2024 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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2024 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
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Nominee Joe Biden
(presumptive)
Donald Trump
(presumptive)
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Delaware Florida
Running mate Kamala Harris
(presumptive)
TBA

Incumbent President

Joe Biden
Democratic



The 2024 United States presidential election in Massachusetts is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Massachusetts voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. [1]

Contents

Incumbent Democratic president Joe Biden is running for reelection to a second term. [2]

Background

Since 2021, speculation had already begun brewing if President Joe Biden would seek a second term. Biden responded to this by announcing his intention to run in 2024. [3] However, during a CBS 60 Minutes interview, Biden said that he was "not committed" to run. [4] Massachusetts had been a Democratic leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and is still considered a deeply blue state today. [lower-alpha 1] Democrats have consistently defeated Republicans by large margins in Massachusetts since 1996. In 2020, Biden won the largest percent of the popular vote in the state since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.

Primary elections

Democratic primary

The Massachusetts Democratic primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Massachusetts Democratic primary, March 5, 2024
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
PledgedUnpledgedTotal
Joe Biden (incumbent)533,09680.5%91
No Preference 60,2369.1%1
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
Source: [5]

Republican primary

The Massachusetts Republican primary was held on Super Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Massachusetts Republican primary, March 5, 2024
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Donald Trump 340,31260.0%40
Nikki Haley 209,11336.9%
No Preference 5,6111.0%
Chris Christie (withdrawn)5,1250.9%
Ron DeSantis (withdrawn)3,9860.7%
Vivek Ramaswamy (withdrawn)1,7140.3%
Ryan Binkley (withdrawn)6110.1%
Asa Hutchinson (withdrawn)6350.1%
Total:567,107100.0%402,98440
Source: [6]

Libertarian primary

The Massachusetts Libertarian primary was held on March 5, 2024.

Massachusetts Libertarian primary, March 5, 2024
CandidateVotesPercentage
No Preference 3,98236.45%
Chase Oliver 1,45313.30%
Jacob Hornberger1,0899.97%
Michael Rectenwald 5465.00%
Lars Mapstead3993.65%
Mike ter Maat3142.87%
All Others2,16119.78%
Blank ballots9808.97%
Total:10,924100.00%
Source: [7]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [8] Solid DDecember 19, 2023
Inside Elections [9] Solid DApril 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10] Solid DJune 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [11] Solid DDecember 14, 2023
CNalysis [12] Solid DDecember 30, 2023
CNN [13] Solid DJanuary 14, 2024

Polling

Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Democratic
Donald
Trump
Republican
Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
Independent
Other /
Undecided
Suffolk University [upper-alpha 1] April 16–20, 2024500 (LV)± 4.4%52%22%8%18%
Suffolk University February 2–5, 20241,000 (LV)± 3.1%45%26%9%21%
YouGov [upper-alpha 2] October 13–20, 2023700 (V)± 5.1%43%21%17%19%
Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 2]
Margin
of error
Joe
Biden
Democratic
Donald
Trump
Republican
Other /
Undecided
University of Massachusetts Lowell October 18–25, 20221,000 (LV)± 4.1%58%32%10%
Emerson College September 7–8, 2022708 (LV)± 3.6%54%34%12%
University of Massachusetts Lowell June 7–15, 20221,000 (LV)± 4.0%60%31%9%

See also

Notes

  1. Ronald Reagan won the state twice in 1980 and 1984, albeit very narrowly each time; his victories in Massachusetts were his smallest in the country.
  2. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. Poll sponsored by The Boston Globe
  2. Poll sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Political Science & WCVB

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