- Lead
- 19,905
- Total
- 107,925
- vs nation
- D+19.9
Massachusetts First Plymouth and Norfolk District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 27,705
- Total
- 111,567
- vs nation
- D+20.4
- Lead
- 13,575
- Total
- 101,630
- vs nation
- D+11.3
- Lead
- 6,397
- Total
- 94,273
- vs nation
- D+2.9
- Lead
- 9,428
- Total
- 92,902
- vs nation
- D+2.9
- Lead
- 10,379
- Total
- 87,418
- vs nation
- D+14.3
- Lead
- 14,398
- Total
- 81,100
- vs nation
- D+17.2
- Lead
- 16,996
- Total
- 75,394
- vs nation
- D+14.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+18.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 171,5122024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,207 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 142 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $129,1072024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+38.0 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.5 in 1896MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Norfolk-Worcester-Middlesex District, MA · twin score 94.3
presidential history
Party record book
Massachusetts First Plymouth and Norfolk 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
68.8%
36,294 votes · D+38.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 61.3%
Republican
William McKinley1896
74.6%
4,986 votes · R+59.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Warren G. Harding, 1920 · 74.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
68,380votes
61.3% of the vote · D+24.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 62,440 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
43,330votes
46.0% of the vote · D+6.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 42,535 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
+20.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+24.8 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · +19.9 pts
Republican
William McKinley1896
+53.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+59.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +42.8 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 | 65.9%57,153 | 34.1%29,614 | 86,767 |
| 2020 | D | 76.3%61,741 | 23.7%19,128 | 80,869 |
Anchored in Plymouth County's shoreline communities, this South Shore district delivered an 18.4-point Democratic presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the region's blend of suburban professionals and longtime coastal residents.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 38.0 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.5 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 6.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 18.4 points.
A population of 171,512, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $129,107 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Norfolk-Worcester-Middlesex District and Plymouth and Barnstable District.
The state-senate 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 First Plymouth and Norfolk District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/25D31/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.