2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

The 2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate.[1] Massachusetts voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Massachusetts has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.[2]

Main article: 2020 United States presidential election

2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

November 3, 2020
Turnout	%
Nominee Donald Trump Joe Biden Party Republican Democratic Home state Florida Delaware Running mate Mike Pence Kamala Harris
Incumbent President Donald Trump Republican

Primary elections

Presidential preference primaries were scheduled for March 3, 2020, for each of the political parties with state ballot access.

Democratic primary

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden were among the declared major Democratic candidates. Elizabeth Warren, one of the two current senators from Massachusetts, formed an exploratory committee in December 2018 and declared her intention to run in February 2019.[3][4]

Results

2020 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary[5]

Candidate	Votes	%	Delegates[6]
Joe Biden	473,861	33.41	45
Bernie Sanders	376,990	26.58	30
Elizabeth Warren	303,864	21.43	16
Michael Bloomberg	166,200	11.72
Pete Buttigieg (withdrawn†)	38,400	2.71
Amy Klobuchar (withdrawn†)	17,297	1.22
Tulsi Gabbard	10,548	0.74
Deval Patrick (withdrawn)	6,923	0.49
Tom Steyer (withdrawn†)	6,762	0.48
Andrew Yang (withdrawn)	2,708	0.19
Michael Bennet (withdrawn)	1,257	0.09
John Delaney (withdrawn)	675	0.05
Marianne Williamson (withdrawn)	617	0.04
Cory Booker (withdrawn)	426	0.03
Julian Castro (withdrawn)	305	0.02
No Preference	5,345	0.38
Blank ballots	4,061	0.29
All Others	1,941	0.14
Total	1,418,180	100%	91

†Candidate withdrew after early voting started.

Results by county

2020 Massachusetts Democratic primary (results per county)[5]
County	Joe Biden		Bernie Sanders		Elizabeth Warren		Michael Bloomberg		Pete Buttigieg		Amy Klobuchar		Tulsi Gabbard		Deval Patrick		Tom Steyer		Andrew Yang		Michael Bennet		John Delaney		Marianne Williamson		Cory Booker		Julian Castro		No Preference		Blank ballots		All Others		Total votes cast
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Barnstable	21,423	38.44	12,106	21.72	9,399	16.86	8,011	14.37	2,177	3.91	1,056	1.89	388	0.70	213	0.38	426	0.76	86	0.15	45	0.08	18	0.03	31	0.06	13	0.02	2	0.00	186	0.33	103	0.18	51	0.09	55,734
Berkshire	10,978	38.35	8,196	28.63	5,549	19.38	2,634	9.20	461	1.61	227	0.79	115	0.40	210	0.73	28	0.10	26	0.09	15	0.05	11	0.04	13	0.05	6	0.02	11	0.04	80	0.28	44	0.15	22	0.08	28,626
