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county

Bristol County, MA

Office (updates table and map)

President margin by year

Place winner margin

1892–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 1892 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

Portuguese22.5%2.3%—

Irish16.8%18.6%9.4%

English10.1%9.7%9.5%

Italian8.1%11.1%4.8%

French7.5%4.7%1.6%

German3.6%5.4%12.5%

French Canadian3.6%——

Polish3.2%3.4%2.2%

Puerto Rican4.8%4.6%1.8%

Dominican1.0%2.7%0.7%

Guatemalan0.8%0.8%0.5%

Mexican0.6%0.8%11.3%

Salvadoran0.5%1.1%0.7%

Ecuadorian0.5%0.3%—

Honduran0.4%—0.3%

Colombian0.3%0.6%0.4%

Cape Verdean3.1%0.9%—

Haitian1.0%1.1%0.3%

Jamaican0.3%0.5%0.4%

African0.2%0.3%0.5%

Asian Indian0.6%1.9%1.4%

Chinese0.4%2.5%1.3%

Cambodian0.4%0.4%—

Vietnamese0.3%0.8%0.6%

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	Bristol County	Massachusetts	United States
Median age	40.9	40.3	39.1
Age 18–24	8.6%	9.9%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	17.8%	17.9%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	Bristol County	Massachusetts	United States
Median household income	$85,625	$103,960	$84,427
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.1%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	30.8%	47.3%	35.6%

Languages at home

Measure	Bristol County	Massachusetts	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	21.7%	25.1%	22.3%
Spanish	6.6%	9.7%	13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)	1.6%	1.9%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	11.3%	6.1%	2.0%

Religious landscape

Measure	Bristol County	Massachusetts	United States
Catholic	32.9%	35.5%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	4.4%	3.6%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	57.9%	51.4%	51.5%

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.

President results by year

2024 turnout 64.7% of 433,863 citizens 18+

HarrisDemocratic49.6%137,813TrumpRepublican48.3%134,201EllisIndependent0.6%1,580

D+1.3

Lead: 3,612
Total: 278,049
vs nation: D+2.8
Turnout: 64.7%

BidenDemocratic54.5%153,377TrumpRepublican42.6%119,872JorgensenLibertarian1.3%3,667

D+11.9

Lead: 33,505
Total: 281,364
vs nation: D+7.5
Turnout: 66.3%

ClintonDemocratic50.5%129,540TrumpRepublican41.1%105,443JohnsonLibertarian4.0%10,180

D+9.4

Lead: 24,097
Total: 256,686
vs nation: D+7.3
Turnout: 62.0%

ObamaDemocratic59.4%143,433RomneyRepublican38.9%93,898OtherAll other candidates1.7%4,178

D+20.5

Lead: 49,535
Total: 241,509
vs nation: D+16.7
Turnout: —

ObamaDemocratic60.4%146,861McCainRepublican37.2%90,531OtherAll other candidates2.4%5,728

D+23.2

Lead: 56,330
Total: 243,120
vs nation: D+15.9
Turnout: —

KerryDemocratic63.5%147,854BushRepublican35.4%82,524OtherAll other candidates1.1%2,500

D+28.1

Lead: 65,330
Total: 232,878
vs nation: D+30.5
Turnout: —

GoreDemocratic64.5%136,325BushRepublican29.7%62,848NaderGreen4.5%9,554

D+34.8

Lead: 73,477
Total: 211,337
vs nation: D+34.2
Turnout: —

ClintonDemocratic64.4%127,725DoleRepublican23.8%47,164PerotReform10.8%21,438

D+40.6

Lead: 80,561
Total: 198,213
vs nation: D+32.1
Turnout: —

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: D+1.3MIT Election Lab
Population: 582,2702024 5-year
Median household income: $85,6252024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 75.3%2024 5-year
Black: 4.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 10.2%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+57.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+54.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Hampden County, MA · twin score 93.3

Participation

Midterm durability

Total general-election participants divided by same-year citizen voting-age population. These are total ballots or participating voters—not presidential candidate votes.

2024 total turnout: 64.7%280,762 participants ÷ 433,863 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off: +23.5 ptsPresidential-dependent
Drop-off versus state: -0.2 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026 scenario: 41.2%–45.1%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast

Election	Participants	CVAP	Turnout	Quality
2016 · Presidential	256,686	414,315	62.0%	B/A
2018 · Midterm	193,145	418,797	46.1%	B/A
2020 · Presidential	281,364	424,240	66.3%	B/A
2022 · Midterm	185,535	433,021	42.8%	B/A
2024 · Presidential	280,762	433,863	64.7%	B/A

Sources and methods

2016: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:aggregated; allocation share 0.0%; series 292/111.
2018: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:aggregated; allocation share 0.0%; series 296/138.
2020: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:aggregated; allocation share 0.0%; series 300/2.
2022: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:aggregated; allocation share 0.0%; series 305/183.
2024: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:aggregated; allocation share 0.0%; series 310/228.

Precinct data

Results by precinct

185 precincts · 278,017 votes

Election

Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.

