2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

none June 2025 September 2023 2008 United States presidential election 2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts presidential no 2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 2012 November 4, 2008 73.53%https://www.sec.state.ma.us/divisions/elections/research-and-statistics/voter-turnout-statistics.htm Voter Turnout Statistics Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( 2.12%) x200px Obama portrait crop.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois Joe Biden 12 1,904,097 61.80% John McCain official portrait 2009 (cropped).jpg John McCain Republican Party (United States) Arizona Sarah Palin 0 1,108,854 35.99% 350px County results 350px Municipality results 350px Congressional district results 350px Precinct results Obama #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% #002B84 90–100% McCain #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% President George W. Bush Republican Party (United States) Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) The 2008 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place, as in all 50 states and D.C., as part of the 2008 United States presidential election of November 4, 2008. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who, in turn, voted for the office of president and vice president. Democratic Party nominee Barack Obama won the state by a 25.8% margin of victory: slightly better than John Kerry's 25.2% margin in 2004. Prior to the election, all 17 news organizations forecast that Obama would win Massachusetts, or otherwise considered it to be a safe blue state. Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has maintained extremely large Democratic margins since 1996. No Republican presidential nominee has won a single county in the state, nor obtained more than 40% of the vote, since George H. W. Bush in 1988.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Uselectionatlas.org June 17, 2026https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/pollster https://web.archive.org/web/20080511165552/http://www.pollster.com/08-MA-Pres-GE-MvO.php dead Pollster May 11, 2008 HuffPost June 17, 2026 In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama captured the state's 12 electoral votes winning 61.80% of the popular vote to Republican John McCain's 35.99%. Massachusetts was also 1 of only 6 states in which neither Obama nor McCain won during the primary season.The other states were Arkansas, Michigan, Nevada, Tennessee, and West Virginia. To date, this is the last time that the towns of Berkley, Brimfield, Brookfield, Carver, Dighton, Dudley, Holland, Oxford, Phillipston, Rehoboth, Spencer, and Warren voted Democratic. Primaries Democratic Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 Super Tuesday Democratic Party presidential primaries#Massachusetts Results of the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2008 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary Massachusetts presidential no 2004 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 2004 2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 2012 2008 02 05 Hillary_Rodham_Clinton-cropped.jpg Hillary Clinton Democratic Party (United States) New York 705,185 56.01% 55 BarackObama2005portrait.jpg Barack Obama Democratic Party (United States) Illinois 511,680 40.64% 38 The Massachusetts Democratic primary took place on Super Tuesday, February 5, 2008, and had a total of 93 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Massachusetts's 10 congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates, totaling 61. Another 32 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner, Hillary Clinton. The 93 delegates represented Massachusetts at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. 