- Lead
- 11,662
- Total
- 25,709
- vs nation
- D+46.8
Massachusetts 9th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,508
- Total
- 26,708
- vs nation
- D+46.1
- Lead
- 10,653
- Total
- 24,305
- vs nation
- D+41.7
- Lead
- 13,348
- Total
- 23,515
- vs nation
- D+52.9
- Lead
- 13,451
- Total
- 24,253
- vs nation
- D+48.2
- Lead
- 12,136
- Total
- 23,851
- vs nation
- D+53.3
- Lead
- 8,799
- Total
- 21,731
- vs nation
- D+40.0
- Lead
- 10,313
- Total
- 22,323
- vs nation
- D+37.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+45.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,5962024 5-year
- Population density
- 79 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 537 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,7142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+56.8 in 2012MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 2nd Berkshire District, MA · twin score 90.9
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 9th 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
77.5%
18,323 votes · D+55.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 77.5%
Republican
William McKinley1896
67.1%
3,342 votes · R+41.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 61.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
19,821votes
74.2% of the vote · D+50.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 18,598 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
14,136votes
59.5% of the vote · R+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 13,161 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
John Kerry2004
+53.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+50.9 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +52.9 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+35.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +17.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 100.0%18,582 | 0.0%0 | 18,582 |
Covering hill towns and small cities in western Massachusetts, the 3rd Berkshire District delivered a 45.4-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a pattern common to college-adjacent and arts-economy communities in the region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 56.8 points in 2012 and a Republican high of 41.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.4 points.
A population of 42,596, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,714 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 2nd Berkshire District and 1st Berkshire 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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