Bristol County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 9Dartmouth Precinct 9	1,573	1,138	48	2,759	57.0%	41.2%	D+15.8
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 8Dartmouth Precinct 8	1,509	1,061	52	2,622	57.6%	40.5%	D+17.1
Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 2Seekonk Precinct 2	1,293	1,181	66	2,540	50.9%	46.5%	D+4.4
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 4-BAttleboro Precinct 4-B	1,324	1,102	39	2,465	53.7%	44.7%	D+9.0
Precinct -Westport Precinct EWestport Precinct E	1,224	1,164	53	2,441	50.1%	47.7%	D+2.5
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 1Dartmouth Precinct 1	955	1,407	46	2,408	39.7%	58.4%	R+18.8
Precinct -Raynham Precinct 3Raynham Precinct 3	1,132	1,221	50	2,403	47.1%	50.8%	R+3.7
Precinct -Westport Precinct BWestport Precinct B	1,211	1,091	53	2,355	51.4%	46.3%	D+5.1
Precinct -Norton Precinct 3Norton Precinct 3	1,207	1,070	67	2,344	51.5%	45.6%	D+5.8
Precinct -Easton Precinct 1Easton Precinct 1	1,349	936	58	2,343	57.6%	39.9%	D+17.6
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 7Dartmouth Precinct 7	1,142	1,156	39	2,337	48.9%	49.5%	R+0.6
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 3Mansfield Precinct 3	1,327	922	69	2,318	57.2%	39.8%	D+17.5
Precinct -Norton Precinct 4Norton Precinct 4	1,148	1,106	59	2,313	49.6%	47.8%	D+1.8
Precinct -Norton Precinct 2Norton Precinct 2	1,201	1,056	54	2,311	52.0%	45.7%	D+6.3
Precinct -Somerset Precinct 1Somerset Precinct 1	1,111	1,174	24	2,309	48.1%	50.8%	R+2.7
Precinct -Somerset Precinct 2Somerset Precinct 2	1,061	1,166	37	2,264	46.9%	51.5%	R+4.6
Precinct -Norton Precinct 1Norton Precinct 1	1,085	1,103	64	2,252	48.2%	49.0%	R+0.8
Precinct -Berkley Precinct 1Berkley Precinct 1	888	1,323	36	2,247	39.5%	58.9%	R+19.4
Precinct -Easton Precinct 2Easton Precinct 2	1,334	856	55	2,245	59.4%	38.1%	D+21.3
Precinct -Somerset Precinct 3Somerset Precinct 3	1,109	1,082	41	2,232	49.7%	48.5%	D+1.2
Precinct -Raynham Precinct 1Raynham Precinct 1	1,011	1,164	46	2,221	45.5%	52.4%	R+6.9
Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 1Seekonk Precinct 1	1,042	1,128	51	2,221	46.9%	50.8%	R+3.9
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 7-BTaunton Precinct 7-B	978	1,192	49	2,219	44.1%	53.7%	R+9.6
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 7North Attleborough Precinct 7	1,124	1,028	60	2,212	50.8%	46.5%	D+4.3
Precinct -Easton Precinct 6Easton Precinct 6	1,111	1,009	67	2,187	50.8%	46.1%	D+4.7
Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 4Seekonk Precinct 4	1,042	1,080	60	2,182	47.8%	49.5%	R+1.7
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 8-ATaunton Precinct 8-A	1,120	1,028	29	2,177	51.4%	47.2%	D+4.2
Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 3Acushnet Precinct 3	804	1,321	47	2,172	37.0%	60.8%	R+23.8
Precinct -Swansea Precinct 5Swansea Precinct 5	868	1,260	43	2,171	40.0%	58.0%	R+18.1
Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 3Seekonk Precinct 3	1,015	1,094	47	2,156	47.1%	50.7%	R+3.7
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 2-AAttleboro Precinct 2-A	1,178	918	53	2,149	54.8%	42.7%	D+12.1
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 5Dartmouth Precinct 5	1,058	1,052	39	2,149	49.2%	49.0%	D+0.3
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 4Dartmouth Precinct 4	998	1,115	29	2,142	46.6%	52.1%	R+5.5
Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 4Rehoboth Precinct 4	909	1,195	37	2,141	42.5%	55.8%	R+13.4
Precinct -Easton Precinct 7Easton Precinct 7	1,180	896	59	2,135	55.3%	42.0%	D+13.3
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 1Mansfield Precinct 1	1,121	931	82	2,134	52.5%	43.6%	D+8.9
Precinct -Somerset Precinct 5Somerset Precinct 5	941	1,137	36	2,114	44.5%	53.8%	R+9.3
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 8-BTaunton Precinct 8-B	1,042	1,021	46	2,109	49.4%	48.4%	D+1.0
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 6-BAttleboro Precinct 6-B	1,139	893	54	2,086	54.6%	42.8%	D+11.8
Precinct -Somerset Precinct 4Somerset Precinct 4	977	1,070	36	2,083	46.9%	51.4%	R+4.5
Precinct -Raynham Precinct 4Raynham Precinct 4	928	1,110	43	2,081	44.6%	53.3%	R+8.7
Precinct -Swansea Precinct 4Swansea Precinct 4	898	1,139	37	2,074	43.3%	54.9%	R+11.6
Precinct -Swansea Precinct 3Swansea Precinct 3	913	1,114	39	2,066	44.2%	53.9%	R+9.7
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 3-BAttleboro Precinct 3-B	1,167	824	53	2,044	57.1%	40.3%	D+16.8
Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 1Rehoboth Precinct 1	834	1,159	47	2,040	40.9%	56.8%	R+15.9
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 4Mansfield Precinct 4	1,146	810	79	2,035	56.3%	39.8%	D+16.5
Precinct -Easton Precinct 5Easton Precinct 5	1,230	760	44	2,034	60.5%	37.4%	D+23.1
Precinct -Swansea Precinct 1Swansea Precinct 1	760	1,237	29	2,026	37.5%	61.1%	R+23.5
Precinct -Westport Precinct DWestport Precinct D	902	1,084	33	2,019	44.7%	53.7%	R+9.0
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 3North Attleborough Precinct 3	909	1,014	93	2,016	45.1%	50.3%	R+5.2
Precinct -Westport Precinct AWestport Precinct A	852	1,125	31	2,008	42.4%	56.0%	R+13.6
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 1-BTaunton Precinct 1-B	931	1,029	41	2,001	46.5%	51.4%	R+4.9
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 6North Attleborough Precinct 6	1,071	865	63	1,999	53.6%	43.3%	D+10.3
Precinct -Westport Precinct CWestport Precinct C	766	1,199	32	1,997	38.4%	60.0%	R+21.7
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 9-AFall River Precinct 9-A	974	992	29	1,995	48.8%	49.7%	R+0.9
Precinct -Swansea Precinct 2Swansea Precinct 2	963	985	46	1,994	48.3%	49.4%	R+1.1
Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 2Rehoboth Precinct 2	888	1,069	27	1,984	44.8%	53.9%	R+9.1
Precinct -Berkley Precinct 2Berkley Precinct 2	724	1,226	32	1,982	36.5%	61.9%	R+25.3
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 6Dartmouth Precinct 6	870	1,070	34	1,974	44.1%	54.2%	R+10.1
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 5-BAttleboro Precinct 5-B	1,072	840	49	1,961	54.7%	42.8%	D+11.8
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 2-BAttleboro Precinct 2-B	989	902	65	1,956	50.6%	46.1%	D+4.4
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 3-BTaunton Precinct 3-B	962	937	45	1,944	49.5%	48.2%	D+1.3
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 6-AAttleboro Precinct 6-A	990	892	57	1,939	51.1%	46.0%	D+5.1
Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 3Rehoboth Precinct 3	824	1,078	32	1,934	42.6%	55.7%	R+13.1
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 8North Attleborough Precinct 8	1,024	848	58	1,930	53.1%	43.9%	D+9.1
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 1-AAttleboro Precinct 1-A	973	903	53	1,929	50.4%	46.8%	D+3.6
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 2North Attleborough Precinct 2	1,047	838	42	1,927	54.3%	43.5%	D+10.8
Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 1Acushnet Precinct 1	745	1,148	30	1,923	38.7%	59.7%	R+21.0
Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 2Acushnet Precinct 2	670	1,201	32	1,903	35.2%	63.1%	R+27.9
Precinct -Freetown Precinct 2Freetown Precinct 2	739	1,101	43	1,883	39.2%	58.5%	R+19.2
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 7-ATaunton Precinct 7-A	915	919	44	1,878	48.7%	48.9%	R+0.2
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 3-AAttleboro Precinct 3-A	1,078	738	49	1,865	57.8%	39.6%	D+18.2
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 4-ATaunton Precinct 4-A	799	1,007	43	1,849	43.2%	54.5%	R+11.2
Precinct -Freetown Precinct 3Freetown Precinct 3	729	1,065	48	1,842	39.6%	57.8%	R+18.2
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 9North Attleborough Precinct 9	926	877	38	1,841	50.3%	47.6%	D+2.7
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 7Mansfield Precinct 7	1,121	673	46	1,840	60.9%	36.6%	D+24.3
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 1-BAttleboro Precinct 1-B	923	862	40	1,825	50.6%	47.2%	D+3.3
Precinct -Freetown Precinct 1Freetown Precinct 1	768	1,018	38	1,824	42.1%	55.8%	R+13.7
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 4-BTaunton Precinct 4-B	949	837	30	1,816	52.3%	46.1%	D+6.2
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 5North Attleborough Precinct 5	921	812	43	1,776	51.9%	45.7%	D+6.1
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 5Mansfield Precinct 5	994	669	61	1,724	57.7%	38.8%	D+18.9
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 4-AAttleboro Precinct 4-A	1,005	651	51	1,707	58.9%	38.1%	D+20.7
Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 5Fairhaven Precinct 5	836	820	27	1,683	49.7%	48.7%	D+1.0
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 4North Attleborough Precinct 4	936	705	42	1,683	55.6%	41.9%	D+13.7
Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 4Fairhaven Precinct 4	816	823	24	1,663	49.1%	49.5%	R+0.4
Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 6Fairhaven Precinct 6	752	890	18	1,660	45.3%	53.6%	R+8.3
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 2Dartmouth Precinct 2	793	845	20	1,658	47.8%	51.0%	R+3.1
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 1-AFall River Precinct 1-A	719	904	24	1,647	43.7%	54.9%	R+11.2
Precinct -Dighton Precinct 2Dighton Precinct 2	600	996	23	1,619	37.1%	61.5%	R+24.5
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 6-BTaunton Precinct 6-B	828	756	33	1,617	51.2%	46.8%	D+4.5
Precinct -Dighton Precinct 1Dighton Precinct 1	672	912	27	1,611	41.7%	56.6%	R+14.9
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 8-CFall River Precinct 8-C	774	792	38	1,604	48.3%	49.4%	R+1.1
Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 1Fairhaven Precinct 1	934	628	38	1,600	58.4%	39.3%	D+19.1
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-DNew Bedford Precinct 1-D	674	872	31	1,577	42.7%	55.3%	R+12.6
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 9-CFall River Precinct 9-C	838	704	33	1,575	53.2%	44.7%	D+8.5
Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 2Fairhaven Precinct 2	831	707	22	1,560	53.3%	45.3%	D+7.9
Precinct -Dighton Precinct 3Dighton Precinct 3	634	897	22	1,553	40.8%	57.8%	R+16.9
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 6Mansfield Precinct 6	899	571	69	1,539	58.4%	37.1%	D+21.3
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 2Mansfield Precinct 2	844	636	38	1,518	55.6%	41.9%	D+13.7
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 1-ATaunton Precinct 1-A	820	659	31	1,510	54.3%	43.6%	D+10.7
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 8-BFall River Precinct 8-B	781	691	26	1,498	52.1%	46.1%	D+6.0
Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 1North Attleborough Precinct 1	856	592	29	1,477	58.0%	40.1%	D+17.9
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 3-ATaunton Precinct 3-A	774	670	28	1,472	52.6%	45.5%	D+7.1
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 9-BFall River Precinct 9-B	735	712	23	1,470	50.0%	48.4%	D+1.6
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-FNew Bedford Precinct 1-F	647	748	27	1,422	45.5%	52.6%	R+7.1
Precinct -Norton Precinct 5Norton Precinct 5	678	693	39	1,410	48.1%	49.1%	R+1.1
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-ENew Bedford Precinct 5-E	820	546	22	1,388	59.1%	39.3%	D+19.7
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-BNew Bedford Precinct 1-B	640	726	20	1,386	46.2%	52.4%	R+6.2
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-FNew Bedford Precinct 5-F	779	573	29	1,381	56.4%	41.5%	D+14.9
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 3-CFall River Precinct 3-C	642	715	23	1,380	46.5%	51.8%	R+5.3
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-ENew Bedford Precinct 1-E	674	682	16	1,372	49.1%	49.7%	R+0.6
Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 3Fairhaven Precinct 3	612	740	18	1,370	44.7%	54.0%	R+9.3
Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 5-AAttleboro Precinct 5-A	837	482	36	1,355	61.8%	35.6%	D+26.2
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 2-BTaunton Precinct 2-B	736	591	23	1,350	54.5%	43.8%	D+10.7
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 5-ATaunton Precinct 5-A	690	621	37	1,348	51.2%	46.1%	D+5.1
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 6-AFall River Precinct 6-A	589	732	18	1,339	44.0%	54.7%	R+10.7
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 5-BTaunton Precinct 5-B	749	522	36	1,307	57.3%	39.9%	D+17.4
Precinct -Raynham Precinct 2Raynham Precinct 2	608	667	23	1,298	46.8%	51.4%	R+4.5
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 7-AFall River Precinct 7-A	678	583	22	1,283	52.8%	45.4%	D+7.4
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 6-ATaunton Precinct 6-A	675	587	21	1,283	52.6%	45.8%	D+6.9
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-ENew Bedford Precinct 2-E	536	666	27	1,229	43.6%	54.2%	R+10.6
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 1-CFall River Precinct 1-C	513	684	30	1,227	41.8%	55.7%	R+13.9
Precinct -Easton Precinct 4BEaston Precinct 4B	679	500	37	1,216	55.8%	41.1%	D+14.7
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-ANew Bedford Precinct 6-A	609	571	23	1,203	50.6%	47.5%	D+3.2
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-DNew Bedford Precinct 5-D	736	411	32	1,179	62.4%	34.9%	D+27.6
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-ANew Bedford Precinct 1-A	534	617	24	1,175	45.4%	52.5%	R+7.1
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 3-AFall River Precinct 3-A	534	582	21	1,137	47.0%	51.2%	R+4.2
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 1-BFall River Precinct 1-B	492	605	20	1,117	44.0%	54.2%	R+10.1
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-ANew Bedford Precinct 5-A	691	409	15	1,115	62.0%	36.7%	D+25.3
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 6-CFall River Precinct 6-C	512	572	18	1,102	46.5%	51.9%	R+5.4
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 6-BFall River Precinct 6-B	560	522	16	1,098	51.0%	47.5%	D+3.5
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-ENew Bedford Precinct 3-E	573	495	26	1,094	52.4%	45.2%	D+7.1
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 3-BFall River Precinct 3-B	485	585	17	1,087	44.6%	53.8%	R+9.2
Precinct -Easton Precinct 4AEaston Precinct 4A	584	444	30	1,058	55.2%	42.0%	D+13.2
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-BNew Bedford Precinct 5-B	619	394	23	1,036	59.7%	38.0%	D+21.7
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 8-AFall River Precinct 8-A	473	540	19	1,032	45.8%	52.3%	R+6.5
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 7-CFall River Precinct 7-C	525	472	34	1,031	50.9%	45.8%	D+5.1
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-CNew Bedford Precinct 5-C	559	452	18	1,029	54.3%	43.9%	D+10.4
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-FNew Bedford Precinct 4-F	617	369	25	1,011	61.0%	36.5%	D+24.5
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-DNew Bedford Precinct 2-D	544	435	24	1,003	54.2%	43.4%	D+10.9
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 2-ATaunton Precinct 2-A	550	412	23	985	55.8%	41.8%	D+14.0
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 2-CFall River Precinct 2-C	437	510	27	974	44.9%	52.4%	R+7.5
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-CNew Bedford Precinct 4-C	663	277	23	963	68.8%	28.8%	D+40.1
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-BNew Bedford Precinct 6-B	496	437	18	951	52.2%	46.0%	D+6.2
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-BNew Bedford Precinct 4-B	571	341	35	947	60.3%	36.0%	D+24.3
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-CNew Bedford Precinct 1-C	447	479	17	943	47.4%	50.8%	R+3.4
Precinct -Easton Precinct 3Easton Precinct 3	530	376	26	932	56.9%	40.3%	D+16.5
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-FNew Bedford Precinct 3-F	515	393	15	923	55.8%	42.6%	D+13.2
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-FNew Bedford Precinct 2-F	414	456	32	902	45.9%	50.6%	R+4.7
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 2-AFall River Precinct 2-A	400	461	20	881	45.4%	52.3%	R+6.9
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 7-BFall River Precinct 7-B	467	387	26	880	53.1%	44.0%	D+9.1
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-DNew Bedford Precinct 4-D	489	351	26	866	56.5%	40.5%	D+15.9
Precinct -Raynham Precinct 2ARaynham Precinct 2A	362	489	14	865	41.8%	56.5%	R+14.7
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 4-CFall River Precinct 4-C	488	354	22	864	56.5%	41.0%	D+15.5
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-ENew Bedford Precinct 4-E	486	355	16	857	56.7%	41.4%	D+15.3
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 2-BFall River Precinct 2-B	360	439	17	816	44.1%	53.8%	R+9.7
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-FNew Bedford Precinct 6-F	416	365	15	796	52.3%	45.9%	D+6.4
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 4-AFall River Precinct 4-A	403	368	19	790	51.0%	46.6%	D+4.4
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 5-CFall River Precinct 5-C	373	401	9	783	47.6%	51.2%	R+3.6
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-DNew Bedford Precinct 3-D	383	370	15	768	49.9%	48.2%	D+1.7
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 4-BFall River Precinct 4-B	365	336	8	709	51.5%	47.4%	D+4.1
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 5-AFall River Precinct 5-A	312	334	12	658	47.4%	50.8%	R+3.3
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-BNew Bedford Precinct 3-B	325	274	12	611	53.2%	44.8%	D+8.3
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 2AMansfield Precinct 2A	351	231	18	600	58.5%	38.5%	D+20.0
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-CNew Bedford Precinct 2-C	274	304	7	585	46.8%	52.0%	R+5.1
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-ANew Bedford Precinct 3-A	352	212	16	580	60.7%	36.6%	D+24.1
Precinct -Fall River Precinct 5-BFall River Precinct 5-B	297	253	22	572	51.9%	44.2%	D+7.7
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-CNew Bedford Precinct 6-C	287	267	14	568	50.5%	47.0%	D+3.5
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-ENew Bedford Precinct 6-E	272	268	12	552	49.3%	48.6%	D+0.7
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-BNew Bedford Precinct 2-B	227	260	11	498	45.6%	52.2%	R+6.6
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-CNew Bedford Precinct 3-C	231	250	16	497	46.5%	50.3%	R+3.8
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-F1New Bedford Precinct 3-F1	240	196	8	444	54.1%	44.1%	D+9.9
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-DNew Bedford Precinct 6-D	225	206	6	437	51.5%	47.1%	D+4.3
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-A1New Bedford Precinct 4-A1	217	108	12	337	64.4%	32.0%	D+32.3
Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 3Dartmouth Precinct 3	156	150	5	311	50.2%	48.2%	D+1.9
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-ANew Bedford Precinct 2-A	168	134	9	311	54.0%	43.1%	D+10.9
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-ANew Bedford Precinct 4-A	207	96	6	309	67.0%	31.1%	D+35.9
Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 2AAcushnet Precinct 2A	92	138	2	232	39.7%	59.5%	R+19.8
Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 6AMansfield Precinct 6A	136	90	6	232	58.6%	38.8%	D+19.8
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-C1New Bedford Precinct 1-C1	92	93	5	190	48.4%	48.9%	R+0.5
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-A1New Bedford Precinct 1-A1	65	50	7	122	53.3%	41.0%	D+12.3
Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-B1New Bedford Precinct 1-B1	58	44	0	102	56.9%	43.1%	D+13.7
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 1-A1Taunton Precinct 1-A1	52	25	2	79	65.8%	31.6%	D+34.2
Precinct -Raynham Precinct 4ARaynham Precinct 4A	18	43	0	61	29.5%	70.5%	R+41.0
Precinct -Taunton Precinct 4-B1Taunton Precinct 4-B1	12	24	0	36	33.3%	66.7%	R+33.3

