- Lead
- 2,040
- Total
- 17,541
- vs nation
- D+13.1
Massachusetts 144th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,996
- Total
- 18,185
- vs nation
- D+17.5
- Lead
- 3,129
- Total
- 17,178
- vs nation
- D+16.1
- Lead
- 2,881
- Total
- 15,838
- vs nation
- D+14.3
- Lead
- 3,425
- Total
- 15,815
- vs nation
- D+14.4
- Lead
- 3,367
- Total
- 14,864
- vs nation
- D+25.1
- Lead
- 3,662
- Total
- 13,575
- vs nation
- D+26.5
- Lead
- 4,530
- Total
- 12,814
- vs nation
- D+26.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+11.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 44,9352024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,445 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 31.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $74,4832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 56.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 28.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+60.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+46.6 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 16th Worcester District, MA · twin score 91.7
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 144th 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
79.9%
9,815 votes · D+60.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 67.3%
Republican
William McKinley1896
69.7%
1,400 votes · R+46.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 65.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
10,852votes
59.7% of the vote · D+22.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 9,815 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
7,494votes
42.7% of the vote · D+11.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 6,856 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
Hubert Humphrey1968
+38.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+37.7 · U.S. R+0.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George McGovern, 1972 · +38.3 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+40.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+46.6 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +23.8 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%13,720 | 0.0%0 | 13,720 |
| 2020 | D | 68.9%14,114 | 31.1%6,367 | 20,481 |
Anchored in central Massachusetts, this district's modest Democratic lean reflects a mix of working-class urban precincts and surrounding residential areas typical of the greater Worcester corridor.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 60.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 46.6 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.6 points.
A population of 44,935, a 56% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,483 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 16th Worcester District and 14th Worcester 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 144th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25144/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.