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Second Essex District
presidential margin
2008D+21.82012D+18.82016D+22.22020D+30.72024D+22.8
full record · 2008 → 2024
D+22.8
2024
median income$100,228U.S. $80,734 · MA $103,960
median age42.0U.S. 39.1 · MA 40.3
poverty rate8.8%U.S. 12.5% · MA 10.1%
bachelor’s+ (25+)43.0%U.S. 35.6% · MA 47.3%
non-english28.7%U.S. 22.3% · MA 25.1%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
Irish23.3%
Italian17.0%
English12.0%
Dominican5.1%
Puerto Rican2.0%
Guatemalan1.0%
African American†1.3%
Haitian0.7%
African0.4%
Chinese0.6%
Asian Indian0.5%
Cambodian0.4%
religion

Religious adherence is published only at the county level (U.S. Religion Census). See Essex County.

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024.

Second Essex District

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Second Essex DistrictHarrisD+22.8
2024
2024 presidential margin for Second Essex DistrictThe boundary of Second Essex District, filled by its 2024 presidential margin (D+22.8), over faint outlines of the counties it is drawn from.Second Essex District · D+22.8
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Kamala Harris ✓Democratic59.6%55,412
Donald TrumpRepublican36.8%34,233
Jill SteinGreen-Rainbow3.6%3,300
D+60
R+60
District boundary, filled by its own 2024 D-vs-R margin — precinct detail where available, over the 1 county it's drawn from (shown faint).
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the district’s overall result across 1892–2024, on its current boundaries.
County-level results (1 county) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Second Essex District — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Essex County, MADemocraticD+20.2
5 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
D
59.6%Harris55,412
36.8%Trump34,233
3.6%Stein3,300
+22.8%
92,945
D
64.3%Biden61,419
33.6%Trump32,067
2.1%Jorgensen1,979
+30.7%
95,465
D
57.5%Clinton50,282
35.3%Trump30,882
7.2%Johnson6,258
+22.2%
87,422
D
59.4%Obama48,350
40.6%Romney33,029
0.0%
+18.8%
81,379
D
60.0%Obama47,931
38.2%McCain30,529
1.8%Nader1,407
+21.8%
79,867
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2008–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 2008 to 2024. Most recent: +22.8% in 2024.+22.8%DR20082024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
2008+21.8%
2012+18.8%
2016+22.2%
2020+30.7%
2024+22.8%
DemocraticRepublican
current representation
Current officeholders
DJoan LovelyState Senate · Second Essex

State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.

Source · OpenStates current legislator CSV.

Covering historic coastal cities north of Boston, the Second Essex District delivers Democratic presidential margins above 20 points, driven by younger renters and college-educated professionals concentrated in Salem's dense wards.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 8.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.8 points.

A population of 169,520, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $100,228 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of First Essex and Middlesex District and Bristol and Norfolk District.

Political twins — state-senate districts

The state-senate districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

First Essex and Middlesex District
Massachusetts
92.9twin score
2020–2024 trajectory% Evangelical% Catholic
Bristol and Norfolk District
Massachusetts
92.8twin score
2020 margin% Catholicelasticity≠ Italian ancestry
Second Essex and Middlesex District
Massachusetts
92.6twin score
% Catholicelasticity% Evangelical

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.

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Places within Second Essex District

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Essex County

Frequently asked questions

How did Second Essex District, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Second Essex District, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 22.8 points (D+22.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 92,945 votes cast, 55,412 went Democratic and 34,233 went Republican.
How many people live in Second Essex District, Massachusetts?
Second Essex District, Massachusetts has a population of 169,520 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Second Essex District, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Second Essex District, Massachusetts is $100,228 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Second Essex District, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 5 presidential elections in Second Essex District, Massachusetts from 2008 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.