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1892–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−18.0%
1896	−54.9%
1900	−33.5%
1904	−24.5%
1908	−29.2%
1912	−2.3%
1916	−10.7%
1920	−50.6%
1924	−44.0%
1928	+3.5%
1932	+10.0%
1936	+22.0%
1940	+23.6%
1944	+19.5%
1948	+25.2%
1952	−2.4%
1956	−15.9%
1960	+33.8%
1964	+57.7%
1968	+34.2%
1972	+9.9%
1976	+24.2%
1980	+3.1%
1984	+0.4%
1988	+12.4%
1992	+23.6%
1996	+40.6%
2000	+34.8%
2004	+28.1%
2008	+23.2%
2012	+20.5%
2016	+9.4%
2020	+11.9%
2024	+1.3%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle; not shown when either cycle is estimated or under source review. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Swing	vs U.S.	Total
2024	D	49.6%Harris137,813	48.3%Trump134,201	0.6%Ellis1,580 +6	D+1.3	R+10.6	D+2.8	278,049
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.6%137,813 Donald J TrumpRepublican48.3%134,201 Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.6%1,580 Jill SteinIndependent0.5%1,440 Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%1,222 All OthersIndependent0.4%1,121 Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%657 West AbdullahIndependent0.0%9 Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%6
2020	D	54.5%Biden153,377	42.6%Trump119,872	1.3%Jorgensen3,667	D+11.9	D+2.5	D+7.5	281,364
2016	D	50.5%Clinton129,540	41.1%Trump105,443	4.0%Johnson10,180	D+9.4	R+11.1	D+7.3	256,686
2012	D	59.4%Obama143,433	38.9%Romney93,898	1.7%	D+20.5	R+2.7	D+16.7	241,509
2008	D	60.4%Obama146,861	37.2%McCain90,531	2.4%	D+23.2	R+4.9	D+15.9	243,120
2004	D	63.5%Kerry147,854	35.4%Bush82,524	1.1%	D+28.1	R+6.7	D+30.5	232,878
2000	D	64.5%Gore136,325	29.7%Bush62,848	4.5%Nader9,554	D+34.8	R+5.9	D+34.2	211,337
1996	D	64.4%Clinton127,725	23.8%Dole47,164	10.8%Perot21,438	D+40.6	D+17.0	D+32.1	198,213
1992	D	48.4%Clinton102,406	24.7%Bush52,370	26.4%Perot55,845	D+23.6	D+11.2	D+18.1	211,754
1988	D	55.7%Dukakis107,854	43.3%Bush83,797	1.0%	D+12.4	D+12.0	D+20.2	193,530
1984	D	50.0%Mondale94,010	49.6%Reagan93,232	0.4%	D+0.4	R+2.7	D+18.6	188,039
1980	D	44.3%Carter83,460	41.1%Reagan77,545	14.6%	D+3.1	R+21.0	D+12.9	188,605
1976	D	60.7%Carter116,318	36.5%Ford69,957	2.9%	D+24.2	D+14.2	D+22.1	191,771
1972	D	54.7%McGovern103,163	44.7%Nixon84,390	0.6%	D+9.9	R+24.2	D+33.1	188,768
1968	D	65.1%Humphrey119,439	30.9%Nixon56,672	4.1%	D+34.2	R+23.5	D+34.9	183,569
1964	D	78.7%Johnson146,885	21.0%Goldwater39,230	0.3%	D+57.7	D+23.9	D+35.1	186,636
1960	D	66.8%Kennedy130,049	33.0%Nixon64,290	0.2%	D+33.8	D+49.7	D+33.6	194,722
1956	R	41.9%Stevenson79,357	57.8%Eisenhower109,542	0.2%	R+15.9	R+13.5	R+0.5	189,365
1952	R	48.7%Stevenson93,444	51.1%Eisenhower98,105	0.2%	R+2.4	R+27.7	D+8.3	192,011
1948	D	61.9%Truman106,741	36.6%Dewey63,216	1.5%	D+25.2	D+5.7	D+20.7	172,551
1944	D	59.7%Roosevelt90,529	40.1%Dewey60,880	0.2%	D+19.5	R+4.1	D+12.1	151,692
1940	D	61.6%Roosevelt97,571	38.0%Willkie60,143	0.4%	D+23.6	D+1.6	D+13.7	158,391
1936	D	57.2%Roosevelt80,805	35.3%Landon49,754	7.5%	D+22.0	D+12.0	R+2.3	141,145
1932	D	53.5%Roosevelt62,474	43.6%Hoover50,846	2.9%	D+10.0	D+6.5	R+7.8	116,675
1928	D	51.2%Smith59,257	47.7%Hoover55,205	1.1%	D+3.5	D+47.5	D+21.0	115,755
1924	R	22.3%Davis19,802	66.2%Coolidge58,929	10.8%La Follette9,624	R+44.0	D+6.7	R+18.8	88,980
1920	R	23.0%Cox17,719	73.6%Harding56,734	3.3%	R+50.6	R+39.9	R+24.5	77,032
1916	R	43.0%Wilson18,065	53.7%Hughes22,578	3.3%	R+10.7	R+8.5	R+13.9	42,050
1912	R	32.7%Wilson12,420	35.0%Taft13,279	32.3%	R+2.3	D+26.9	R+21.8	37,963
1908	R	31.4%Bryan10,719	60.6%Taft20,683	8.0%	R+29.2	R+4.7	R+19.6	34,144
1904	R	35.5%Parker11,103	60.0%Roosevelt18,742	4.5%	R+24.5	D+9.1	R+4.8	31,235
1900	R	31.2%Bryan9,355	64.8%McKinley19,396	4.0%	R+33.5	D+21.4	R+26.0	29,947
1896	R	21.2%Bryan6,022	76.1%McKinley21,629	2.8%	R+54.9	R+36.9	R+48.8	28,435
1892	R	39.7%Cleveland10,825	57.7%Harrison15,732	2.6%	R+18.0	—	R+19.7	27,256
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—	—	—