26 other unpledged delegates, known as superdelegates, also attended the convention and cast their votes as well. Polls indicated that Clinton was leading Barack Obama in the days leading up to the contest in Massachusetts.Massachusetts Democratic Primary http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ma/massachusetts_democratic_primary-539.html RealClearPolitics February 4, 2008 Hillary Rodham Clinton won a convincing victory in Massachusetts over Barack Obama due to a number of factors. According to exit polls, 85% of voters in the Massachusetts Democratic Primary were Caucasians and they opted for Clinton by a margin of 58–40% compared to the 6% of African American voters who backed Obama by a margin of 66–29. Hispanics/Latinos, which comprised 5% of the total voters, backed Clinton by a margin of 56–36%. Clinton narrowly won the youth vote (those ages 18–29) by a margin of 49–48 and tied the vote among voters ages 30–44; she also won all voters over the age of 45 by a margin of 60.5–38. Pertaining to socioeconomic class, Clinton won all levels of family income except highly affluent voters making $200,000 or more a year, as they backed Obama by a narrow margin of 53–47%. As for educational attainment levels, Clinton won all categories except those with postgraduate degrees who backed Obama by a margin of 51–47%. Among self-identified Democrats in the primary, which made up 65% of the total electorate, they went for Clinton by a 58–41 margin while Independents, which comprised a healthy 33% of the electorate, also went for Clinton by a 54–42 margin. She also won all ideological groups. Clinton also won most major religious denominations – Protestants 53–46; Roman Catholics 64–33; other Christians 51–47; and other religions 49–46. Obama won Jews by a margin of 52–48 as well as atheists/agnostics by a margin of 53–45. Clinton performed extremely well statewide, carrying a majority of counties and sweeping most of the major urban areas and cities. Obama won Boston by fewer than 10,000 votes, while Clinton won other urban and conservative townsFrank Phillips Viser Matt Decisive victories in Mass. http://archive.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/02/06/decisive_victories_in_mass/ Boston Globe February 6, 2008 February 6, 2008 such as Springfield and Worcester. Obama had picked up major endorsements from the Massachusetts Democratic establishment prior to Super Tuesday. Both U.S. Senators Ted Kennedy and John Kerry threw their support behind Obama, along with Governor Deval Patrick. Clinton also picked up a number of top-tier endorsements from Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston and Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Salvatore DiMasi along with U.S. Representatives Richard Neal and Barney Frank, one of the three openly gay members of the U.S. Congress. Party Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Hillary Clinton 705,185 56.01% 55 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Barack Obama 511,680 40.64% 38 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic John Edwards 20,101 1.60% 0 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Uncommitted 8,041 0.64% 0 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Write-ins 3,279 0.26% 0 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Joe Biden 3,216 0.26% 0 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Dennis Kucinich 2,992 0.24% 0 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Bill Richardson 1,846 0.15% 0 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Mike Gravel 1,463 0.12% 0 Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Christopher Dodd 1,120 0.09% 0 Totals 1,258,923 100.00% 93 Voter turnout % — Republican 2008 Republican Party presidential primaries 2008 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary Massachusetts presidential no 2004 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary 2004 2012 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary 2012 2008 02 5 Mitt Romney by Gage Skidmore 6.jpg Mitt Romney Republican Party (United States) Massachusetts 255,892 51.92% 21 John_McCain_official_photo_portrait.JPG John McCain Republican Party (United States) Arizona 204,779 41.68% 17 The Massachusetts Republican Primary took place on February 5, 2008, with 40 national delegates.http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/MA-R.phtml