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1892–2024
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Boston (Manchester)
presidential margin
2008D+21.42012D+18.32016D+23.12020D+30.32024D+22.8
full record · 1892 → 2024
D+22.8
2024
median income$111,302U.S. $80,734 · MA $99,031
median age40.6U.S. 39.1
poverty rate8.9%U.S. 12.5%
bachelor’s+ (25+)48.9%U.S. 35.6%
non-english23.2%U.S. 22.3%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Irish19.6%
Italian11.4%
English11.0%
Puerto Rican3.0%
Dominican2.7%
Salvadoran1.1%
Chinese2.5%
Asian Indian1.9%
Vietnamese0.8%
African American†2.3%
Haitian1.0%
Cape Verdean0.6%
religion
other traditions
Mainline3.4%
Muslim1.7%
Jewish0.9%
Orthodox0.8%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts

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Boston (Manchester)HarrisD+22.8
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2024 presidential margin by county for Boston (Manchester), MAA map of the constituent counties of Boston (Manchester), MA, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Merrimack County, NH · D+5.2Strafford County, NH · D+12.0Hillsborough County, NH · D+2.9Windham County, VT · D+42.3Middlesex County, MA · D+39.2Essex County, MA · D+20.2Rockingham County, NH · R+2.4Dukes County, MA · D+52.4Norfolk County, MA · D+28.5Suffolk County, MA · D+52.1Cheshire County, NH · D+9.9Plymouth County, MA · D+8.8Barnstable County, MA · D+20.6Belknap County, NH · R+13.0Nantucket County, MA · D+36.7Worcester County, MA · D+10.0
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic60.1%2,110,678
Donald TrumpRepublican37.3%1,310,049
Jill SteinGreen-Rainbow2.6%89,717
D+60
R+60
16 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (16 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Boston (Manchester), MA — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Barnstable County, MADemocraticD+20.6
Belknap County, NHRepublicanR+13.0
Cheshire County, NHDemocraticD+9.9
Dukes County, MADemocraticD+52.4
Essex County, MADemocraticD+20.2
Hillsborough County, NHDemocraticD+2.9
Merrimack County, NHDemocraticD+5.2
Middlesex County, MADemocraticD+39.2
Nantucket County, MADemocraticD+36.7
Norfolk County, MADemocraticD+28.5
Plymouth County, MADemocraticD+8.8
Rockingham County, NHRepublicanR+2.4
Strafford County, NHDemocraticD+12.0
Suffolk County, MADemocraticD+52.1
Windham County, VTDemocraticD+42.3
Worcester County, MADemocraticD+10.0
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
60.1%Harris2,110,678
37.3%Trump1,310,049
2.6%Stein89,717
+22.8%
3,510,444
D
63.8%Biden2,331,625
33.5%Trump1,224,386
2.7%Jorgensen100,554
+30.3%
3,656,565
D
57.4%Clinton1,934,103
34.3%Trump1,156,623
8.3%Johnson278,203
+23.1%
3,368,929
D
58.3%Obama1,841,958
40.0%Romney1,263,333
1.7%Johnson54,460
+18.3%
3,159,751
D
59.7%Obama1,834,399
38.4%McCain1,177,664
1.9%Nader58,160
+21.4%
3,070,223
D
59.0%Kerry1,713,745
39.7%Bush1,153,822
1.2%Badnarik35,162
+19.3%
2,902,729
D
57.3%Gore1,520,332
35.6%Bush944,508
7.1%Nader188,003
+21.7%
2,652,843
D
59.1%Clinton1,452,790
30.7%Dole754,088
10.2%Perot251,788
+28.4%
2,458,666
D
45.8%Clinton1,221,575
31.3%Bush833,493
22.9%Perot611,820
+14.6%
2,666,888
D
49.9%Dukakis1,244,407
48.7%Bush1,214,538
1.5%Paul37,025
+1.2%
2,495,970
R
45.8%Mondale1,086,839
53.9%Reagan1,278,024
0.3%Serrette8,193
−8.1%
2,373,056
R
39.3%Carter915,729
44.4%Reagan1,034,168
16.2%Anderson377,448
−5.1%
2,327,345
D
54.0%Carter1,242,211
42.7%Ford982,892
3.3%McCarthy75,710
+11.3%
2,300,813
D
52.1%McGovern1,158,695
47.3%Nixon1,050,814
0.6%Schmitz13,760
+4.9%
2,223,269
D
61.0%Humphrey1,273,056
35.1%Nixon731,923
3.9%Wallace81,115
+25.9%
2,086,094
D
74.9%Johnson1,563,517
24.8%Goldwater517,262
0.3%Hass6,589
+50.1%
2,087,368
D
58.2%Kennedy1,272,450
41.6%Nixon908,317
