- Lead
- 7,579
- Total
- 17,385
- vs nation
- D+45.1
Massachusetts 68th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,407
- Total
- 18,722
- vs nation
- D+45.8
- Lead
- 7,838
- Total
- 17,800
- vs nation
- D+41.9
- Lead
- 5,703
- Total
- 16,278
- vs nation
- D+31.2
- Lead
- 6,019
- Total
- 15,960
- vs nation
- D+30.4
- Lead
- 5,625
- Total
- 15,115
- vs nation
- D+39.7
- Lead
- 5,551
- Total
- 14,393
- vs nation
- D+38.0
- Lead
- 5,979
- Total
- 13,831
- vs nation
- D+34.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,3482024 5-year
- Population density
- 9,010 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 4.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $117,2852024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 60.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 15.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+58.9 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+43.7 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 9th Middlesex District, MA · twin score 98.2
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 68th 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
79.3%
10,245 votes · D+58.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 73.9%
Republican
William McKinley1896
68.3%
1,101 votes · R+43.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 66.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
13,830votes
73.9% of the vote · D+50.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 12,199 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
6,693votes
57.0% of the vote · R+14.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 6,232 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
+45.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+50.2 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +45.1 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+37.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+43.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +18.2 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%16,047 | 0.0%0 | 16,047 |
| 2020 | D | 80.6%16,194 | 19.4%3,893 | 20,087 |
The 10th Middlesex District posts presidential margins exceeding 40 points for Democrats, placing it among the most lopsided legislative districts in the commonwealth and leaving general-election competition effectively absent.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 58.9 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 43.7 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.6 points.
A population of 42,348, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $117,285 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 9th Middlesex District and 35th 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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