Massachusetts Republican Delegation 2008 2008-01-28 The Green Papers Polls indicated that former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney was leading rival John McCain;RESULTS: Massachusetts http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MA CNN 2008-02-05 2008-02-05 May 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080508012111/http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/results/state/#MA dead Romney ended up defeating McCain by roughly 10% of the vote. +Official ResultsMassachusetts 2008 Presidential Primary Results - Republican Party https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleres/reppri08.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080409193607/http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleres/reppri08.htm dead April 9, 2008 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth 2008-02-05 2008-05-24 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Mitt Romney 255,892 51.12% 21 John McCain 204,779 40.91% 17 Mike Huckabee 19,103 3.82% 0 Ron Paul 13,251 2.65% 0 Rudy Giuliani* 2,707 0.54% 0 Fred Thompson* 916 0.18% 0 Duncan Hunter* 258 0.05% 0 All Others 1,685 0.34% 0 Uncommitted 1,959 0.39% 0 Total 500,550 100% 38 * Candidate dropped out of the race before the primary Green-Rainbow 2008 Green Party presidential primaries 2008 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary Massachusetts presidential no 2004 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary 2004 2012 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party presidential primary 2012 2008 02 5 Ralph Nader headshot (1).jpg Ralph Nader Green Party (United States) District of Columbia 744 39.91% 32 Cynthia McKinney (1).jpg Cynthia McKinney Green Party (United States) Georgia 474 25.43% 0 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow Party Presidential Primary Results By Town, 2008.png Town results of the Massachusetts Green presidential primaries, 2008:#000080 Nader #008000 McKinneypink Swift #FF7F50 Ball #800000 Mesplay #500080 Brown #cccccc No Votes The Massachusetts Green-Rainbow primary took place on February 5. Six candidates appeared on the ballot. Ralph Nader won, despite not running for the nomination of the party. + Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary, February 5, 2008http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-green-party’s-internal-democracy-problem-presidential-politics/#identifier_1_2210 The Green Party's Internal Democracy Problem: Presidential Politics Giese Chuck June 20, 2008 Dissedentvoice.org Dissident Voice April 7, 20082008 President Green-rainbow Primary http://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/15585/ Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Government of Massachusetts February 5, 2008 February 5, 2012CandidateVotesPercentageNational delegates Ralph Nader 744 39.91% 32Cynthia McKinney 474 25.43% -Kat Swift 60 3.22% -Jared Ball 42 2.25% -Kent Mesplay 39 2.09% -Elaine Brown 38 2.04% -Others 273 25.1% -No preference 194 10.41% -Blank votes (not tallied) grey 77 grey n/a grey n/aTotal1,941100%32 Working Families Party The Working Families Party did not have any candidates run in its presidential primary.PD43+ » Search Elections https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:2008/year_to:2008/office_id:1 PD43+ Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 5 March 2020 Campaign Predictions There were 16 news organizations who made state-by-state predictions of the election. Here are their last predictions before election day: +SourceRankingD.C. Political Report2009-01-01 D.C.'s Political Report: The complete source for campaign summaries. http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/Predictions.html 2021-08-23 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20090101161206/http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/Predictions.html 2009-01-01Likely DCook Political Report2015-05-05 Presidential http://cookpolitical.com/presidential 2021-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505003043/http://cookpolitical.com/presidential 