Bristol	29,181	36.91	22,885	28.94	10,606	13.41	10,350	13.09	2,196	2.78	818	1.03	635	0.80	547	0.69	488	0.62	120	0.15	88	0.11	46	0.06	44	0.06	37	0.05	25	0.03	504	0.64	307	0.39	189	0.24	79,066
Dukes	1,962	32.63	1,632	27.15	1,287	21.41	718	11.94	192	3.19	99	1.65	36	0.60	19	0.32	30	0.50	8	0.13	5	0.08	0	0.00	3	0.05	2	0.03	1	0.02	7	0.12	6	0.10	5	0.08	6,012
Essex	52,900	33.97	41,877	26.89	28,220	18.12	20,661	13.27	4,761	3.06	2,111	1.36	1,482	0.95	852	0.55	890	0.57	264	0.17	167	0.11	79	0.05	67	0.04	49	0.03	48	0.03	586	0.38	445	0.29	268	0.17	155,727
Franklin	4,804	23.54	8,185	40.11	5,159	25.28	1,274	6.24	305	1.49	159	0.78	161	0.79	84	0.41	66	0.32	42	0.21	8	0.04	47	0.23	10	0.05	2	0.01	1	0.00	44	0.22	44	0.22	13	0.06	20,408
Hampden	23,009	36.60	19,260	30.63	8,599	13.68	7,860	12.50	1,170	1.86	599	0.95	484	0.77	537	0.85	141	0.22	118	0.19	165	0.26	62	0.10	30	0.05	28	0.04	44	0.07	319	0.51	257	0.41	189	0.30	62,871
Hampshire	10,722	24.35	15,318	34.78	12,986	29.49	3,052	6.93	721	1.64	426	0.97	231	0.52	141	0.32	57	0.13	58	0.13	17	0.04	9	0.02	16	0.04	8	0.02	6	0.01	146	0.33	86	0.20	41	0.09	44,041
Middlesex	123,553	30.54	99,704	24.64	109,318	27.02	45,727	11.30	11,302	2.79	5,328	1.32	2,733	0.68	1,374	0.34	1,517	0.37	895	0.22	255	0.06	136	0.03	124	0.03	102	0.03	49	0.01	1,269	0.31	827	0.20	404	0.10	404,617
Nantucket	1,055	40.56	624	23.99	384	14.76	373	14.34	66	2.54	35	1.35	15	0.58	9	0.35	17	0.65	4	0.15	2	0.08	4	0.15	1	0.04	0	0.00	0	0.00	9	0.35	2	0.08	1	0.04	2,601
Norfolk	61,914	37.02	36,074	21.57	34,126	20.40	23,101	13.81	4,791	2.86	2,317	1.39	1,352	0.81	658	0.39	862	0.52	345	0.21	102	0.06	55	0.03	68	0.04	42	0.03	11	0.01	694	0.41	467	0.28	275	0.16	167,254
Plymouth	37,270	38.64	23,254	24.11	14,214	14.74	13,390	13.88	3,352	3.48	1,400	1.45	933	0.97	566	0.59	789	0.82	164	0.17	60	0.06	53	0.05	59	0.06	33	0.03	19	0.02	468	0.49	306	0.32	127	0.13	96,457
Suffolk	47,608	29.79	48,636	30.43	41,885	26.21	13,745	8.60	2,513	1.57	965	0.60	819	0.51	974	0.61	377	0.24	312	0.20	213	0.13	103	0.06	70	0.04	59	0.04	52	0.03	464	0.29	818	0.51	196	0.12	159,809
Worcester	47,482	35.18	39,239	29.08	22,132	16.40	15,304	11.34	4,393	3.26	1,757	1.30	1,164	0.86	739	0.55	1,074	0.80	266	0.20	115	0.09	52	0.04	81	0.06	45	0.03	36	0.03	569	0.42	349	0.26	160	0.12	134,957
Total	473,861	33.41	376,990	26.58	303,864	21.43	166,200	11.72	38,400	2.71	17,297	1.22	10,548	0.74	6,923	0.49	6,762	0.48	2,708	0.19	1,257	0.09	675	0.05	617	0.04	426	0.03	305	0.02	5,345	0.38	4,061	0.29	1,941	0.14	1,418,180

