Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts: Populist district. In 2024, voted D+29%. Democratic peak: D+49 in 1964.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+29MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 371,6652024 5-year
- Median household income
- $76,1112024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 14.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+49 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+45 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, MAOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 118,192 | 63,641 | 187,059 | ||
| D | 130,205 | 59,368 | 195,796 | ||
| D | 112,365 | 54,893 | 184,369 | ||
| D | 122,856 | 50,098 | 177,133 | ||
| D | 123,042 | 49,805 | 177,399 | ||
| D | 115,638 | 52,527 | 170,456 | ||
| D | 92,882 | 46,720 | 155,922 | ||
| D | 97,963 | 37,780 | 155,674 | ||
| D | 86,840 | 42,005 | 170,939 | ||
| D | 93,413 | 63,345 | 158,121 | ||
| R | 77,716 | 80,048 | 158,458 | ||
| D | 71,096 | 63,812 | 162,087 | ||
| D | 94,635 | 64,852 | 164,990 | ||
| D | 82,040 | 74,307 | 157,499 | ||
| D | 89,516 | 52,485 | 149,768 | ||
| D | 111,003 | 37,258 | 149,011 | ||
| D | 94,841 | 64,507 | 159,788 | ||
| R | 60,817 | 93,374 | 154,810 | ||
| R | 69,067 | 87,489 | 157,053 | ||
| D | 71,628 | 62,927 | 136,862 | ||
| D | 71,230 | 56,386 | 127,980 | ||
| D | 71,998 | 58,589 | 131,280 | ||
| D | 64,482 | 50,250 | 120,221 | ||
| R | 50,770 | 51,374 | 106,351 | ||
| R | 51,222 | 53,266 | 105,121 | ||
| R | 19,901 | 46,207 | 74,990 | ||
| R | 20,227 | 44,413 | 66,306 | ||
| R | 16,714 | 19,704 | 37,608 | ||
| R | 11,678 | 12,951 | 33,799 | ||
| R | 10,778 | 17,926 | 31,308 | ||
| R | 10,386 | 18,559 | 30,500 | ||
| R | 10,503 | 17,668 | 29,174 | ||
| R | 7,171 | 19,797 | 28,269 | ||
| R | 12,953 | 14,823 | 28,749 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
16.3%
English
11.1%
Italian
10.7%
French
8.3%
Polish
7.8%
German
7.5%
American
5.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 42.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$76,111
Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District ranks near the middle of US counties.
Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District$76,111
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.3%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.9%
Working age (18–64)12.4%
Seniors (65+)11.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
84.3%
speak English only
Spanish9.1%
Other Indo-European4.0%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.7%
Other languages0.9%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Stretching from the Berkshire hills east through the Pioneer Valley, this district combines rural college towns with post-industrial cities, producing presidential margins that have exceeded 30 points in recent cycles.
The Democratic margin in Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District peaked at forty-nine points in 1964. By 1988 the district had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was twenty-nine points, the most Democratic-leaning result in the district's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $76,111 sits well below state and national norms, and 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 29.2 points (D+29), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 187,059 votes cast, 118,192 went Democratic and 63,641 went Republican.
What is Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts as a "Populist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 14 times, and other 0 times.
When did Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts?
Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts has a population of 371,665 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts is $76,111 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Berkshire-Hampden-Franklin-Hampshire District, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 14 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.