2015-05-05Solid DThe Takeaway2009-04-22 Vote 2008 - The Takeaway - Track the Electoral College vote predictions http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2008/09/20/track-the-electoral-college-vote-predictions/ 2021-08-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090422070127/http://vote2008.thetakeaway.org/2008/09/20/track-the-electoral-college-vote-predictions/ 2009-04-22Solid DElectoral-vote.comElectoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily https://electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/Maps/Dec31.html 2021-08-23 electoral-vote.comSolid DWashington PostBased on TakeawaySolid DPoliticoPOLITICO's 2008 Swing State Map - POLITICO.com https://www.politico.com/convention/swingstate.html 2016-09-22 Politico.comSolid DRealClearPolitics http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=5 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080605003612/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_vs_mccain/?map=5 2008-06-05 RealClearPolitics - Electoral MapSolid DFiveThirtyEightSolid DCQ PoliticsCQ Presidential Election Maps, 2008 http://innovation.cq.com/prezMap08/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090614004022/http://innovation.cq.com/prezMap08 June 14, 2009 December 20, 2009 CQ PoliticsSolid DThe New York TimesNagourney Adam Zeleny Jeff Carter Shan 2008-11-04 The Electoral Map: Key States The New York Times http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/whos-ahead/key-states/map.html?scp=1&sq=electoral%20college%20map&st=cse May 26, 2010Solid DCNN2008-10-31 October – 2008 – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs CNN http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/ May 26, 2010 2010-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20100619013250/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/ deadSafe DNPRSolid DMSNBCSolid DFox NewsApril 27, 2010 Winning The Electoral College Fox News http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/winning-the-electoral-college/Likely DAssociated Pressroadto270 http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/campaign_plus/roadto270/ 2016-09-22 hosted.ap.org December 8, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081208002123/http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/campaign_plus/roadto270/ deadLikely DRasmussen ReportsElection 2008: Electoral College Update - Rasmussen Reports http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections2/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/election_2008_electoral_college_update 2016-09-22 Rasmussenreports.comSafe D Polling Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election#Massachusetts Statewide opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election: Massachusetts Very early on the election polls were tight,https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ma/massachusetts_mccain_vs_obama-575.html#polls 2008 - Massachusetts: McCain vs. Obama | RealClearPolitics with McCain even leading by 5 in one poll on January 21 and a tie in a poll on March 16, but Obama won every poll after March 18. He won each by a double-digit margin since August 8. The final 3 polls averaged Obama leading 56% to 36%.https://uselectionatlas.org/POLLS/PRESIDENT/2008/pollsa.php?fips=25 Election 2008 Polls - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Uselectionatlas.org June 17, 2026 Fundraising John McCain raised $4,072,206 in the state. Barack Obama raised $24,358,264.http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=MA&cand_id=P00000001 Presidential Campaign Finance 2009-08-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20090324090148/http://www.fec.gov/DisclosureSearch/MapAppState.do?stateName=MA&cand_id=P00000001 2009-03-24 dead Advertising and visits Obama spent $46,839 while the Republican ticket spent nothing.