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Third Bristol and Plymouth District·Massachusetts

Third Bristol and Plymouth District has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential cycles.

A coastal manufacturing corridor where presidential margins have tightened steadily

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MA
Latest
D+5
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
301,383
2024 ACS

Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+5%. Republican peak: R+56 in 1896.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+5MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
301,3832024 5-year
Median household income
$97,8012024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
76.9%2024 5-year
Black
6.0%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
7.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+50 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+56 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
2 counties · 2 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+4.8%
79,32971,915154,612
D
+14.4%
87,23264,703156,509
D
+8.4%
71,00359,011142,371
D
+13.0%
74,25056,953133,309
D
+16.1%
75,26253,990132,176
D
+19.3%
73,96349,859125,168
D
+26.1%
68,18638,530113,557
D
+32.1%
63,39829,521105,442
D
+15.2%
49,41832,240112,753
D
+2.0%
52,33950,256103,924
R
−8.7%
44,46752,95097,803
R
−4.8%
38,89743,57797,605
D
+16.5%
54,63238,70596,430
D
+4.3%
47,23543,32391,129
D
+25.6%
51,74529,94985,244
D
+50.5%
63,31420,75984,321
D
+21.6%
52,35333,73286,246
R
−24.2%
30,86450,67881,730
R
−12.1%
35,63345,44481,287
D
+13.3%
40,05130,52071,692
D
+8.1%
34,64129,42364,191
D
+11.5%
37,25929,53467,116
D
+10.7%
31,31524,84660,650
D
+1.3%
24,83124,15950,437
R
−5.5%
23,57526,32650,409
R
−46.3%
8,00925,84038,517
R
−51.4%
7,51324,91333,842
R
−10.4%
8,0089,95018,672
O
+0.5%
5,3675,28616,954
R
−31.9%
4,4559,32115,232
R
−27.5%
4,6778,60814,273
R
−33.8%
3,8998,35713,173
R
−55.6%
2,6049,64212,651
R
−17.8%
4,9677,19312,521
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
21.4%
English
11.3%
Italian
10.2%
French
5.8%
German
4.3%
American
3.2%
Polish
1.8%
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: 41.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.3%
2.4%
75–84
3.2%
5.2%
65–74
5.9%
7.1%
55–64
7.4%
6.4%
45–54
6.6%
6.3%
35–44
6.4%
6.1%
25–34
6.1%
4.3%
18–24
4.2%
7.9%
5–17
7.6%
2.6%
<5
2.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$97,801
Third Bristol and Plymouth District ranks near the middle of US counties.
Third Bristol and Plymouth District$97,801
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
9.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.6%
Working age (18–64)8.6%
Seniors (65+)12.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
81.3%
speak English only
Other Indo-European11.8%
Spanish5.1%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.2%
Other languages0.7%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
33.8%
Other Christian
4.0%
Mainline Protestant
1.7%
Non-Christian
1.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.8%
Baptist
0.6%
Methodist
0.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Spanning parts of Bristol and Plymouth counties along Massachusetts's South Coast, this district shifted to R+4.7 in 2024 — a notable outlier in a heavily Democratic state, reflecting working-class demographic pressures reshaping coastal mill towns.

The Democratic margin in Third Bristol and Plymouth District reached its widest at fifty points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was five points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $97,801, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 301,383 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 4.8 points (D+5), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 154,612 votes cast, 79,329 went Democratic and 71,915 went Republican.
What is Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 20 times, Republican 13 times, and other 1 times.
When did Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts?
Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts has a population of 301,383 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts is $97,801 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Third Bristol and Plymouth District, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 20 went Democratic and 13 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.