combined metro areaSpringfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
presidential margin
2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican
2004D+29.4
2008D+33.2
2012D+32.5
2016D+24.4
2020D+28.0
2024D+20.8
full record · 1892 → 2024
presidential returns
2024 turnout 62.0% of 541,378 citizens 18+
Year
Democrat
Republican
Others
Total
CVAP
Turnout
2024
197,859
128,158
9,555
335,572
541,378
62.0%
2020
219,340
120,800
11,988
352,128
541,437
65.0%
2016
192,435
110,839
31,217
334,491
533,178
62.7%
2012
208,050
104,216
7,512
319,778
519,434
61.6%
2008
206,242
101,513
8,064
315,819
516,625
61.1%
2004
190,940
103,298
4,204
298,442
513,816†
58.1%
† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
——
D+60R+60
3 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · 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
GroupSpringfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MAMassachusettsUnited States
Irish14.5%18.6%9.4%
English9.1%9.7%9.5%
Italian8.5%11.1%4.8%
Polish8.3%3.4%2.2%
French7.9%4.7%1.6%
American5.9%3.3%5.3%
German5.7%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian4.5%——
Puerto Rican15.5%4.6%1.8%
Dominican1.4%2.7%0.7%
Mexican0.7%0.8%11.3%
Guatemalan0.4%0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.3%0.6%0.4%
Salvadoran0.2%1.1%0.7%
Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%
African American†4.2%2.6%9.9%
Jamaican0.7%0.5%0.4%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%0.2%
African0.2%0.3%0.5%
Chinese0.7%2.5%1.3%
Asian Indian0.7%1.9%1.4%
Vietnamese0.3%0.8%0.6%
Nepalese0.3%——
Pakistani0.2%——
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
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
40.1
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
12.7%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
19.2%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$75,328
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
14.7%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.6%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
20.7%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
12.9%
9.7%
13.6%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic
1.6%
1.0%
0.7%
Other Indo-European
2.4%
6.1%
2.0%
Religious landscape
Measure
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
25.8%
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
4.3%
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.6%
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−7.5%
1896
−47.4%
1900
−23.6%
1904
−30.1%
1908
−24.1%
1912
−5.9%
1916
−7.4%
1920
−43.1%
1924
−40.2%
1928
−2.3%
1932
+0.3%
1936
+13.3%
1940
+10.6%
1944
+13.0%
1948
+8.5%
1952
−9.8%
1956
−17.6%
1960
+19.5%
1964
+47.8%
1968
+26.4%
1972
+3.3%
1976
+19.1%
1980
+5.0%
1984
+1.0%
1988
+16.1%
1992
+21.1%
1996
+35.2%
2000
+24.7%
2004
+29.4%
2008
+33.2%
2012
+32.5%
2016
+24.4%
2020
+28.0%
2024
+20.8%
DemocraticRepublican
34 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. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
59.0%Harris197,859
38.2%Trump128,158
0.9%Stein2,995 +6
D+20.8
R+7.2
D+22.2
335,572
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic59.0%197,859
Donald J TrumpRepublican38.2%128,158
Jill SteinIndependent0.9%2,995
Ayyadurai EllisIndependent0.6%1,886
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.5%1,646
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%1,602
All OthersIndependent0.4%1,384
West AbdullahIndependent0.0%26
Peter SonskiIndependent0.0%16
D
62.3%Biden219,340
34.3%Trump120,800
3.4%
D+28.0
D+3.6
D+23.5
352,128
D
57.5%Clinton192,435
