- Lead
- 7,314
- Total
- 27,105
- vs nation
- D+28.5
Massachusetts 106th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,707
- Total
- 28,469
- vs nation
- D+29.6
- Lead
- 5,968
- Total
- 26,149
- vs nation
- D+20.7
- Lead
- 2,729
- Total
- 24,535
- vs nation
- D+7.3
- Lead
- 3,305
- Total
- 24,058
- vs nation
- D+6.5
- Lead
- 3,859
- Total
- 23,077
- vs nation
- D+19.2
- Lead
- 4,689
- Total
- 22,092
- vs nation
- D+20.7
- Lead
- 5,214
- Total
- 20,914
- vs nation
- D+16.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+27.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,8252024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,793 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 25 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $155,8562024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+58.9 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 10th Norfolk District, MA · twin score 97.9
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 106th 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
70.8%
12,439 votes · D+42.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 65.9%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
76.1%
3,832 votes · R+55.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William McKinley, 1896 · 74.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
18,755votes
65.9% of the vote · D+34.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 16,765 votes
Republican
Ronald Reagan1984
11,829votes
56.0% of the vote · R+12.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 11,277 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
+29.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+34.1 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +28.5 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+52.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+58.9 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +45.4 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%16,545 | 18.6%3,793 | 20,338 |
| 2020 | D | 83.7%17,172 | 16.3%3,340 | 20,512 |
Anchored in Norfolk County's inner suburbs, this state house district has delivered consistent double-digit Democratic margins in recent presidential cycles, reflecting the college-educated, densely settled character of the greater Boston commuter belt.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 58.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.0 points.
A population of 44,825, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $155,856 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 10th Norfolk District and 13th Norfolk 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 106th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25106/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.