- Lead
- 8,770
- Total
- 15,898
- vs nation
- D+56.6
Massachusetts 124th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 11,318
- Total
- 17,799
- vs nation
- D+59.1
- Lead
- 9,328
- Total
- 16,483
- vs nation
- D+54.5
- Lead
- 7,531
- Total
- 14,550
- vs nation
- D+47.9
- Lead
- 7,165
- Total
- 13,972
- vs nation
- D+44.0
- Lead
- 6,202
- Total
- 12,695
- vs nation
- D+51.3
- Lead
- 5,519
- Total
- 11,769
- vs nation
- D+46.4
- Lead
- 5,410
- Total
- 10,902
- vs nation
- D+41.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+55.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 43,0642024 5-year
- Population density
- 13,892 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $121,6192024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 59.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 11.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+69.1 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+34.8 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 3rd Suffolk District, MA · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 124th 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
84.3%
12,231 votes · D+69.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 80.7%
Republican
William McKinley1896
62.0%
2,704 votes · R+34.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 60.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
14,359votes
80.7% of the vote · D+63.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 12,231 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
8,521votes
49.5% of the vote · D+0.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 8,424 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
+59.1pts D vs U.S.
Place D+63.6 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +56.6 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+28.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+34.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +4.1 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 | 94.9%13,802 | 5.1%747 | 14,549 |
| 2020 | D | 91.5%14,940 | 8.5%1,396 | 16,336 |
Anchored in Boston's Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods, the 2nd Suffolk District delivered a 55.2-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting a dense, majority-minority urban electorate with consistently high partisan loyalty.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 34.8 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.2 points.
A population of 43,064, a 60% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $121,619 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 3rd Suffolk District and 8th Suffolk 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 124th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25124/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.