- Lead
- 5,551
- Total
- 25,469
- vs nation
- D+23.3
Massachusetts 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,352
- Total
- 26,255
- vs nation
- D+23.5
- Lead
- 4,260
- Total
- 24,071
- vs nation
- D+15.6
- Lead
- 992
- Total
- 23,108
- vs nation
- D+0.4
- Lead
- 1,751
- Total
- 22,234
- vs nation
- D+0.6
- Lead
- 1,517
- Total
- 21,126
- vs nation
- D+9.6
- Lead
- 2,162
- Total
- 19,832
- vs nation
- D+10.4
- Lead
- 3,202
- Total
- 18,653
- vs nation
- D+8.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+21.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,7392024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,439 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 13.3 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $120,6492024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+34.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+65.7 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 31st Middlesex District, MA · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 88th 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
66.8%
11,163 votes · D+34.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 63.0%
Republican
William McKinley1896
79.2%
2,337 votes · R+65.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 78.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,546votes
63.0% of the vote · D+28.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,169 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
13,957votes
71.6% of the vote · R+43.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 13,007 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
+23.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+28.0 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +23.3 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+59.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+65.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +48.1 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%17,332 | 0.0%0 | 17,332 |
| 2020 | D | 80.6%17,491 | 19.4%4,205 | 21,696 |
Nestled within Middlesex County, this district's 2024 presidential margin of D+21.8 reflects the broader Democratic alignment of inner-ring suburban communities west of Boston, where college-educated households and dense residential development tend to anchor consistent left-of-center voting patterns.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 34.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 65.7 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.8 points.
A population of 45,739, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $120,649 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 31st Middlesex District and 3rd 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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Massachusetts 88th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25088/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.