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1892–2024
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census divisionNew England

presidential margin

2004–2024 · Democratic minus Republican

2004D+16.9
2008D+23.1
2012D+20.0
2016D+17.9
2020D+24.4
2024D+18.0
full record · 1892 → 2024

presidential returns

2024 turnout 68.2% of 11,390,838 citizens 18+

YearDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalCVAPTurnout
20244,493,6663,095,519183,8237,773,00611,390,83868.2%
20204,867,4432,920,595206,9247,994,9638,459,31094.5%
20164,026,4492,720,685543,2657,290,3998,240,60588.5%
20124,074,2932,694,526123,0886,891,9077,992,95786.2%
20084,224,5912,614,176122,7306,961,4967,866,58288.5%
20043,842,4482,716,57999,8426,658,8707,740,207†86.0%

† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.

2024 presidential margin for New EnglandNew England: an interactive map of its constituent counties, each colored by its Democratic-vs-Republican presidential margin from deep red through neutral to deep blue. County labels carry each county's own margin. Overall: D+18.0 in 2024.
68 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

Irish17.2%9.4%
English11.8%9.5%
Italian11.6%4.8%
German6.7%12.5%
French6.0%1.6%
American3.8%5.3%
Polish3.5%2.2%
French Canadian3.2%—
Puerto Rican4.5%1.8%
Dominican2.1%0.7%
Mexican1.0%11.3%
Guatemalan0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.6%0.4%
Salvadoran0.6%0.7%
Ecuadorian0.5%—
Cuban0.2%0.7%
African American†2.9%9.9%
Jamaican0.7%0.4%
Haitian0.7%0.3%
Cape Verdean0.5%—
African0.3%0.5%
Nigerian0.2%0.2%
Chinese1.6%1.3%
Asian Indian1.4%1.4%
Vietnamese0.4%0.6%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.4%
Cambodian0.2%—

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

MeasureNew EnglandUnited States
Median age41.439.1
Age 18–249.4%9.2%
Age 65 and older18.8%17.2%

Household economy

MeasureNew EnglandUnited States
Median household income$98,642$84,427
Poverty rate9.9%12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)43.7%35.6%

Languages at home

MeasureNew EnglandUnited States
Speaks a non-English language at home20.4%22.3%
Spanish8.9%13.6%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)1.7%0.7%
Other Indo-European4.3%2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)1.3%1.1%

Religious landscape

MeasureNew EnglandUnited States
Catholic29.9%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant4.8%16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted55.9%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.

