- Lead
- 8,349
- Total
- 26,042
- vs nation
- D+33.5
Massachusetts 60th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,586
- Total
- 27,047
- vs nation
- D+31.0
- Lead
- 5,496
- Total
- 24,866
- vs nation
- D+20.0
- Lead
- 2,297
- Total
- 23,078
- vs nation
- D+6.1
- Lead
- 3,000
- Total
- 22,325
- vs nation
- D+6.2
- Lead
- 2,694
- Total
- 21,195
- vs nation
- D+15.2
- Lead
- 3,169
- Total
- 20,358
- vs nation
- D+15.0
- Lead
- 4,144
- Total
- 19,350
- vs nation
- D+12.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,2502024 5-year
- Population density
- 820 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 51.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $176,7602024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.5 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 8th Middlesex District, MA · twin score 98.3
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 60th 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
69.1%
11,689 votes · D+38.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 66.3%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
76.1%
5,939 votes · R+55.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 75.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
17,920votes
66.3% of the vote · D+35.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 16,803 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
12,993votes
68.9% of the vote · R+38.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 12,155 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
Kamala Harris2024
+33.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +31.0 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+55.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +42.5 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%16,010 | 0.0%0 | 16,010 |
| 2020 | D | 80.6%16,157 | 19.4%3,884 | 20,041 |
The 2nd Middlesex District delivered a 32.1-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the dense, highly educated suburban and urban precincts that anchor Middlesex County's bluest legislative territory.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 61.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.1 points.
A population of 42,250, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $176,760 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 8th Middlesex District and 21st Middlesex 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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