- Lead
- 562
- Total
- 25,190
- vs nation
- D+3.7
Massachusetts 32nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,915
- Total
- 26,296
- vs nation
- D+6.6
- Lead
- 211
- Total
- 24,552
- vs nation
- R+1.2
- Lead
- 2,180
- Total
- 23,665
- vs nation
- R+13.1
- Lead
- 1,144
- Total
- 22,681
- vs nation
- R+12.3
- Lead
- 1,595
- Total
- 21,581
- vs nation
- R+4.9
- Lead
- 345
- Total
- 19,836
- vs nation
- R+2.3
- Lead
- 1,024
- Total
- 18,191
- vs nation
- R+2.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+2.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,8932024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,993 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $111,1272024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66.5 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 8th Worcester District, MA · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 32nd 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
62.3%
10,391 votes · D+25.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 54.6%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
81.8%
7,900 votes · R+66.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 80.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,362votes
54.6% of the vote · D+11.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 12,571 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
14,919votes
73.5% of the vote · R+47.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 14,301 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
Joe Biden2020
+6.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+11.1 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +3.7 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+60.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+66.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +49.9 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%16,721 | 0.0%0 | 16,721 |
| 2020 | D | 76.0%16,230 | 24.0%5,119 | 21,349 |
Covering a slice of Essex County north of Boston, the 9th Essex District recorded a D+2.2 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among Massachusetts's more competitive state house seats despite the state's overall Democratic lean.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 66.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 2.2 points.
A population of 44,893, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $111,127 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 8th Worcester District and 15th Essex 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 32nd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25032/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.