- Lead
- 3,535
- Total
- 15,413
- vs nation
- D+24.4
Massachusetts 75th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,546
- Total
- 16,857
- vs nation
- D+28.4
- Lead
- 4,777
- Total
- 15,998
- vs nation
- D+27.8
- Lead
- 2,757
- Total
- 14,935
- vs nation
- D+14.6
- Lead
- 3,140
- Total
- 14,455
- vs nation
- D+14.5
- Lead
- 2,908
- Total
- 13,765
- vs nation
- D+23.6
- Lead
- 3,062
- Total
- 13,072
- vs nation
- D+22.9
- Lead
- 3,622
- Total
- 12,378
- vs nation
- D+20.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+22.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,4242024 5-year
- Population density
- 5,484 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 8.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $83,5222024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 47.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+46.2 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.5 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 33rd Middlesex District, MA · twin score 93.4
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 75th 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
73.0%
8,167 votes · D+46.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 65.4%
Republican
William McKinley1896
75.3%
1,302 votes · R+59.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 72.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
11,019votes
65.4% of the vote · D+32.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 9,659 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
7,638votes
65.3% of the vote · R+30.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 7,122 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
+28.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+32.9 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · +27.8 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+53.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+59.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +35.0 pts
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%16,834 | 0.0%0 | 16,834 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+22.9, the 17th Middlesex District ranks among Massachusetts's more reliably Democratic state house seats, reflecting the densely populated, college-educated suburban profile common to inner Middlesex County.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 46.2 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.9 points.
A population of 44,424, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $83,522 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 33rd 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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