0.2%Byrd4,168
+16.7%
2,184,935
R
39.6%Stevenson814,017
60.1%Eisenhower1,234,965
0.3%Andrews5,406
−20.5%
2,054,388
R
44.7%Stevenson932,544
55.0%Eisenhower1,147,870
0.3%Hallinan6,110
−10.3%
2,086,524
D
53.5%Truman981,956
44.3%Dewey813,230
2.2%Thurmond40,482
+9.2%
1,835,668
D
51.6%Roosevelt891,814
48.2%Dewey832,470
0.2%Thomas3,064
+3.4%
1,727,348
D
52.1%Roosevelt930,349
47.4%Willkie847,085
0.5%Thomas8,657
+4.7%
1,786,091
D
50.1%Roosevelt814,944
43.1%Landon700,266
6.8%Lemke110,263
+7.1%
1,625,473
D
50.6%Roosevelt713,481
47.1%Hoover664,169
2.2%Thomas31,704
+3.5%
1,409,354
R
49.4%Smith694,764
50.1%Hoover704,103
0.5%Thomas7,258
−0.7%
1,406,125
R
26.2%Davis268,916
61.7%Coolidge631,708
12.1%La Follette124,016
−35.4%
1,024,640
R
29.5%Cox269,090
67.0%Harding610,557
3.4%Debs31,005
−37.5%
910,652
R
47.4%Wilson230,518
50.0%Hughes243,183
2.6%Benson12,851
−2.6%
486,552
D
36.4%Wilson165,750
31.7%Taft144,212
31.9%Roosevelt145,502
+4.7%
455,464
R
34.7%Bryan150,465
58.5%Taft253,425
6.8%Debs29,278
−23.8%
433,168
R
37.8%Parker161,526
57.8%Roosevelt246,969
4.4%Debs18,746
−20.0%
427,241
R
38.4%Bryan154,542
57.3%McKinley230,248
4.3%Woolley17,380
−18.8%
402,170
R
26.6%Bryan102,717
69.0%McKinley266,739
4.5%Palmer17,249
−42.4%
386,705
R
45.6%Cleveland173,355
51.7%Harrison196,356
2.7%Weaver10,151
−6.1%
379,862
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: +22.8% in 2024.flipped D · 1988+22.8%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−6.1%
1896−42.4%
1900−18.8%
1904−20.0%
1908−23.8%
1912+4.7%
1916−2.6%
1920−37.5%
1924−35.4%
1928−0.7%
1932+3.5%
1936+7.1%
1940+4.7%
1944+3.4%
1948+9.2%
1952−10.3%
1956−20.5%
1960+16.7%
1964+50.1%
1968+25.9%
1972+4.9%
1976+11.3%
1980−5.1%
1984−8.1%
1988+1.2%
1992+14.6%
1996+28.4%
2000+21.7%
2004+19.3%
2008+21.4%
2012+18.3%
2016+23.1%
2020+30.3%
2024+22.8%
DemocraticRepublican

The Boston-Manchester media market spans two states with sharply different political profiles — reliably Democratic Massachusetts anchoring the south while southern New Hampshire's fast-growing suburbs have become among the most closely contested turf in presidential cycles.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 50.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 42.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 7.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.8 points.

A population of 6,858,450, a 69% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $111,302 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Philadelphia and Albany-Schenectady-Troy.

Political twins — media markets

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

Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
89.7twin score
2000–2024 trajectory≠ median income
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
New York
85.7twin score
2000–2012 trajectory≠ 12-yr trend
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
California
85.5twin score
2000 margincollege sharepopulation scale≠ % Asian

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. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts voted Democratic by 22.8 points (D+22.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,510,444 votes cast, 2,110,678 went Democratic and 1,310,049 went Republican.
When did Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts?
Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts has a population of 6,858,450 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts?
Median household income in Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts is $111,302 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $99,031.
What is the political history of Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Boston (Manchester), Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.