Federal and statewide elections · 3 House · 37 Senate · 5 Senate special · 12 governor

U.S. House

Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Akashic actual-race rollup from certified returns, House; geographic aggregation.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	81.0%173,251	19.0%40,756	214,007
2020	D	55.8%145,651	44.2%115,347	260,998
2018	D	100.0%2,251	0.0%0	2,251

U.S. Senate

Each row shows U.S. Senate votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Sources · MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL); Amlani & Algara 2021 (Harvard Dataverse doi:10.7910/DVN/DGUMFI); upstream CQ Press + ICPSR · CC BY 4.0 / CC0 1.0.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	49.6%134,451	50.4%136,530	270,981
2020Class II	D	57.3%Ed Markey155,927	41.8%Kevin O'Connor113,750	271,896
2018Class I	D	52.2%Elizabeth Warren98,921	44.3%Geoff Diehl83,919	189,625
2014Class II	D	59.4%Ed Markey84,226	40.5%Brian Herr57,513	141,889
2012Class I	D	52.4%Elizabeth Warren125,906	47.6%Scott Brown114,277	240,291
2008Class II	D	67.4%John Kerry158,827	29.0%Jeffrey Beatty68,449	235,747
2006Class I	D	70.4%Ted Kennedy115,125	29.5%Kenneth G. Chase48,204	163,465
2002Class II	D	83.0%John Kerry122,104	0.0%None0	147,097
2000Class I	D	75.1%Ted Kennedy153,422	13.7%Jack E. Robinson28,053	204,376
1996Class II	D	57.9%John Kerry114,050	38.5%Bill Weld75,793	196,965
1994Class I	D	61.3%Ted Kennedy98,821	37.5%Mitt Romney60,488	161,193
1990Class II	D	56.1%John Kerry97,274	43.9%Jim Rappaport76,140	173,508
1988Class I	D	69.7%Ted Kennedy133,402	29.2%Joseph D. Malone55,883	191,389
1984Class II	D	60.6%John Kerry112,558	39.4%Raymond Shamie73,260	185,822
1982Class I	D	65.9%Ted Kennedy103,643	33.3%Raymond Shamie52,314	157,308
1978Class II	D	60.4%Paul E. Tsongas86,791	39.6%Edward Brooke56,798	143,589
1976Class I	D	72.2%Ted Kennedy136,040	26.4%Michael Robertson49,774	188,293
1972Class II	R	33.0%John J. Droney61,112	65.9%Edward Brooke122,018	185,018
1970Class I	D	70.7%Ted Kennedy112,608	28.7%Josiah A. Spaulding45,644	159,268
1966Class II	R	41.3%Endicott Peabody65,699	58.1%Edward Brooke92,305	158,925
1964Class I	D	80.5%Ted Kennedy150,241	19.3%Howard Whitmore Jr.35,989	186,605
1960Class II	D	50.7%Thomas O'Connor Jr.96,956	48.9%Leverett Saltonstall93,466	191,210
1958Class I	D	79.0%John F. Kennedy124,060	20.5%Vincent J. Celeste32,138	156,966
1954Class II	D	51.0%Foster Furcolo79,036	48.7%Leverett Saltonstall75,465	155,100
1952Class I	D	58.5%John F. Kennedy110,420	41.1%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.77,537	188,606
1948Class II	D	54.5%John I. Fitzgerald90,876	45.0%Leverett Saltonstall74,969	166,734
1946Class I	R	49.6%David I. Walsh65,917	49.7%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.66,045	132,945
1942Class II	R	49.1%Joseph E. Casey50,251	49.8%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.50,997	102,346
1940Class I	D	61.5%David I. Walsh93,102	36.8%Henry Parkman Jr.55,787	151,506
1936Class II	R	38.4%James M. Curley52,160	46.4%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.62,979	135,674
1934Class I	D	62.3%David I. Walsh64,445	34.0%Robert M. Washburn35,174	103,462
1930Class II	R	47.5%Marcus A. Coolidge43,619	50.7%William M. Butler46,468	91,742
1928Class I	D	53.7%David I. Walsh59,342	44.8%Benjamin L. Young49,564	110,521
1924Class II	R	44.3%David I. Walsh37,743	54.4%Frederick H. Gillett46,317	85,186
1922Class I	R	41.6%William A. Gaston28,218	52.4%Henry Cabot Lodge35,529	67,807
1918Class II	R	42.3%David I. Walsh13,749	52.7%John W. Weeks17,125	32,489
1916Class I	R	41.7%John F. Fitzgerald16,651	55.3%Henry Cabot Lodge22,095	39,951

U.S. Senate special elections

Each row shows U.S. Senate special votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Source · Amlani & Algara 2021 (Harvard Dataverse doi:10.7910/DVN/DGUMFI); upstream CQ Press + ICPSR · CC0 1.0.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2013Special · Class II	R	49.0%Ed Markey33,791	50.3%Gabriel E. Gomez34,722	68,980
2010Special · Class I	R	42.8%Martha Coakley71,493	56.0%Scott Brown93,474	166,897
1962Special · Class I	D	64.7%Ted Kennedy107,743	33.9%George Cabot Lodge56,425	166,518
1944Special · Class II	R	45.7%John H. Corcoran66,822	53.4%Leverett Saltonstall78,107	146,234
1926Special · Class I	R	46.5%David I. Walsh39,198	51.7%William M. Butler43,643	84,371

Governor

Each row shows Governor votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.