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/ad.spending/ CNN Map: Campaign Ad Spending - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com May 26, 2010 Neither campaign visited the state.http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/candidate.visits/ CNN Map: Campaign Candidate Visits - Election Center 2008 from CNN.com May 26, 2010 Analysis In terms of voting in presidential elections, Massachusetts is one of the most heavily Democratic states in the nation. Massachusetts is ethnically diverse, highly educated, and less religious. The Bay State has voted for the Democratic presidential nominee in every election since 1960 except for Ronald Reagan's landslide victories of 1980 and 1984. In 1972, only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia voted for Democratic U.S. Senator George McGovern as Republican Richard M. Nixon won reelection. Barack Obama won the state's 12 electoral votes with 61.80% of the vote to John McCain's 35.99%. This is slightly higher than Kerry's victory in 2004. Despite that, 4 counties in the state trended away from the Democratic party: Bristol, Plymouth, Norfolk, and Worcester. Both of Massachusetts's U.S. Senators and all 10 of its U.S. Representatives were Democrats, and Democrats held supermajorities in the Massachusetts Legislature. At the same time in 2008, incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry was reelected with 65.86% of the vote over Republican Jeff Beatty's 30.93% as were all of the state's delegates in the U.S. House of Representatives. At the state level, Democrats picked up three seats in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and one seat in the Massachusetts Senate. Results 2008 United States presidential election in MassachusettsPartyCandidateRunning mateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 1,904,098 61.80% 12 Republican John McCain Sarah Palin 1,108,854 35.99% 0 Independent Ralph Nader Matt Gonzalez 28,841 0.94% 0 Independent Others (Write-In) 14,483 0.47% 0 Libertarian Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root 13,189 0.43% 0 Green-Rainbow Cynthia McKinney Rosa Clemente 6,550 0.21% 0 Constitution Chuck Baldwin Darrell Castle 4,971 0.16% 0 Totals 3,080,985 100.00% 12 Voter turnout (Voting age population) 62.1% By county County Barack ObamaDemocratic John McCainRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Barnstable 74,264 56.11% 55,694 42.08% 2,395 1.81% 18,570 14.03% 132,353 Berkshire 49,558 74.94% 14,876 22.50% 1,696 2.56% 34,682 52.44% 66,130 Bristol 146,861 60.41% 90,531 37.24% 5,728 2.36% 56,330 23.17% 243,120 Dukes 7,913 74.98% 2,442 23.14% 198 1.88% 5,471 51.84% 10,553 Essex 208,976 59.12% 137,129 38.80% 7,357 2.08% 71,847 20.32% 353,462 Franklin 27,919 72.46% 9,545 24.77% 1,065 2.76% 18,374 47.69% 38,529 Hampden 121,454 61.43% 71,350 36.09% 4,916 2.49% 50,104 25.34% 197,720 Hampshire 56,869 71.47% 20,618 25.91% 2,083 2.62% 36,251 45.56% 79,570 Middlesex 464,484 63.98% 245,766 33.85% 15,781 2.17% 218,718 30.13% 726,031 Nantucket 4,073 67.30% 1,863 30.78% 116 1.92% 2,210 36.52% 6,052 Norfolk 200,675 58.18% 136,841 39.67% 7,400 2.15% 63,834 18.51% 344,916 Plymouth 131,817 52.77% 112,904 45.19% 5,096 2.04% 18,913 7.58% 249,817 Suffolk 207,128 76.94% 57,194 21.24% 4,900 1.82% 149,934 55.70% 269,222 Worcester 202,107 55.59% 152,101 41.83% 9,386 2.58% 50,006 13.76% 363,594Totals1,904,09861.80%1,108,85435.99%68,1172.21%795,24425.81%3,081,069 By congressional district right 300px Swing by county Legend #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% 300px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% Barack Obama swept all ten congressional districts in Massachusetts.