- Lead
- 8,615
- Total
- 22,889
- vs nation
- D+39.1
Massachusetts 160th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,097
- Total
- 23,888
- vs nation
- D+37.8
- Lead
- 6,466
- Total
- 22,035
- vs nation
- D+27.3
- Lead
- 5,947
- Total
- 20,085
- vs nation
- D+25.8
- Lead
- 6,815
- Total
- 20,300
- vs nation
- D+26.3
- Lead
- 6,437
- Total
- 19,009
- vs nation
- D+36.3
- Lead
- 6,518
- Total
- 17,509
- vs nation
- D+36.7
- Lead
- 7,419
- Total
- 16,875
- vs nation
- D+35.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+37.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 42,0592024 5-year
- Population density
- 941 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 44.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $150,2482024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 69.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67.4 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37.8 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- 14th Norfolk District, MA · twin score 94.2
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts 160th 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
83.5%
13,716 votes · D+67.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · 72.1%
Republican
William McKinley1896
64.6%
1,512 votes · R+37.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 59.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
16,655votes
69.7% of the vote · D+42.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 15,380 votes
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
7,040votes
49.9% of the vote · R+0.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 6,899 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
+49.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+26.4 · U.S. R+23.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Hubert Humphrey, 1968 · +47.8 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+31.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+37.8 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William H. Taft, 1912 · +15.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | D | 69.4%13,324 | 30.6%5,877 | 19,201 |
Anchored in Worcester's urban core, this district delivered a 37.6-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided legislative districts in central Massachusetts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 37.8 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.6 points.
A population of 42,059, a 70% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $150,248 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of 14th Norfolk District and 2nd 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 160th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/25160/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.