Sources · MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL); Amlani & Algara 2021 (Harvard Dataverse doi:10.7910/DVN/DGUMFI); upstream CQ Press + ICPSR · CC BY 4.0 / CC0 1.0.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2022	D	54.0%Healey98,969	44.2%Diehl81,033	183,256
2018	R	50.4%Gonzalez And Palfrey176,198	49.6%Baker And Polito173,225	349,423
2014	R	45.2%Martha Coakley66,045	49.7%Charlie Baker72,641	146,157
2010	D	47.2%Deval Patrick81,059	42.7%Charlie Baker73,220	171,619
2006	D	57.3%Deval Patrick95,623	34.3%Kerry Healey57,233	166,781
2002	D	50.7%Shannon O'Brien80,275	45.0%Mitt Romney71,189	158,324
1998	R	49.2%Scott Harshbarger69,190	49.2%Paul Cellucci69,209	140,708
1994	R	32.4%Mark Roosevelt51,702	66.2%Bill Weld105,751	159,641
1990	D	55.6%John Silber97,046	40.9%Bill Weld71,420	174,516
1986	D	75.8%Michael Dukakis97,813	24.2%George Kariotis31,188	129,032
1982	D	62.2%Michael Dukakis96,902	33.8%John W. Sears52,658	155,737
1978	D	61.1%Edward J. King87,175	38.8%Francis W. Hatch Jr.55,406	142,765

voter registration

Registered voters

By party of registration, over time

Party registration · 2025D+11.9

Presidential vote · 2024D+1.3

Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 11 points more Democratic.

427,089 registered voters · 2025

Democratic21.4%Republican9.5%Unaffiliated67.9%Other1.2%

domestic migration

Who moves in and out

Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote

+906 net domestic migration · 2025

20112025

Net +5,674 over 2011–2025 · gain loss

Arrivals reported $71,336 in average income, against $90,796 for residents who stayed — 21% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)

The places arrivals came from lean D+21.2 on average — 20 points more Democratic-leaning than Bristol County, MA itself (D+1.3).

Where arrivals came from lean of each source

Plymouth County, MA2,268D+8.8
Norfolk County, MA1,859D+28.5
Providence County, RI1,087D+14.4
Suffolk County, MA891D+52.1
Middlesex County, MA624D+39.2
Newport County, RI303D+25.5

Where departures went households, 2022–23

Plymouth County, MA1,710
Providence County, RI1,424
Norfolk County, MA1,226
Suffolk County, MA601
Middlesex County, MA499
Worcester County, MA373

Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.

Domestic migration in Bristol County, MA in Bristol County, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year	Net domestic migration
2011	−1,399
2012	0
2013	−274
2014	+1,040
2015	+110
2016	−853
2017	+966
2018	+1,275
2019	+30
2021	+2,775
2022	−715
2023	+1,179
2024	+634
2025	+906

Bristol County, anchored by cities like New Bedford and Fall River, swung significantly rightward over the past decade — its 2024 presidential margin of D+1.3 made it among the most competitive counties in an otherwise heavily Democratic state.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 54.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 10.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.3 points.

A population of 582,270, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,625 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hampden County and Providence County.

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Massachusetts

93.3twin score

2000–2012 trajectory≠ % Latino

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Rhode Island

92.6twin score

2000–2020 trajectory≠ elasticity

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Massachusetts

92.2twin score

2000–2004 trajectory% Catholic% Evangelical≠ 2024 margin

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Frequently asked questions

How did Bristol County, Massachusetts vote in 2024?

In 2024, Bristol County, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 1.3 points (D+1.3), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 278,049 votes cast, 137,813 went Democratic and 134,201 went Republican.

When did Bristol County, Massachusetts last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Bristol County, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1956.

How many people live in Bristol County, Massachusetts?

Bristol County, Massachusetts has a population of 582,270 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Bristol County, Massachusetts?

Median household income in Bristol County, Massachusetts is $85,625 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.

What is the political history of Bristol County, Massachusetts?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Bristol County, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 23 went Democratic and 11 went Republican.

Measure

Bristol County

Massachusetts

United States

Median age

40.9

40.3

39.1

Age 18–24

8.6%

9.9%

9.2%

Age 65 and older

17.8%

17.9%

17.2%

Measure

Bristol County

Massachusetts

United States

Median household income

$85,625

$103,960

$84,427

Poverty rate

11.3%

10.1%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

30.8%

47.3%

35.6%

Measure

Bristol County

Massachusetts

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

21.7%

25.1%

22.3%

Spanish

6.6%

9.7%

13.6%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)

1.6%

1.9%

0.7%

Other Indo-European

11.3%

6.1%

2.0%

Measure

Bristol County

Massachusetts

United States

Catholic

32.9%

35.5%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

4.4%

3.6%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

57.9%

51.4%

51.5%

Key facts

2024 presidential margin

D+1.3MIT Election Lab

Population

582,2702024 5-year

Median household income

$85,6252024 5-year

White (non-Hispanic)

75.3%2024 5-year

Black

4.0%2024 5-year

Hispanic / Latino

10.2%2024 5-year

Peak Democratic margin

D+57.7 in 1964MIT Election Lab

Peak Republican margin

R+54.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab

Most similar

Hampden County, MA · twin score 93.3

Election

Participants

CVAP

Turnout

Quality

2016 · Presidential

256,686

414,315

62.0%

B/A

2018 · Midterm

193,145

418,797

46.1%

B/A

2020 · Presidential

281,364

424,240

66.3%

B/A

2022 · Midterm

185,535

433,021

42.8%

B/A

2024 · Presidential

280,762

433,863

64.7%

B/A

Bristol County precinct-level presidential election results for 2024

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 9Dartmouth Precinct 9

1,573

1,138

2,759

57.0%

41.2%

D+15.8

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 8Dartmouth Precinct 8

1,509

1,061

2,622

57.6%

40.5%

D+17.1

Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 2Seekonk Precinct 2

1,293

1,181

2,540

50.9%

46.5%

D+4.4

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 4-BAttleboro Precinct 4-B

1,324

1,102

2,465

53.7%

44.7%

D+9.0

Precinct -Westport Precinct EWestport Precinct E

1,224

1,164

2,441

50.1%

47.7%

D+2.5

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 1Dartmouth Precinct 1

955

1,407

2,408

39.7%

58.4%

R+18.8

Precinct -Raynham Precinct 3Raynham Precinct 3

1,132

1,221

2,403

47.1%

50.8%

R+3.7

Precinct -Westport Precinct BWestport Precinct B

1,211

1,091

2,355

51.4%

46.3%

D+5.1

Precinct -Norton Precinct 3Norton Precinct 3

1,207

1,070

2,344

51.5%

45.6%

D+5.8

Precinct -Easton Precinct 1Easton Precinct 1

1,349

936

2,343

57.6%

39.9%

D+17.6

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 7Dartmouth Precinct 7

1,142

1,156

2,337

48.9%

49.5%

R+0.6

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 3Mansfield Precinct 3

1,327

922

2,318

57.2%

39.8%

D+17.5

Precinct -Norton Precinct 4Norton Precinct 4

1,148

1,106

2,313

49.6%

47.8%

D+1.8

Precinct -Norton Precinct 2Norton Precinct 2

1,201

1,056

2,311

52.0%

45.7%

D+6.3

Precinct -Somerset Precinct 1Somerset Precinct 1

1,111

1,174

2,309

48.1%

50.8%

R+2.7

Precinct -Somerset Precinct 2Somerset Precinct 2

1,061

1,166

2,264

46.9%

51.5%

R+4.6

Precinct -Norton Precinct 1Norton Precinct 1

1,085

1,103

2,252

48.2%

49.0%

R+0.8

Precinct -Berkley Precinct 1Berkley Precinct 1

888

1,323

2,247

39.5%

58.9%

R+19.4

Precinct -Easton Precinct 2Easton Precinct 2

1,334

856

2,245

59.4%

38.1%

D+21.3

Precinct -Somerset Precinct 3Somerset Precinct 3

1,109

1,082

2,232

49.7%

48.5%

D+1.2

Precinct -Raynham Precinct 1Raynham Precinct 1

1,011

1,164

2,221

45.5%

52.4%

R+6.9

Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 1Seekonk Precinct 1

1,042

1,128

2,221

46.9%

50.8%

R+3.9

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 7-BTaunton Precinct 7-B

978

1,192

2,219

44.1%

53.7%

R+9.6

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 7North Attleborough Precinct 7

