- Lead
- 5,609
- Total
- 19,783
- vs nation
- D+29.8
Massachusetts 96th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,152
- Total
- 21,251
- vs nation
- D+33.9
- Lead
- 6,406
- Total
- 18,934
- vs nation
- D+31.7
- Lead
- 4,069
- Total
- 18,022
- vs nation
- D+18.7
- Lead
- 4,433
- Total
- 17,739
- vs nation
- D+17.7
- Lead
- 4,786
- Total
- 17,119
- vs nation
- D+30.4
- Lead
- 5,179
- Total
- 16,171
- vs nation
- D+31.5
- Lead
- 5,423
- Total
- 15,208
- vs nation
- D+27.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+28.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 45,9972024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,770 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 12.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $109,3752024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 46.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+51.3 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+57.3 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 2nd Norfolk District, MA · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 96th 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
75.6%
10,201 votes · D+51.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 68.3%
Republican
William McKinley1896
76.3%
810 votes · R+57.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 73.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,508votes
68.3% of the vote · D+38.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 12,417 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
7,674votes
50.3% of the vote · R+0.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 7,302 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
George McGovern1972
+35.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+12.1 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +33.9 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 · +35.1 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 | 81.4%16,977 | 18.6%3,892 | 20,869 |
| 2020 | D | 83.7%17,621 | 16.3%3,428 | 21,049 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+28.4, this Norfolk County district ranks among Massachusetts's most reliably Democratic state house seats, reflecting the heavily suburban, college-educated electorate common to Boston's inner South Shore communities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 51.3 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 28.4 points.
A population of 45,997, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $109,375 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 2nd Norfolk 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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Massachusetts 96th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25096/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.