New England, United States

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1892–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: +18.0% in 2024.flipped D · 1992+18.0%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−9.7%
1896−41.5%
1900−22.3%
1904−25.0%
1908−26.2%
1912+4.3%
1916−4.9%
1920−36.6%
1924−36.7%
1928−6.9%
1932+0.8%
1936+7.4%
1940+6.0%
1944+5.0%
1948+5.1%
1952−12.5%
1956−24.1%
1960+12.1%
1964+45.8%
1968+18.7%
1972−5.8%
1976+5.8%
1980−4.4%
1984−12.8%
1988−0.2%
1992+12.7%
1996+25.8%
2000+19.2%
2004+16.9%
2008+23.1%
2012+20.0%
2016+17.9%
2020+24.4%
2024+18.0%
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.
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginSwingvs U.S.Total
D
57.8%Harris4,493,666
39.8%Trump3,095,519
2.4%
D+18.0R+6.4D+19.57,773,006
D
60.9%Biden4,867,443
36.5%Trump2,920,595
2.6%
D+24.4D+6.4D+19.97,994,963
D
55.2%Clinton4,026,449
37.3%Trump2,720,685
7.5%
D+17.9R+2.1D+15.87,290,399
D
59.1%Obama4,074,293
39.1%Romney2,694,526
1.8%
D+20.0R+3.1D+16.26,891,907
D
60.7%Obama4,224,591
37.6%McCain2,614,176
1.8%
D+23.1D+6.2D+15.96,961,496
D
57.7%Kerry3,842,448
40.8%Bush2,716,579
1.5%
D+16.9R+2.3D+19.46,658,870
D
56.1%Gore3,417,313
37.0%Bush2,250,084
6.9%
D+19.2R+6.6D+18.76,086,788
D
56.8%Clinton3,239,454
31.0%Dole1,769,146
12.2%
D+25.8D+13.0D+17.35,705,146
D
44.4%Clinton2,820,316
31.7%Bush2,012,056
23.9%
D+12.7D+12.9D+7.26,349,468
R
49.3%Dukakis2,826,146
49.5%Bush2,835,613
1.2%
R+0.2D+12.6D+7.65,729,615
R
43.4%Mondale2,436,936
56.2%Reagan3,153,283
0.4%
R+12.8R+8.4D+5.55,613,121
R
40.4%Carter2,205,593
44.7%Reagan2,444,439
14.9%
R+4.4R+10.2D+5.45,465,827
D
51.8%Carter2,765,948
45.9%Ford2,455,106
2.3%
D+5.8D+11.6D+3.85,344,382
R
46.7%McGovern2,427,864
52.5%Nixon2,730,532
0.7%
R+5.8R+24.5D+17.35,196,304
D
57.1%Humphrey2,755,439
38.5%Nixon1,855,205
4.4%
D+18.7R+27.1D+19.44,824,590
D
72.8%Johnson3,482,590
27.0%Goldwater1,292,997
0.2%
D+45.8D+33.6D+23.24,785,825
D
56.0%Kennedy2,790,365
43.9%Nixon2,186,776
0.1%
D+12.1D+36.3D+12.04,982,725
R
37.8%Stevenson1,750,433
62.0%Eisenhower2,866,980
0.2%
R+24.1R+11.6R+8.74,624,682
R
43.6%Stevenson2,037,281
56.1%Eisenhower2,622,611
0.3%
R+12.5R+17.6R+1.84,673,068
D
51.5%Truman2,029,279
46.5%Dewey1,830,359
2.0%
D+5.1±0.0D+0.63,937,954
D
52.4%Roosevelt1,959,900
47.3%Dewey1,772,232
0.3%
D+5.0R+1.0R+2.53,743,297
D
52.8%Roosevelt2,022,354
46.8%Willkie1,792,611
0.4%
D+6.0R+1.4R+3.93,828,945
D
50.9%Roosevelt1,786,990
43.5%Landon1,526,812
5.5%
D+7.4D+6.6R+16.83,508,285
D
49.1%Roosevelt1,514,230
48.4%Hoover1,489,883
2.5%
D+0.8D+7.7R+17.03,081,399
R
46.3%Smith1,370,144
53.2%Hoover1,575,452
0.6%
R+6.9D+29.8D+10.52,962,240
R
26.5%Davis584,125
63.3%Coolidge1,392,592
10.2%
R+36.7R+0.1R+11.52,201,333
R
30.1%Cox595,014
66.7%Harding1,317,602
3.1%
R+36.6R+31.7R+10.41,974,101
R
46.2%Wilson518,553
51.1%Hughes573,616
2.8%
R+4.9R+9.2R+8.01,123,373
D
36.6%Wilson379,566
32.3%Taft334,749
31.1%
D+4.3D+30.5R+15.21,036,752
R
34.0%Bryan329,057
60.2%Taft582,509
5.8%
R+26.2R+1.2R+16.6967,847
R
35.5%Parker334,984
60.4%Roosevelt570,568
4.1%
R+25.0R+2.7R+5.3943,947
R
37.1%Bryan336,981
59.4%McKinley539,000
3.5%
R+22.3D+19.2R+14.7907,759
R
27.2%Bryan243,786
68.7%McKinley615,669
4.1%
R+41.5R+31.7R+35.4896,656
R
43.6%Cleveland307,599
53.3%Harrison376,370
3.1%
R+9.7—R+11.4705,767
voter registration

Registered voters

By party of registration, over time

Party registration · 2026D+5.1
Presidential vote · 2024D+18.0

Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 13 points more Republican.

Voter registration in New EnglandRegistered voters by party of registration, 2025–2026. Latest total 1,646,083 in 2026.2.1M4.3M6.4M1.6M20252026
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties

† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.

Voter registration in New England
YearTotal registeredDemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther
2025 (partial)8,570,6482,534,0551,263,3534,624,440148,800
2026 (partial)1,646,083498,902414,401732,7800
Source: State election authorities
domestic migration

Who moves in and out

Net domestic migration over time

−27,602 net domestic migration · 2025

Net domestic migration in New England, 2011–2025Yearly net domestic migration (arrivals minus departures). Cumulative −250,124 over the window. Sage = net gain, amber = net loss.
20112025

Net −250,124 over 2011–2025 · gain loss

Domestic migration in New England in New England: net domestic migration by year
YearNet domestic migration
2011−13,764
2012−16,312
2013−10,667
2014−12,756
2015−32,250
2016−32,460
2017−20,834
2018−21,619
2019−23,089
2021+43,201
2022−38,619
2023−30,013
2024−13,340
2025−27,602
Source: Census Population Estimates (net) · IRS SOI (flows)

New England sits in United States. In 2024 it voted Democratic.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 45.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 41.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the division moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.0 points.

A population of 15,200,156, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,642 describe the division. The division's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Middle Atlantic and Pacific.

Political twins — divisions

The census divisions whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Middle Atlantic
61.4twin score
2000–2012 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend
Pacific
40.7twin score
2008–2024 trajectory≠ elasticity
East North Central
0.0twin score
% White2008 margin% Latino≠ elasticity

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap.

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Frequently asked questions

How did New England, United States vote in 2024?
In 2024, New England, United States voted Democratic by 18.0 points (D+18.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 7,773,006 votes cast, 4,493,666 went Democratic and 3,095,519 went Republican.
When did New England, United States last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which New England, United States voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in New England, United States?
New England, United States has a population of 15,200,156 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in New England, United States?
Median household income in New England, United States is $98,642 — above the national median of $80,734. The United States state median is $95,781.
What is the political history of New England, United States?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in New England, United States from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 19 went Democratic and 15 went Republican.