1,124

1,028

2,212

50.8%

46.5%

D+4.3

Precinct -Easton Precinct 6Easton Precinct 6

1,111

1,009

2,187

50.8%

46.1%

D+4.7

Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 4Seekonk Precinct 4

1,042

1,080

2,182

47.8%

49.5%

R+1.7

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 8-ATaunton Precinct 8-A

1,120

1,028

2,177

51.4%

47.2%

D+4.2

Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 3Acushnet Precinct 3

804

1,321

2,172

37.0%

60.8%

R+23.8

Precinct -Swansea Precinct 5Swansea Precinct 5

868

1,260

2,171

40.0%

58.0%

R+18.1

Precinct -Seekonk Precinct 3Seekonk Precinct 3

1,015

1,094

2,156

47.1%

50.7%

R+3.7

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 2-AAttleboro Precinct 2-A

1,178

918

2,149

54.8%

42.7%

D+12.1

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 5Dartmouth Precinct 5

1,058

1,052

2,149

49.2%

49.0%

D+0.3

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 4Dartmouth Precinct 4

998

1,115

2,142

46.6%

52.1%

R+5.5

Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 4Rehoboth Precinct 4

909

1,195

2,141

42.5%

55.8%

R+13.4

Precinct -Easton Precinct 7Easton Precinct 7

1,180

896

2,135

55.3%

42.0%

D+13.3

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 1Mansfield Precinct 1

1,121

931

2,134

52.5%

43.6%

D+8.9

Precinct -Somerset Precinct 5Somerset Precinct 5

941

1,137

2,114

44.5%

53.8%

R+9.3

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 8-BTaunton Precinct 8-B

1,042

1,021

2,109

49.4%

48.4%

D+1.0

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 6-BAttleboro Precinct 6-B

1,139

893

2,086

54.6%

42.8%

D+11.8

Precinct -Somerset Precinct 4Somerset Precinct 4

977

1,070

2,083

46.9%

51.4%

R+4.5

Precinct -Raynham Precinct 4Raynham Precinct 4

928

1,110

2,081

44.6%

53.3%

R+8.7

Precinct -Swansea Precinct 4Swansea Precinct 4

898

1,139

2,074

43.3%

54.9%

R+11.6

Precinct -Swansea Precinct 3Swansea Precinct 3

913

1,114

2,066

44.2%

53.9%

R+9.7

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 3-BAttleboro Precinct 3-B

1,167

824

2,044

57.1%

40.3%

D+16.8

Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 1Rehoboth Precinct 1

834

1,159

2,040

40.9%

56.8%

R+15.9

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 4Mansfield Precinct 4

1,146

810

2,035

56.3%

39.8%

D+16.5

Precinct -Easton Precinct 5Easton Precinct 5

1,230

760

2,034

60.5%

37.4%

D+23.1

Precinct -Swansea Precinct 1Swansea Precinct 1

760

1,237

2,026

37.5%

61.1%

R+23.5

Precinct -Westport Precinct DWestport Precinct D

902

1,084

2,019

44.7%

53.7%

R+9.0

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 3North Attleborough Precinct 3

909

1,014

2,016

45.1%

50.3%

R+5.2

Precinct -Westport Precinct AWestport Precinct A

852

1,125

2,008

42.4%

56.0%

R+13.6

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 1-BTaunton Precinct 1-B

931

1,029

2,001

46.5%

51.4%

R+4.9

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 6North Attleborough Precinct 6

1,071

865

1,999

53.6%

43.3%

D+10.3

Precinct -Westport Precinct CWestport Precinct C

766

1,199

1,997

38.4%

60.0%

R+21.7

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 9-AFall River Precinct 9-A

974

992

1,995

48.8%

49.7%

R+0.9

Precinct -Swansea Precinct 2Swansea Precinct 2

963

985

1,994

48.3%

49.4%

R+1.1

Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 2Rehoboth Precinct 2

888

1,069

1,984

44.8%

53.9%

R+9.1

Precinct -Berkley Precinct 2Berkley Precinct 2

724

1,226

1,982

36.5%

61.9%

R+25.3

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 6Dartmouth Precinct 6

870

1,070

1,974

44.1%

54.2%

R+10.1

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 5-BAttleboro Precinct 5-B

1,072

840

1,961

54.7%

42.8%

D+11.8

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 2-BAttleboro Precinct 2-B

989

902

1,956

50.6%

46.1%

D+4.4

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 3-BTaunton Precinct 3-B

962

937

1,944

49.5%

48.2%

D+1.3

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 6-AAttleboro Precinct 6-A

990

892

1,939

51.1%

46.0%

D+5.1

Precinct -Rehoboth Precinct 3Rehoboth Precinct 3

824

1,078

1,934

42.6%

55.7%

R+13.1

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 8North Attleborough Precinct 8

1,024

848

1,930

53.1%

43.9%

D+9.1

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 1-AAttleboro Precinct 1-A

973

903

1,929

50.4%

46.8%

D+3.6

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 2North Attleborough Precinct 2

1,047

838

1,927

54.3%

43.5%

D+10.8

Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 1Acushnet Precinct 1

745

1,148

1,923

38.7%

59.7%

R+21.0

Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 2Acushnet Precinct 2

670

1,201

1,903

35.2%

63.1%

R+27.9

Precinct -Freetown Precinct 2Freetown Precinct 2

739

1,101

1,883

39.2%

58.5%

R+19.2

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 7-ATaunton Precinct 7-A

915

919

1,878

48.7%

48.9%

R+0.2

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 3-AAttleboro Precinct 3-A

1,078

738

1,865

57.8%

39.6%

D+18.2

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 4-ATaunton Precinct 4-A

799

1,007

1,849

43.2%

54.5%

R+11.2

Precinct -Freetown Precinct 3Freetown Precinct 3

729

1,065

1,842

39.6%

57.8%

R+18.2

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 9North Attleborough Precinct 9

926

877

1,841

50.3%

47.6%

D+2.7

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 7Mansfield Precinct 7

1,121

673

1,840

60.9%

36.6%

D+24.3

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 1-BAttleboro Precinct 1-B

923

862

1,825

50.6%

47.2%

D+3.3

Precinct -Freetown Precinct 1Freetown Precinct 1

768

1,018

1,824

42.1%

55.8%

R+13.7

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 4-BTaunton Precinct 4-B

949

837

1,816

52.3%

46.1%

D+6.2

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 5North Attleborough Precinct 5

921

812

1,776

51.9%

45.7%

D+6.1

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 5Mansfield Precinct 5

994

669

1,724

57.7%

38.8%

D+18.9

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 4-AAttleboro Precinct 4-A

1,005

651

1,707

58.9%

38.1%

D+20.7

Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 5Fairhaven Precinct 5

836

820

1,683

49.7%

48.7%

D+1.0

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 4North Attleborough Precinct 4

