- Lead
- 3,131
- Total
- 25,090
- vs nation
- D+14.0
Massachusetts 50th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,689
- Total
- 25,407
- vs nation
- D+14.0
- Lead
- 2,657
- Total
- 23,149
- vs nation
- D+9.4
- Lead
- 3,872
- Total
- 21,570
- vs nation
- D+14.1
- Lead
- 4,074
- Total
- 21,445
- vs nation
- D+11.7
- Lead
- 2,994
- Total
- 20,413
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 1,794
- Total
- 18,816
- vs nation
- D+9.0
- Lead
- 3,921
- Total
- 18,010
- vs nation
- D+13.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+12.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,4502024 5-year
- Population density
- 162 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 262 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $93,8262024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+32.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+63.7 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 2nd Franklin District, MA · twin score 95.2
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 50th 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
65.7%
9,917 votes · D+32.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 58.2%
Republican
William McKinley1896
77.9%
2,311 votes · R+63.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 76.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,760votes
58.1% of the vote · D+18.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 13,772 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
11,920votes
68.0% of the vote · R+36.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 11,174 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
+17.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+14.7 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · +14.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+57.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+63.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +40.8 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 | 91.0%16,201 | 9.0%1,598 | 17,799 |
Anchored in Hampden County's urban core, the 7th district delivered a 12.5-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the denser, working-class neighborhoods that define much of greater Springfield's political geography.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 32.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 63.7 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.5 points.
A population of 42,450, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $93,826 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 2nd Franklin District and 2nd Worcester 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 50th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25050/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.