- Lead
- 6,657
- Total
- 22,175
- vs nation
- D+31.5
Massachusetts 7th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,746
- Total
- 22,725
- vs nation
- D+34.0
- Lead
- 7,086
- Total
- 21,626
- vs nation
- D+30.7
- Lead
- 9,587
- Total
- 20,587
- vs nation
- D+42.7
- Lead
- 9,609
- Total
- 21,256
- vs nation
- D+37.9
- Lead
- 8,323
- Total
- 21,109
- vs nation
- D+41.9
- Lead
- 5,741
- Total
- 19,401
- vs nation
- D+29.1
- Lead
- 7,163
- Total
- 19,724
- vs nation
- D+27.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+30.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,5032024 5-year
- Population density
- 122 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 349 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $67,5682024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46.6 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+50.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 2nd Berkshire District, MA · twin score 96.0
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 7th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
72.3%
14,876 votes · D+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 72.1%
Republican
William McKinley1896
71.7%
3,643 votes · R+50.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 67.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
15,480votes
68.1% of the vote · D+38.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 15,163 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
15,471votes
66.4% of the vote · R+33.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 14,352 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
+42.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+46.6 · U.S. D+3.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John Kerry, 2004 · +41.9 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+44.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +28.0 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 100.0%14,138 | 0.0%0 | 14,138 |
| 2020 | D | 100.0%18,541 | 0.0%0 | 18,541 |
Anchored in Pittsfield and the surrounding Berkshire hill towns, this district delivered a 30.0-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a dense urban core set within a largely rural, post-industrial county.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.6 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 50.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.0 points.
A population of 42,503, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $67,568 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 2nd Berkshire District and 2nd Franklin District.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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.
District research tools
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Massachusetts 7th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25007/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.