936

705

1,683

55.6%

41.9%

D+13.7

Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 4Fairhaven Precinct 4

816

823

1,663

49.1%

49.5%

R+0.4

Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 6Fairhaven Precinct 6

752

890

1,660

45.3%

53.6%

R+8.3

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 2Dartmouth Precinct 2

793

845

1,658

47.8%

51.0%

R+3.1

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 1-AFall River Precinct 1-A

719

904

1,647

43.7%

54.9%

R+11.2

Precinct -Dighton Precinct 2Dighton Precinct 2

600

996

1,619

37.1%

61.5%

R+24.5

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 6-BTaunton Precinct 6-B

828

756

1,617

51.2%

46.8%

D+4.5

Precinct -Dighton Precinct 1Dighton Precinct 1

672

912

1,611

41.7%

56.6%

R+14.9

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 8-CFall River Precinct 8-C

774

792

1,604

48.3%

49.4%

R+1.1

Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 1Fairhaven Precinct 1

934

628

1,600

58.4%

39.3%

D+19.1

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-DNew Bedford Precinct 1-D

674

872

1,577

42.7%

55.3%

R+12.6

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 9-CFall River Precinct 9-C

838

704

1,575

53.2%

44.7%

D+8.5

Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 2Fairhaven Precinct 2

831

707

1,560

53.3%

45.3%

D+7.9

Precinct -Dighton Precinct 3Dighton Precinct 3

634

897

1,553

40.8%

57.8%

R+16.9

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 6Mansfield Precinct 6

899

571

1,539

58.4%

37.1%

D+21.3

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 2Mansfield Precinct 2

844

636

1,518

55.6%

41.9%

D+13.7

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 1-ATaunton Precinct 1-A

820

659

1,510

54.3%

43.6%

D+10.7

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 8-BFall River Precinct 8-B

781

691

1,498

52.1%

46.1%

D+6.0

Precinct -North Attleborough Precinct 1North Attleborough Precinct 1

856

592

1,477

58.0%

40.1%

D+17.9

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 3-ATaunton Precinct 3-A

774

670

1,472

52.6%

45.5%

D+7.1

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 9-BFall River Precinct 9-B

735

712

1,470

50.0%

48.4%

D+1.6

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-FNew Bedford Precinct 1-F

647

748

1,422

45.5%

52.6%

R+7.1

Precinct -Norton Precinct 5Norton Precinct 5

678

693

1,410

48.1%

49.1%

R+1.1

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-ENew Bedford Precinct 5-E

820

546

1,388

59.1%

39.3%

D+19.7

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-BNew Bedford Precinct 1-B

640

726

1,386

46.2%

52.4%

R+6.2

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-FNew Bedford Precinct 5-F

779

573

1,381

56.4%

41.5%

D+14.9

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 3-CFall River Precinct 3-C

642

715

1,380

46.5%

51.8%

R+5.3

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-ENew Bedford Precinct 1-E

674

682

1,372

49.1%

49.7%

R+0.6

Precinct -Fairhaven Precinct 3Fairhaven Precinct 3

612

740

1,370

44.7%

54.0%

R+9.3

Precinct -Attleboro Precinct 5-AAttleboro Precinct 5-A

837

482

1,355

61.8%

35.6%

D+26.2

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 2-BTaunton Precinct 2-B

736

591

1,350

54.5%

43.8%

D+10.7

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 5-ATaunton Precinct 5-A

690

621

1,348

51.2%

46.1%

D+5.1

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 6-AFall River Precinct 6-A

589

732

1,339

44.0%

54.7%

R+10.7

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 5-BTaunton Precinct 5-B

749

522

1,307

57.3%

39.9%

D+17.4

Precinct -Raynham Precinct 2Raynham Precinct 2

608

667

1,298

46.8%

51.4%

R+4.5

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 7-AFall River Precinct 7-A

678

583

1,283

52.8%

45.4%

D+7.4

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 6-ATaunton Precinct 6-A

675

587

1,283

52.6%

45.8%

D+6.9

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-ENew Bedford Precinct 2-E

536

666

1,229

43.6%

54.2%

R+10.6

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 1-CFall River Precinct 1-C

513

684

1,227

41.8%

55.7%

R+13.9

Precinct -Easton Precinct 4BEaston Precinct 4B

679

500

1,216

55.8%

41.1%

D+14.7

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-ANew Bedford Precinct 6-A

609

571

1,203

50.6%

47.5%

D+3.2

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-DNew Bedford Precinct 5-D

736

411

1,179

62.4%

34.9%

D+27.6

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-ANew Bedford Precinct 1-A

534

617

1,175

45.4%

52.5%

R+7.1

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 3-AFall River Precinct 3-A

534

582

1,137

47.0%

51.2%

R+4.2

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 1-BFall River Precinct 1-B

492

605

1,117

44.0%

54.2%

R+10.1

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-ANew Bedford Precinct 5-A

691

409

1,115

62.0%

36.7%

D+25.3

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 6-CFall River Precinct 6-C

512

572

1,102

46.5%

51.9%

R+5.4

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 6-BFall River Precinct 6-B

560

522

1,098

51.0%

47.5%

D+3.5

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-ENew Bedford Precinct 3-E

573

495

1,094

52.4%

45.2%

D+7.1

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 3-BFall River Precinct 3-B

485

585

1,087

44.6%

53.8%

R+9.2

Precinct -Easton Precinct 4AEaston Precinct 4A

584

444

1,058

55.2%

42.0%

D+13.2

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-BNew Bedford Precinct 5-B

619

394

1,036

59.7%

38.0%

D+21.7

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 8-AFall River Precinct 8-A

473

540

1,032

45.8%

52.3%

R+6.5

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 7-CFall River Precinct 7-C

525

472

1,031

50.9%

45.8%

D+5.1

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 5-CNew Bedford Precinct 5-C

559

452

1,029

54.3%

43.9%

D+10.4

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-FNew Bedford Precinct 4-F

617

369

1,011

61.0%

36.5%

D+24.5

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-DNew Bedford Precinct 2-D

544

435

1,003

54.2%

43.4%

D+10.9

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 2-ATaunton Precinct 2-A

550

412

985

55.8%

41.8%

D+14.0

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 2-CFall River Precinct 2-C

437

510

974

44.9%

52.4%

R+7.5

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-CNew Bedford Precinct 4-C

663

277

963

68.8%

28.8%

D+40.1

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-BNew Bedford Precinct 6-B

496

437

951

52.2%

46.0%

D+6.2

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-BNew Bedford Precinct 4-B

571

341

947

60.3%

36.0%

D+24.3

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-CNew Bedford Precinct 1-C

447

479

943

47.4%

50.8%

R+3.4

Precinct -Easton Precinct 3Easton Precinct 3

530

376

932

56.9%

40.3%

D+16.5

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-FNew Bedford Precinct 3-F

515

393

923

55.8%

42.6%

D+13.2

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-FNew Bedford Precinct 2-F

414

456

902

45.9%

50.6%

R+4.7

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 2-AFall River Precinct 2-A

400

461

881

45.4%

52.3%

R+6.9

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 7-BFall River Precinct 7-B

467

387

880

53.1%

44.0%

D+9.1

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-DNew Bedford Precinct 4-D

489

351

866

56.5%

40.5%

D+15.9

Precinct -Raynham Precinct 2ARaynham Precinct 2A

362

489

865

41.8%

56.5%

R+14.7

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 4-CFall River Precinct 4-C

488

354

864

56.5%

41.0%

D+15.5

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-ENew Bedford Precinct 4-E

486

355

857

56.7%

41.4%

D+15.3

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 2-BFall River Precinct 2-B

360

439

816

44.1%

53.8%

R+9.7

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-FNew Bedford Precinct 6-F

416

365

796

52.3%

45.9%

D+6.4

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 4-AFall River Precinct 4-A

403

368

790

51.0%

46.6%

D+4.4

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 5-CFall River Precinct 5-C

373

401

783

47.6%

51.2%

R+3.6

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-DNew Bedford Precinct 3-D

383

370

768

49.9%

48.2%

D+1.7

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 4-BFall River Precinct 4-B

365

336

709

51.5%

47.4%

D+4.1

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 5-AFall River Precinct 5-A

312

334

658

47.4%

50.8%

R+3.3

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-BNew Bedford Precinct 3-B

325

274

611

53.2%

44.8%

D+8.3

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 2AMansfield Precinct 2A

351

231

600

58.5%

38.5%

D+20.0

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-CNew Bedford Precinct 2-C

274

304

585

46.8%

52.0%

R+5.1

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-ANew Bedford Precinct 3-A

352

212

580

60.7%

36.6%

D+24.1

Precinct -Fall River Precinct 5-BFall River Precinct 5-B

297

253

572

51.9%

44.2%

D+7.7

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-CNew Bedford Precinct 6-C

287

267

568

50.5%

47.0%

D+3.5

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-ENew Bedford Precinct 6-E

272

268

552

49.3%

48.6%

D+0.7

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-BNew Bedford Precinct 2-B

227

260

498

45.6%

52.2%

R+6.6

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-CNew Bedford Precinct 3-C

231

250

497

46.5%

50.3%

R+3.8

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 3-F1New Bedford Precinct 3-F1

240

196

444

54.1%

44.1%

D+9.9

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 6-DNew Bedford Precinct 6-D

225

206

437

51.5%

47.1%

D+4.3

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-A1New Bedford Precinct 4-A1

217

108

337

64.4%

32.0%

D+32.3

Precinct -Dartmouth Precinct 3Dartmouth Precinct 3

156

150

311

50.2%

48.2%

D+1.9

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 2-ANew Bedford Precinct 2-A

168

134

311

54.0%

43.1%

D+10.9

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 4-ANew Bedford Precinct 4-A

207

309

67.0%

31.1%

D+35.9

Precinct -Acushnet Precinct 2AAcushnet Precinct 2A

138

232

39.7%

59.5%

R+19.8

Precinct -Mansfield Precinct 6AMansfield Precinct 6A

136

232

58.6%

38.8%

D+19.8

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-C1New Bedford Precinct 1-C1

190

48.4%

48.9%

R+0.5

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-A1New Bedford Precinct 1-A1

122

53.3%

41.0%

D+12.3

Precinct -New Bedford Precinct 1-B1New Bedford Precinct 1-B1

102

56.9%

43.1%

D+13.7

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 1-A1Taunton Precinct 1-A1

65.8%

31.6%

D+34.2

Precinct -Raynham Precinct 4ARaynham Precinct 4A

29.5%

70.5%

R+41.0

Precinct -Taunton Precinct 4-B1Taunton Precinct 4-B1

33.3%

66.7%

R+33.3

Presidential margin, 1892–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−18.0%
1896	−54.9%
1900	−33.5%
1904	−24.5%
1908	−29.2%
1912	−2.3%
1916	−10.7%
1920	−50.6%
1924	−44.0%
1928	+3.5%
1932	+10.0%
1936	+22.0%
1940	+23.6%
1944	+19.5%
1948	+25.2%
1952	−2.4%
1956	−15.9%
1960	+33.8%
1964	+57.7%
1968	+34.2%
1972	+9.9%
1976	+24.2%
1980	+3.1%
1984	+0.4%
1988	+12.4%
1992	+23.6%
1996	+40.6%
2000	+34.8%
2004	+28.1%
2008	+23.2%
2012	+20.5%
2016	+9.4%
2020	+11.9%
2024	+1.3%

DemocraticRepublican

Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle; not shown when either cycle is estimated or under source review. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.

Year

Won

Democratic

Republican

Other

Margin

Swing

vs U.S.

Total

2024

49.6%Harris137,813

48.3%Trump134,201

0.6%Ellis1,580 +6

D+1.3

R+10.6

D+2.8

278,049

All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent

Kamala D HarrisDemocratic49.6%137,813
Donald J TrumpRepublican48.3%134,201
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.6%1,580
Jill SteinIndependent0.5%1,440
Chase OliverLibertarian0.4%1,222
All OthersIndependent0.4%1,121
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%657
West AbdullahIndependent0.0%9
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%6