Republican primary

Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker declined to run, as did former Massachusetts governor and Utah senator Mitt Romney.[7][8][9][10]

Results

Incumbent United States President Donald Trump was challenged by three candidates: businessman and perennial candidate Rocky De La Fuente of California, former congressman Joe Walsh of Illinois, and former governor Bill Weld of Massachusetts. Walsh withdrew from the race prior to the primary. De La Fuente was not on the initial ballot list, but he successfully petitioned to get onto the ballot following its release.[11] Donald Trump won Massachusetts in a landslide over Former Governor Bill Weld, winning almost every town.

2020 Massachusetts Republican primary[12]
Candidate	Popular vote		Delegates
	Count	Percentage
Donald Trump	239,115	86.32	41
Bill Weld	25,425	9.18	0
Joe Walsh (withdrawn)	3,008	1.09	0
Rocky De La Fuente	675	0.24	0
No Preference	4,385	1.58	0
Blank ballots	2,242	0.81	0
All Others	2,152	0.78	0
Total	277,002	100%	41

Results by county

2020 Massachusetts Republican primary (results per county)[12]
County	Donald Trump		Bill Weld		Joe Walsh		Rocky De La Fuente		No Preference		Blank ballots		All Others		Total votes cast
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Barnstable	17,723	88.36	1,554	7.75	143	0.71	39	0.19	292	1.46	192	0.96	115	0.57	20,058
Berkshire	2,527	80.25	432	13.72	65	2.06	8	0.25	59	1.87	34	1.08	24	0.76	3,149
Bristol	20,003	89.78	1,417	6.36	239	1.07	39	0.18	277	1.24	174	0.78	132	0.59	22,281
Dukes	522	80.56	74	11.42	22	3.40	1	0.15	11	1.70	10	1.54	8	1.23	648
Essex	31,124	86.74	3,218	8.97	349	0.97	83	0.23	550	1.53	306	0.85	254	0.71	35,884
Franklin	1,886	80.67	341	14.59	30	1.28	9	0.38	42	1.80	13	0.56	17	0.73	2,338
Hampden	13,272	86.95	1,178	7.72	192	1.26	64	0.42	204	1.34	103	0.67	251	1.64	15,264
Hampshire	3,909	83.92	567	12.17	37	0.79	14	0.30	80	1.72	27	0.58	24	0.52	4,658
Middlesex	50,703	84.45	6,463	10.76	667	1.11	151	0.25	1,037	1.73	550	0.92	471	0.78	60,042
Nantucket	352	78.40	59	13.14	12	2.67	4	0.89	9	2.00	4	0.89	9	2.00	449
Norfolk	28,554	85.59	3,207	9.61	334	1.00	80	0.24	598	1.79	284	0.85	303	0.91	33,360
Plymouth	28,279	88.54	2,388	7.48	282	0.88	55	0.17	537	1.68	224	0.70	173	0.54	31,938
Suffolk	8,801	83.26	1,127	10.66	207	1.96	41	0.39	140	1.32	106	1.00	148	1.40	10,570
Worcester	31,460	86.52	3,400	9.35	429	1.18	87	0.24	549	1.51	215	0.59	223	0.61	36,363
Total	239,115	86.32	25,425	9.18	3,008	1.09	675	0.24	4,385	1.58	2,242	0.81	2,152	0.78	277,002

Libertarian primary

A number of Libertarian candidates declared for the race, including New Hampshire State Representative Max Abramson, Adam Kokesh, Vermin Supreme and former Libertarian National Committee vice-chair Arvin Vohra.[13][14][15]

Main article: 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries

County results of the Massachusetts Libertarian presidential primary, 2020.

  Vermin Supreme

  Jacob Hornberger

  Tie

  Dan Behrman

Results

Massachusetts Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020 [16]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Vermin Supreme	398	10.4%
Jacob Hornberger	369	9.6%
Blank	324	7.8%
Dan Behrman	294	7.7%
Kim Ruff (withdrawn)	224	5.8%
Arvin Vohra	151	3.9%
Ken Armstrong	145	3.8%
Jo Jorgensen	141	3.4%
Sam Robb	127	3.1%
Adam Kokesh	125	3%
Max Abramson	98	2.4%
All others	958	23%
No Preference	804	21%
Total	4,158	100%

Green primary

Main article: 2020 Green Party presidential primaries

Results

Massachusetts Green Party presidential primary, March 3, 2020 [17]
Candidate	Votes	Percentage	National delegates
Dario Hunter	224	16.9	2
Howie Hawkins	217	16.4	1
Sedinam Kinamo Christin Moyowasifza-Curry	141	10.6	1
Kent Mesplay	55	4.1	0
David Rolde	4	0.3	0
Write-In	369	27.8	0
No Preference	316	23.8	7
Total	1326	100.00%	11

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[18]	Safe D	July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[19]	Safe D	July 17, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20]	Safe D	July 14, 2020
Politico[21]	Safe D	July 6, 2020
RCP[22]	Safe D	August 3, 2020
Niskanen[23]	Safe D	March 24, 2020
CNN[24]	Safe D	August 3, 2020
The Economist[25]	Safe D	August 7, 2020
CBS News[26]	Likely D	August 9, 2020
270towin[27]	Safe D	August 2, 2020
ABC News[28]	Safe D	July 31, 2020
NPR[29]	Likely D	August 3, 2020
NBC News[30]	Safe D	August 6, 2020

Polling

with Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[lower-alpha 1]	Margin of error	Donald Trump (R)	Joe Biden (D)	Other	Undecided
WBUR/MassINC	Aug 6–9, 2020	501 (LV)	–	27%	63%	–	–
UMass/YouGov	Jul 31 – Aug 7, 2020	500 (RV)	± 5.9%	28%	61%	–	–
MassINC	Jul 17–20, 2020	797 (RV)	–	23%	55%	–	–
Emerson College	May 4–5, 2020	740 (RV)	± 3.5%	33%	67%	–	–
University of Massachusetts Lowell/YouGov	Apr 27 – May 1, 2020	1,000 (RV)	± 3.6%	30%	58%	7%[lower-alpha 2]	4%
Emerson College	Apr 4–7, 2019	761	± 3.5%	31%	69%	–	–

Former candidates

with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Bernie Sanders (D) Undecided Emerson College Apr 4–7, 2019 761 ± 3.5% 36% 64% – with Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size[lower-alpha 1] Margin of error Donald Trump (R) Elizabeth Warren (D) Undecided Emerson College Apr 4–7, 2019 761 ± 3.5% 37% 63% –

See also

• 2020 United States presidential election
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Green Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Another candidate" with 7%

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