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Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary of the Commonwealth) Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est. 6,646,144 Total Registration, Oct. 17, 2012 4,342,841 Dem. 1,551,693 (35.73%) Rep. 484,099 (11.15%) Unenrolled 2,283,273 (52.58%) Pol. Design. 17,269 (0.40%) Green-Rainbow 6,507 (0.15%) Massachusetts has: 43 cities and 308 towns; 14 counties. Largest counties: Middlesex, Worcester, Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk. > Largest cities: Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Cambridge, Lowell. > Government
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Commonwealth
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Voting Eligible
Population*:
4,781,421. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.3%. Voter Registration Deadline: October 17, 2012. Ballot access note: A non-party candidate seeking to have his or her name placed on the ballot must obtain at least 10,000 certified signatures on nomination papers. These papers must include the names of the eleven elector candidates (who must be registered voters in Massachusetts) for each presidential candidate and vice-presidential running mate. |
Including 16,429 blanks, 3,184,196 total votes were cast. |
Overview: Former Gov. Mitt Romney lost his home
state and Green
Party nominee Jill Stein, also from Massachusetts, did not do well here
either. Obama gained
a pluralitly of 732,976 votes
(23.14 percentage points)
keeping the Bay State solidly in
the
Democratic column. Romney made periodic visits including for
fundraising and stops at his national campaign headquarters; the
Democratic principals also made fundraising visits (+). The campaigns organized activists to
help out in the neighboring battleground state of New Hampshire. Obama | Romney BALLOT [PDF] |
[State Primary: September 6, 2012] |
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Total
Registration as of Feb. 15, 2012: 4,111,128. Dem.
1,475,879 (35.90%) Rep. 466,431 (11.35%) Green-Rainbow
5,103 (0.12%) Unenrolled 2,145,108 (52.18%). |
Democrats Official Results
Green-Rainbow |
Republicans 41 Delegates: 3 RNC; 11 at-large; 27 by CD (3 x 9 CDs). 1.79% of the 2,286 Delegates. Official Results >
Romney carried
all nine congressional districts. |
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Voting Eligible Population*: 4,652,749. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 66.2%. Total Registration: 4,220,488. Dem. 1,559,464 (36.95%) Rep. 490,259 (11.62%) Unenrolled 2,141,878 (50.75%) Grn-Rbw 6,728 WF 5,534 More 16,625 |
Including 22,010 blanks, 3,102,995 total votes were cast. |
2008
Overview The Obama-Biden ticket carried the Bay State with a plurality of 795,243 votes (25.81 percentage points). Independent candidate Ralph Nader provided one of the highlights of the Massachusetts campaign with a marathon day of speeches on Oct. 25. The only appearances by the major party principals were for fundraisers: John McCain in Boston on June 12, Barack Obama in Boston on Aug. 4, and Joe Biden in Boston and Holyoke on Sept. 10. Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader |
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Voting Eligible Population: 4,533,859. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 64.2%. Registration: Dem. 1,526,711 (37.25%) Rep. 532,319 (12.99%) Lib. 23,900 (0.58%) GrnRnb. 9,509 (0.23%) Other 2,000,062 (48.80%) ... Total 4,098,634. |
Including 15,067 blanks, 2,927,455 total votes were cast. |
2004
Overview Native son John Kerry carried Massachusetts with a solid plurality of 732,691 votes (25.16 percentage points). |
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Voting Eligible Population: 4,517,052. VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 59.9%. Registration: Dem. 1,460,881 (36.4%) Rep. 546,333 (13.6%) Lib. 16,071 (0.4%) Unenrolled, Other 1,985,511(49.5%) ... Total 4,008,796. |
Including 31,022 blanks, 2,734,006 total votes were cast. |
2000
Overview Solidly Democratic Massachusetts went solidly for Gore as he won the state's 12 electoral votes with a plurality of 737,985 votes (27.30 percentage points). Gore carried all counties. Ralph Nader's 6.42% was his third best showing of any state. Massachusetts came to the fore on Oct. 3 when the first presidential debate was held at UMass in Boston; both sides mobilized their supporters, and Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan and Harry Browne were also on hand in the city. Gore and Lieberman had also visited the state earlier, holding a rally and a fundraising gala in Boston on Sept. 13. |
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