- Lead
- 5,131
- Total
- 19,042
- vs nation
- D+28.4
Massachusetts 62nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,102
- Total
- 19,848
- vs nation
- D+31.3
- Lead
- 5,168
- Total
- 18,983
- vs nation
- D+25.1
- Lead
- 2,742
- Total
- 17,615
- vs nation
- D+11.7
- Lead
- 3,245
- Total
- 17,061
- vs nation
- D+11.7
- Lead
- 2,964
- Total
- 16,171
- vs nation
- D+20.8
- Lead
- 3,235
- Total
- 15,499
- vs nation
- D+20.4
- Lead
- 3,910
- Total
- 14,719
- vs nation
- D+18.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+26.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,1062024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,931 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 21.8 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $100,4762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 16th Middlesex District, MA · twin score 94.5
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 62nd 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
71.7%
9,420 votes · D+43.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 66.8%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
74.2%
4,264 votes · R+51.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 73.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
13,255votes
66.8% of the vote · D+35.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 11,832 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
9,322votes
66.5% of the vote · R+33.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 8,702 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
+31.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+35.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +28.4 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+51.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+57.3 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +37.5 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%15,956 | 0.0%0 | 15,956 |
| 2020 | D | 80.6%16,102 | 19.4%3,871 | 19,973 |
Anchored in Middlesex County's dense inner suburbs, this district has delivered Democratic presidential margins above 20 points in recent cycles, reflecting a highly educated, urbanized electorate that tilts sharply left of the national average.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 26.9 points.
A population of 42,106, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,476 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 16th Middlesex District and 9th 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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