33.1%Trump110,839
9.3%
D+24.4
R+8.1
D+22.3
334,491
D
65.1%Obama208,050
32.6%Romney104,216
2.3%
D+32.5
R+0.7
D+28.6
319,778
D
65.3%Obama206,242
32.1%McCain101,513
2.6%
D+33.2
D+3.8
D+25.9
315,819
D
64.0%Kerry190,940
34.6%Bush103,298
1.4%
D+29.4
D+4.7
D+31.8
298,442
D
57.1%Gore156,591
32.4%Bush88,936
10.4%
D+24.7
R+10.6
D+24.2
274,085
D
61.6%Clinton166,622
26.4%Dole71,355
12.0%
D+35.2
D+14.1
D+26.7
270,290
D
48.0%Clinton141,151
26.9%Bush79,006
25.2%
D+21.1
D+5.0
D+15.6
294,163
D
57.6%Dukakis156,476
41.5%Bush112,678
0.8%
D+16.1
D+15.1
D+23.9
271,458
D
50.3%Mondale136,084
49.3%Reagan133,324
0.4%
D+1.0
R+4.0
D+19.2
270,446
D
44.3%Carter119,810
39.3%Reagan106,173
16.4%
D+5.0
R+14.1
D+14.8
270,197
D
57.8%Carter159,960
38.7%Ford107,064
3.4%
D+19.1
D+15.8
D+17.1
276,546
D
51.3%McGovern135,485
48.0%Nixon126,781
0.7%
D+3.3
R+23.1
D+26.4
264,050
D
60.3%Humphrey150,114
33.9%Nixon84,398
5.8%
D+26.4
R+21.4
D+27.1
248,948
D
73.6%Johnson182,249
25.9%Goldwater64,028
0.5%
D+47.8
D+28.3
D+25.2
247,488
D
59.6%Kennedy159,010
40.1%Nixon107,082
0.3%
D+19.5
D+37.1
D+19.3
266,935
R
41.0%Stevenson105,436
58.6%Eisenhower150,829
0.4%
R+17.6
R+7.9
R+2.2
257,367
R
45.0%Stevenson116,912
54.7%Eisenhower142,271
0.3%
R+9.8
R+18.2
D+1.0
259,947
D
53.5%Truman121,852
45.0%Dewey102,506
1.6%
D+8.5
R+4.5
D+4.0
227,926
D
56.4%Roosevelt118,895
43.4%Dewey91,452
0.2%
D+13.0
D+2.4
D+5.5
210,869
D
55.0%Roosevelt116,772
44.4%Willkie94,290
0.6%
D+10.6
R+2.7
D+0.6
212,239
D
53.8%Roosevelt104,900
40.6%Landon79,056
5.6%
D+13.3
D+13.0
R+11.0
194,807
D
48.0%Roosevelt81,769
47.8%Hoover81,313
4.2%
D+0.3
D+2.6
R+17.5
170,246
R
48.5%Smith80,593
50.8%Hoover84,497
0.7%
R+2.3
D+37.9
D+15.1
166,197
R
23.1%Davis26,205
63.4%Coolidge71,757
13.5%
R+40.2
D+2.9
R+15.0
113,246
R
27.2%Cox27,003
70.3%Harding69,846
2.5%
R+43.1
R+35.7
R+16.9
99,370
R
44.8%Wilson24,284
52.3%Hughes28,308
2.9%
R+7.4
R+1.5
R+10.6
54,159
R
33.3%Wilson15,754
39.1%Taft18,541
27.6%
R+5.9
D+18.2
R+25.4
47,361
R
32.4%Bryan14,159
56.5%Taft24,671
11.1%
R+24.1
D+6.1
R+14.5
43,656
R
32.0%Parker13,333
62.1%Roosevelt25,888
5.8%
R+30.1
R+6.5
R+10.5
41,655
R
36.3%Bryan14,690
59.9%McKinley24,244
3.9%
R+23.6
D+23.8
R+16.0
40,495
R
24.1%Bryan9,505
71.5%McKinley28,169
4.4%
R+47.4
R+39.9
R+41.3
39,395
R
44.5%Cleveland17,792
52.0%Harrison20,770
3.5%
R+7.5
—
R+9.1
39,952
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
59.5%196,395
40.3%133,058
329,988
2020
D
63.6%216,918
35.1%119,608
340,867
2018
D
61.5%159,716
34.7%90,159
259,811
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+17.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+20.8
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.7 points more Republican.
Domestic migration in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,598
2012
−3,790
2013
−3,040
2014
−2,603
2015
−4,582
2016
−4,670
2017
−4,028
2018
−3,209
2019
−3,644
2021
+17,213
2022
−2,988
2023
−1,634
2024
−1,536
2025
−1,113
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.8 points.
A population of 695,787, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,328 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD and Syracuse-Auburn, NY.
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How did Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 20.8 points (D+20.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 335,572 votes cast, 197,859 went Democratic and 128,158 went Republican.
When did Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 695,787 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts is $75,328 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