2020

54.5%Biden153,377

42.6%Trump119,872

1.3%Jorgensen3,667

D+11.9

D+2.5

D+7.5

281,364

2016

50.5%Clinton129,540

41.1%Trump105,443

4.0%Johnson10,180

D+9.4

R+11.1

D+7.3

256,686

2012

59.4%Obama143,433

38.9%Romney93,898

1.7%

D+20.5

R+2.7

D+16.7

241,509

2008

60.4%Obama146,861

37.2%McCain90,531

2.4%

D+23.2

R+4.9

D+15.9

243,120

2004

63.5%Kerry147,854

35.4%Bush82,524

1.1%

D+28.1

R+6.7

D+30.5

232,878

2000

64.5%Gore136,325

29.7%Bush62,848

4.5%Nader9,554

D+34.8

R+5.9

D+34.2

211,337

1996

64.4%Clinton127,725

23.8%Dole47,164

10.8%Perot21,438

D+40.6

D+17.0

D+32.1

198,213

1992

48.4%Clinton102,406

24.7%Bush52,370

26.4%Perot55,845

D+23.6

D+11.2

D+18.1

211,754

1988

55.7%Dukakis107,854

43.3%Bush83,797

1.0%

D+12.4

D+12.0

D+20.2

193,530

1984

50.0%Mondale94,010

49.6%Reagan93,232

0.4%

D+0.4

R+2.7

D+18.6

188,039

1980

44.3%Carter83,460

41.1%Reagan77,545

14.6%

D+3.1

R+21.0

D+12.9

188,605

1976

60.7%Carter116,318

36.5%Ford69,957

2.9%

D+24.2

D+14.2

D+22.1

191,771

1972

54.7%McGovern103,163

44.7%Nixon84,390

0.6%

D+9.9

R+24.2

D+33.1

188,768

1968

65.1%Humphrey119,439

30.9%Nixon56,672

4.1%

D+34.2

R+23.5

D+34.9

183,569

1964

78.7%Johnson146,885

21.0%Goldwater39,230

0.3%

D+57.7

D+23.9

D+35.1

186,636

1960

66.8%Kennedy130,049

33.0%Nixon64,290

0.2%

D+33.8

D+49.7

D+33.6

194,722

1956

41.9%Stevenson79,357

57.8%Eisenhower109,542

0.2%

R+15.9

R+13.5

R+0.5

189,365

1952

48.7%Stevenson93,444

51.1%Eisenhower98,105

0.2%

R+2.4

R+27.7

D+8.3

192,011

1948

61.9%Truman106,741

36.6%Dewey63,216

1.5%

D+25.2

D+5.7

D+20.7

172,551

1944

59.7%Roosevelt90,529

40.1%Dewey60,880

0.2%

D+19.5

R+4.1

D+12.1

151,692

1940

61.6%Roosevelt97,571

38.0%Willkie60,143

0.4%

D+23.6

D+1.6

D+13.7

158,391

1936

57.2%Roosevelt80,805

35.3%Landon49,754

7.5%

D+22.0

D+12.0

R+2.3

141,145

1932

53.5%Roosevelt62,474

43.6%Hoover50,846

2.9%

D+10.0

D+6.5

R+7.8

116,675

1928

51.2%Smith59,257

47.7%Hoover55,205

1.1%

D+3.5

D+47.5

D+21.0

115,755

1924

22.3%Davis19,802

66.2%Coolidge58,929

10.8%La Follette9,624

R+44.0

D+6.7

R+18.8

88,980

1920

23.0%Cox17,719

73.6%Harding56,734

3.3%

R+50.6

R+39.9

R+24.5

77,032

1916

43.0%Wilson18,065

53.7%Hughes22,578

3.3%

R+10.7

R+8.5

R+13.9

42,050

1912

32.7%Wilson12,420

35.0%Taft13,279

32.3%

R+2.3

D+26.9

R+21.8

37,963

1908

31.4%Bryan10,719

60.6%Taft20,683

8.0%

R+29.2

R+4.7

R+19.6

34,144

1904

35.5%Parker11,103

60.0%Roosevelt18,742

4.5%

R+24.5

D+9.1

R+4.8

31,235

1900

31.2%Bryan9,355

64.8%McKinley19,396

4.0%

R+33.5

D+21.4

R+26.0

29,947

1896

21.2%Bryan6,022

76.1%McKinley21,629

2.8%

R+54.9

R+36.9

R+48.8

28,435

1892

39.7%Cleveland10,825

57.7%Harrison15,732

2.6%

R+18.0

—

R+19.7

27,256

1888

—

No data

—

1884

—

No data

—

1880

—

No data

—

1876

—

No data

—

Source · Akashic actual-race rollup from certified returns, House; geographic aggregation.

Year

Vote lead

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

81.0%173,251

19.0%40,756

214,007

2020

55.8%145,651

44.2%115,347

260,998

2018

100.0%2,251

0.0%0

2,251

Sources · MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL); Amlani & Algara 2021 (Harvard Dataverse doi:10.7910/DVN/DGUMFI); upstream CQ Press + ICPSR · CC BY 4.0 / CC0 1.0.

Year

Vote lead

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

49.6%134,451

50.4%136,530

270,981

2020Class II

57.3%Ed Markey155,927

41.8%Kevin O'Connor113,750

271,896

2018Class I

52.2%Elizabeth Warren98,921

44.3%Geoff Diehl83,919

189,625

2014Class II

59.4%Ed Markey84,226

40.5%Brian Herr57,513

141,889

2012Class I

52.4%Elizabeth Warren125,906

47.6%Scott Brown114,277

240,291

2008Class II

67.4%John Kerry158,827

29.0%Jeffrey Beatty68,449

235,747

2006Class I

70.4%Ted Kennedy115,125

29.5%Kenneth G. Chase48,204

163,465

2002Class II

83.0%John Kerry122,104

0.0%None0

147,097

2000Class I

75.1%Ted Kennedy153,422

13.7%Jack E. Robinson28,053

204,376

1996Class II

57.9%John Kerry114,050

38.5%Bill Weld75,793

196,965

1994Class I

61.3%Ted Kennedy98,821

37.5%Mitt Romney60,488

161,193

1990Class II

56.1%John Kerry97,274

43.9%Jim Rappaport76,140

173,508

1988Class I

69.7%Ted Kennedy133,402

29.2%Joseph D. Malone55,883

191,389

1984Class II

60.6%John Kerry112,558

39.4%Raymond Shamie73,260

185,822

1982Class I

65.9%Ted Kennedy103,643

33.3%Raymond Shamie52,314

157,308

1978Class II

60.4%Paul E. Tsongas86,791

39.6%Edward Brooke56,798

143,589

1976Class I

72.2%Ted Kennedy136,040

26.4%Michael Robertson49,774

188,293

1972Class II

33.0%John J. Droney61,112

65.9%Edward Brooke122,018

185,018

1970Class I

70.7%Ted Kennedy112,608

28.7%Josiah A. Spaulding45,644

159,268

1966Class II

41.3%Endicott Peabody65,699

58.1%Edward Brooke92,305

158,925

1964Class I

80.5%Ted Kennedy150,241

19.3%Howard Whitmore Jr.35,989

186,605

1960Class II

50.7%Thomas O'Connor Jr.96,956

48.9%Leverett Saltonstall93,466

191,210

1958Class I

79.0%John F. Kennedy124,060

20.5%Vincent J. Celeste32,138

156,966

1954Class II

51.0%Foster Furcolo79,036

48.7%Leverett Saltonstall75,465

155,100

1952Class I

58.5%John F. Kennedy110,420

41.1%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.77,537

188,606

1948Class II

54.5%John I. Fitzgerald90,876

45.0%Leverett Saltonstall74,969

166,734

1946Class I

49.6%David I. Walsh65,917

49.7%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.66,045

132,945

1942Class II

49.1%Joseph E. Casey50,251

49.8%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.50,997

102,346

1940Class I

61.5%David I. Walsh93,102

36.8%Henry Parkman Jr.55,787

151,506

1936Class II

38.4%James M. Curley52,160

46.4%Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.62,979

135,674

1934Class I

62.3%David I. Walsh64,445

34.0%Robert M. Washburn35,174

103,462

1930Class II

47.5%Marcus A. Coolidge43,619

50.7%William M. Butler46,468

91,742

1928Class I

53.7%David I. Walsh59,342

44.8%Benjamin L. Young49,564

110,521

1924Class II

44.3%David I. Walsh37,743

54.4%Frederick H. Gillett46,317

85,186

1922Class I

41.6%William A. Gaston28,218

52.4%Henry Cabot Lodge35,529

67,807

1918Class II

42.3%David I. Walsh13,749

52.7%John W. Weeks17,125

32,489

1916Class I

41.7%John F. Fitzgerald16,651

55.3%Henry Cabot Lodge22,095

39,951

Source · Amlani & Algara 2021 (Harvard Dataverse doi:10.7910/DVN/DGUMFI); upstream CQ Press + ICPSR · CC0 1.0.

Year

Vote lead

Democratic

Republican

Total

2013Special · Class II

49.0%Ed Markey33,791

50.3%Gabriel E. Gomez34,722

68,980

2010Special · Class I

42.8%Martha Coakley71,493

56.0%Scott Brown93,474

166,897

1962Special · Class I

64.7%Ted Kennedy107,743

33.9%George Cabot Lodge56,425

166,518

1944Special · Class II

45.7%John H. Corcoran66,822

53.4%Leverett Saltonstall78,107

146,234

1926Special · Class I

46.5%David I. Walsh39,198

51.7%William M. Butler43,643

84,371

Sources · MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL); Amlani & Algara 2021 (Harvard Dataverse doi:10.7910/DVN/DGUMFI); upstream CQ Press + ICPSR · CC BY 4.0 / CC0 1.0.

Year

Vote lead

Democratic

Republican

Total

2022

54.0%Healey98,969

44.2%Diehl81,033

183,256

2018

50.4%Gonzalez And Palfrey176,198

49.6%Baker And Polito173,225

349,423

2014

45.2%Martha Coakley66,045

49.7%Charlie Baker72,641

146,157

2010

47.2%Deval Patrick81,059

42.7%Charlie Baker73,220

171,619

2006

57.3%Deval Patrick95,623

34.3%Kerry Healey57,233

166,781

2002

50.7%Shannon O'Brien80,275

45.0%Mitt Romney71,189

158,324

1998

49.2%Scott Harshbarger69,190

49.2%Paul Cellucci69,209

140,708

1994

32.4%Mark Roosevelt51,702

66.2%Bill Weld105,751

159,641

1990

55.6%John Silber97,046

40.9%Bill Weld71,420

174,516

1986

75.8%Michael Dukakis97,813

24.2%George Kariotis31,188

129,032

1982

62.2%Michael Dukakis96,902

33.8%John W. Sears52,658

155,737

1978

61.1%Edward J. King87,175

38.8%Francis W. Hatch Jr.55,406

142,765

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