	1,151,788(55.9%)(Δ 116,492)	909,370(44.1%)(Δ -11,980)	(54.7%, 43.2%, 1.8%)	D+11.8(Δ D+5.9)	D+4.7(Δ R+2.8)	D+7.0(Δ D+8.7)	16
1952	1,083,525(45.6%)(Δ -68,263)	1,292,325(54.4%)(Δ 382,955)	(45.5%, 54.2%, 0.2%)	R+8.8(Δ R+20.5)	R+10.9(Δ R+15.6)	D+2.1(Δ R+4.9)	16
1956	948,190(40.5%)(Δ -135,335)	1,393,197(59.5%)(Δ 100,872)	(40.4%, 59.3%, 0.2%)	R+19.0(Δ R+10.2)	R+15.5(Δ R+4.6)	R+3.5(Δ R+5.6)	16
1960	1,487,174(60.4%)(Δ 538,984)	976,750(39.6%)(Δ -416,447)	(60.2%, 39.6%, 0.2%)	D+20.7(Δ D+39.7)	D+0.2(Δ D+15.7)	D+20.6(Δ D+24.1)	16
1964	1,786,422(76.5%)(Δ 299,248)	549,727(23.5%)(Δ -427,023)	(76.2%, 23.4%, 0.0%)	D+52.9(Δ D+32.2)	D+22.7(Δ D+22.5)	D+30.2(Δ D+9.7)	14
1968	1,469,218(65.7%)(Δ -317,204)	766,844(34.3%)(Δ 217,117)	(63.0%, 32.9%, 3.7%)	D+31.4(Δ R+21.5)	R+0.8(Δ R+23.5)	D+32.2(Δ D+2.0)	14
1972	1,332,540(54.5%)(Δ -136,678)	1,112,078(45.5%)(Δ 345,234)	(54.2%, 45.2%, 0.1%)	D+9.0(Δ R+22.4)	R+23.6(Δ R+22.8)	D+32.6(Δ D+0.4)	14
1976	1,429,475(58.1%)(Δ 96,935)	1,030,276(41.9%)(Δ -81,802)	(56.1%, 40.4%, 2.6%)	D+16.2(Δ D+7.2)	D+2.1(Δ D+25.7)	D+14.1(Δ R+18.5)	14
1980	1,053,802(49.9%)(Δ -375,673)	1,057,631(50.1%)(Δ 27,355)	(41.7%, 41.9%, 15.2%)	R+0.2(Δ R+16.4)	R+10.6(Δ R+12.7)	D+10.4(Δ R+3.7)	14
1984	1,239,606(48.6%)(Δ 185,804)	1,310,936(51.4%)(Δ 253,305)	(48.4%, 51.2%, 0.0%)	R+2.8(Δ R+2.6)	R+18.3(Δ R+7.7)	D+15.5(Δ D+5.1)	13
1988	1,401,406(54.0%)(Δ 161,800)	1,194,644(46.0%)(Δ -116,292)	(53.2%, 45.4%, 0.9%)	D+8.0(Δ D+10.8)	R+7.8(Δ D+10.5)	D+15.8(Δ D+0.2)	13
1992	1,318,639(62.1%)(Δ -82,767)	805,039(37.9%)(Δ -389,605)	(47.5%, 29.0%, 22.7%)	D+24.2(Δ D+16.2)	D+6.9(Δ D+14.7)	D+17.3(Δ D+1.5)	12
1996	1,571,763(68.6%)(Δ 253,124)	718,107(31.4%)(Δ -86,932)	(61.5%, 28.1%, 8.9%)	D+37.3(Δ D+13.1)	D+9.5(Δ D+2.6)	D+27.8(Δ D+10.5)	12
2000	1,616,487(64.8%)(Δ 44,724)	878,502(35.2%)(Δ 160,395)	(59.8%, 32.5%, 6.4%)	D+29.6(Δ R+7.7)	D+0.5(Δ R+8.9)	D+29.0(Δ D+1.2)	12
2004	1,803,800(62.7%)(Δ 187,313)	1,071,109(37.3%)(Δ 192,607)	(61.9%, 36.8%, 0.5%)	D+25.5(Δ R+4.1)	R+2.5(Δ R+3.0)	D+28.0(Δ R+1.1)	12
2008	1,904,097(63.2%)(Δ 100,297)	1,108,854(36.8%)(Δ 37,745)	(61.8%, 36.0%, 0.9%)	D+26.4(Δ D+0.9)	D+7.4(Δ D+9.9)	D+19.0(Δ R+9.0)	12
2012	1,921,290(61.8%)(Δ 17,193)	1,188,314(38.2%)(Δ 79,460)	(60.7%, 37.5%, 1.0%)	D+23.6(Δ R+2.8)	D+3.9(Δ R+3.4)	D+19.6(Δ D+0.6)	11
2016	1,995,196(64.7%)(Δ 73,906)	1,090,893(35.3%)(Δ -97,421)	(60.0%, 32.8%, 4.2%)	D+29.3(Δ D+5.7)	D+2.2(Δ R+1.7)	D+27.1(Δ D+7.4)	11
2020	2,382,202(67.1%)(Δ 387,006)	1,167,202(32.9%)(Δ 76,309)	(65.6%, 32.1%, 1.3%)	D+34.2(Δ D+4.9)	D+4.5(Δ D+2.3)	D+29.7(Δ D+2.6)	11
2024	2,126,518(63.0%)(Δ -255,684)	1,251,303(37.0%)(Δ 84,101)	(61.2%, 36.0%, 0.8%)	D+25.9(Δ R+8.3)	R+1.5(Δ R+6.0)	D+27.4(Δ R+2.3)	11

Column explanations

Δ: Change (delta) in the value from the previous election year.
Year: Election year.
D: Number of votes for the Democratic candidate (raw count(pct%)).
R: Number of votes for the Republican candidate (raw count(pct%)).
Margin (D%, R%, 3rd%): Vote share breakdown showing Democratic %, Republican %, and top third-party % in format (D%, R%, 3rd%).
2-Party Margin: Margin between the two major-party candidates, ignoring third-party votes ((D - R)/(D + R)).
2-Party Nat. Margin: The national presidential margin for that year, including third-party votes ((D_total - R_total)/total_votes).
2-Party Rel. Margin: The presidential margin relative to the national presidential margin (Margin - Nat. Margin).
EVs: Number of electoral votes allocated to this state or unit.

Massachusetts (MA) — Statewide

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Massachusetts (MA) — Total Data

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Massachusetts (MA) — Third-Party Data

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Massachusetts (MA) — Two-Party Data

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