2024 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary

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2024 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary
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116 delegates (92 pledged and 24 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention
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Candidate Joe Biden No preference
Home state Delaware –
Delegate count911
Popular vote533,09660,236
Percentage80.5%9.1%
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The 2024 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 116 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates. [1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories.

Contents

Biden won the primary in a landslide. However, No preference received 1 delegate as the result of a protest vote against ongoing American involvement in the Israel–Hezbollah conflict. [2]

Candidates

Incumbent President Joe Biden announced on April 25, 2023, his bid for a second term. He faces primary challenges from author, progressive activist, and 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson and U.S. Representative from MN 3, Dean Phillips. [3]

Ballot access controversy

There are three ways for a presidential candidate to get on the primary ballot in Massachusetts: a candidate can be placed on the ballot by the state party, they can gather 2,500 signatures to achieve ballot access, or the Secretary of the Commonwealth can place candidates who have been "generally advocated or recognized in the national news media." [4] The Massachusetts Democratic Party voted to submit only Biden's name to the state ballot, which was highly criticized by the Williamson campaign, which did not attempt to file any signatures. [5] Ultimately, both Phillips and Williamson were placed on the ballot by Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin. [6]

Endorsements

Joe Biden

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

Statewide officials

Local officials

Newspapers

No preference

State representatives

Local officials

  • Willie Burnley Jr., Somerville City Councilor at-large (2022–present) [13]

Organizations

Polling

Hypothetical polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Joe
Biden		Pete
Buttigieg		Hillary
Clinton		Kamala
Harris		Maura
Healey		Gavin
Newsom		Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez		Bernie
Sanders		Elizabeth
Warren		OtherUndecided
YouGov [22] Mar 28 – April 5, 2023397 (RV)–28%15%–6%–4%–21%12%4% [lower-alpha 2] 10%
Emerson College [23] Sep 7–8, 2022339 (LV)–54%–––6%––––11%28%
YouGov [24] Aug 26–29, 2022500 (LV)± 5.1%22%17%5%9%–4%6%12%15%11% [lower-alpha 3] –
YouGov [25] Jun 15–21, 2022588 (LV)± 3.5%26%13%7%9%––6%14%14%10% [lower-alpha 4] –

Results

Massachusetts Democratic primary, March 5, 2024 [26]
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Joe Biden (incumbent)533,09680.5%9191
No Preference 60,2369.1%11
Dean Phillips 29,7284.5%
Marianne Williamson 20,4023.1%
Other candidates10,1351.5%
Cenk Uygur (write-in)82<0.1%
Blank ballots8,9301.3%
Total:662,609100%9292

Results by county

County [27] Joe BidenNo preferenceDean PhillipsMarianne WilliamsonOther candidatesCenk UygurBlanksTotal
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Barnstable27,3911,5861,023641335028131,257
Berkshire12,231983425476184314814,450
Bristol32,4863,6612,1971,742796591141,798
Dukes2,4071989273310282,829
Essex58,8575,5273,3752,2121,139399072,103
Franklin7,8821,16427437914811009,948
Hampden25,1832,6201,3511,4506543841031,706
Hampshire17,1722,502587657341224021,501
Middlesex147,72218,5557,9924,9562,50892,261184,003
Nantucket8706322191802994
Norfolk62,4816,5123,5612,0841,275788976,809
Plymouth39,3813,1362,3601,458624265547,616
Suffolk46,1258,2892,7331,8241,14201,06361,176
Worcester52,9085,4403,7362,4319401295266,419
Total533,09660,23629,72820,40210,135828,930662,609

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ Gretchen Whitmer with 4%
  3. ↑ "Someone else" with 11%
  4. ↑ "Someone else" with 10%

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References

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  2. ↑ Mancini, Ryan. "Mass. coalition urges Dem. voters to choose 'no preference' in primary". Mass Live. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ Alter, Charlotte (December 4, 2023). "Dean Phillips Is the Other Guy Running for President. Does He Have a Chance?". Time. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ "How to Run for President". Massachusetts Secretary of State. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  5. ↑ Garrity, Kelly and Kashinsky, Lisa. "Williamson cries foul over ballot access in Massachusetts". Politico on MSN.com. Retrieved January 4, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  7. ↑ Harding, Ed (November 27, 2022). "OTR: Sen. Markey explains why he's backing Biden in 2024". WCVB. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
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  13. ↑ Alston, Paris (March 4, 2024). "A Mass. group wants Democrats to vote 'No Preference' to support a ceasefire in Gaza". WGBH. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
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  16. ↑ River Valley DSA🌹 [@RiverValleyDSA] (March 2, 2024). "‼️Tuesday March 5‼️ Tell the Democratic Party our votes belong to Gaza by voting No Preference on your ballot. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2024– via Twitter.
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  18. ↑ IfNotNow Boston 🔥 [@IfNotNowBoston] (March 4, 2024). "Remember, vote "NO PREFERENCE" tomorrow! #ceasefirenow #mapoli" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2024– via Twitter.
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  20. ↑ Jewish Voice for Peace Action [@JvpAction] (March 4, 2024). "JVP Action endorses "uncommitted" in the remaining Democratic presidential primaries This is a warning to Biden. We reject his support for Israel's assault on Gaza. By choosing to be complicit in genocide, he is also ignoring his voters and terrifyingly paving a path for Trump🧵" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2024– via Twitter.
  21. ↑ Jewish Voice for Peace Action [@JvpAction] (March 4, 2024). "Massachusetts! Learn how to #VoteNoPreferenceMA here: http://votenopreferencema.org" (Tweet). Retrieved March 4, 2024– via Twitter.
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  23. ↑ Mumford, Camille (September 8, 2022). "Massachusetts 2022: Healey Leads Diehl By 18 Points; Majority of Massachusetts Voters Approve of Biden". Emerson Polling.
  24. ↑ YouGov
  25. ↑ YouGov
  26. ↑ "2024 President Democratic Primary". State of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
  27. ↑ "2024 President Democratic Primary". Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Elections Division - Election Results Archive. Retrieved August 12, 2024.


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