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dHipTx_-PO3BiCN4VPQylGYvGkM5QGcvZRdNqaWIy78/edit?gid=0&usp=embed_facebook Massachusetts Docs.google.com June 17, 2026 District Representative McCain Obama Massachusetts 1 1 John Olver 33.54% 64.17% Massachusetts 2 2 Richard Neal 38.88% 59.04% Massachusetts 3 3 Jim McGovern 39.39% 58.74% Massachusetts 4 4 Barney Frank 34.67% 63.66% Massachusetts 5 5 Niki Tsongas 39.41% 58.92% Massachusetts 6 6 John F. Tierney 40.71% 57.65% Massachusetts 7 7 Ed Markey 33.34% 64.96% Massachusetts 8 8 Mike Capuano 13.74% 85.58% Massachusetts 9 9 Stephen Lynch 38.50% 60.37% Massachusetts 10 10 William Delahunt 43.60% 54.87% By municipality Town/cityBarack Obama DemocraticJohn McCain RepublicanOthersTotal votes%#%#%#Abington50.6%4,09446.5%3,7652.9%2388,097Acton67.8%7,89429.9%3,4772.3%26411,635Acushnet57.8%3,23237.7%2,1104.5%2515,593Adams74.8%3,06621.8%8933.4%1404,099Agawam52.3%7,59544.3%6,4283.4%48714,510Alford80.8%26117.6%571.5%5323Amesbury59.6%5,11137.6%3,2222.8%2388,571Amherst86.6%11,19810.1%1,3073.3%43212,937Andover55.5%10,17742.5%7,7982.0%36918,344Aquinnah89.5%2808.3%262.2%7313Arlington72.1%18,36525.1%6,4072.8%71625,488Ashburnham52.7%1,78743.8%1,4863.5%1173,390Ashby47.0%88549.5%9323.4%641,881Ashfield79.5%90317.4%1983.1%351,136Ashland59.7%5,06037.5%3,1842.8%2368,480Athol55.5%2,64741.0%1,9563.5%1684,771Attleboro55.1%10,52341.9%8,0032.9%55919,085Auburn53.6%4,79443.0%3,8493.4%3078,950Avon48.4%1,17347.8%1,1593.8%922,424Ayer55.8%1,89541.2%1,3973.0%1023,394Barnstable53.8%13,55944.0%11,0842.2%56625,209Barre52.0%1,40944.5%1,2053.5%952,709Becket70.1%67226.6%2553.3%32959Bedford60.7%4,51636.6%2,7182.7%2017,435Belchertown62.4%4,82934.7%2,6832.9%2217,733Bellingham51.9%4,36445.0%3,7833.2%2668,413Belmont68.1%9,40428.8%3,9823.1%42613,812Berkley48.4%1,58547.6%1,5584.0%1323,275Berlin52.6%87043.1%7124.3%711,653Bernardston68.2%84928.4%3543.4%421,245Beverly59.4%12,24737.7%7,7802.8%58720,614Billerica49.6%9,70047.5%9,2802.9%56619,546Blackstone52.2%2,22944.1%1,8853.7%1564,270Blandford48.4%33949.1%3442.6%18701Bolton55.2%1,59841.9%1,2142.9%832,895Boston78.6%185,97619.3%45,5482.1%5001236,525Bourne49.9%5,07647.7%4,8592.4%24410,179Boxborough62.7%1,79834.8%9962.5%722,866Boxford45.9%2,28651.9%2,5862.2%1094,981Boylston51.0%1,35245.9%1,2153.1%822,649Braintree49.4%9,29847.6%8,9643.0%57018,832Brewster58.5%3,90338.0%2,5353.4%2296,667Bridgewater48.6%5,88948.4%5,8613.0%36012,110Brimfield48.0%98447.8%9794.2%862,049Brockton69.0%23,29928.6%9,6462.4%80833,753Brookfield49.4%87546.8%8293.7%661,770Brookline80.4%22,48417.3%4,8422.3%64527,971Buckland72.8%78523.1%2494.1%441,078Burlington53.1%6,82244.4%5,7032.6%33012,855Cambridge87.5%40,87610.1%4,6972.5%115446,727Canton53.2%6,46044.4%5,3962.4%28812,144Carlisle65.2%2,11632.4%1,0532.4%773,246Carver47.5%2,93747.0%2,9015.5%3396,177Charlemont70.0%48625.2%1754.8%33694Charlton44.4%2,88352.6%3,4113.0%1926,486Chatham53.8%2,58544.1%2,1162.1%1014,802Chelmsford52.9%10,36044.5%8,7122.6%51119,583Chelsea73.4%5,92622.5%1,8204.1%3288,074Cheshire69.5%1,31826.8%5083.7%701,896Chester52.0%36943.7%3104.2%30709Chesterfield60.3%44436.0%2653.7%27736Chicopee60.4%14,17235.2%8,2684.4%103823,478Chilmark80.5%59716.8%1252.7%20742Clarksburg70.2%63526.1%2363.8%34905Clinton56.9%3,70139.4%2,5633.7%2426,506Cohasset51.5%2,38346.6%2,1561.9%904,629Colrain69.4%65426.0%2454.7%44943Concord70.3%7,43527.4%2,9032.3%24410,582Conway75.7%95221.7%2732.6%331,258Cummington69.5%37627.4%1483.1%17541Dalton71.7%2,55925.7%9162.6%923,567Danvers53.8%7,55843.4%6,0932.8%39914,050Dartmouth62.1%10,44235.0%5,8762.9%49216,810Dedham55.3%7,10841.7%5,3613.0%38812,857Deerfield71.5%2,19825.6%7863.0%913,075Dennis54.4%5,20942.8%4,0982.8%2669,573Dighton48.1%1,73247.8%1,7194.1%1473,598Douglas45.4%1,96251.7%2,2352.9%1254,322Dover50.8%1,74147.1%1,6142.1%733,428Dracut48.5%7,21648.9%7,2842.6%38414,884Dudley49.9%2,52546.7%2,3663.4%1745,065Dunstable49.1%91647.8%8923.1%581,866Duxbury50.5%4,77647.4%4,4792.1%1959,450East Bridgewater46.1%3,33251.3%3,7062.6%1867,224East Brookfield42.7%50655.0%6512.3%271,184East Longmeadow49.7%4,29647.6%4,1092.7%2358,640Eastham61.1%2,34936.8%1,4162.0%783,843Easthampton69.6%6,21427.0%2,4103.4%3058,929Easton50.7%6,11147.0%5,6672.3%28212,060Edgartown68.4%1,69229.1%7192.5%612,472Egremont77.7%65820.1%1702.2%19847Erving70.1%56526.8%2163.1%25806Essex55.2%1,22042.9%9471.9%422,209Everett64.2%8,33831.9%4,1403.9%50512,983Fairhaven62.3%5,29934.3%2,9143.5%2958,508Fall River71.0%22,59124.9%7,9334.1%130431,828Falmouth59.6%11,72538.1%7,5032.3%45819,686Fitchburg59.6%8,59637.3%5,3783.2%45814,432Florida62.1%26734.2%1473.7%16430Foxborough51.4%4,70246.1%4,2162.5%2319,149Framingham65.9%17,83931.2%8,4642.9%78227,085Franklin52.4%8,80044.9%7,5352.7%45816,793Freetown49.7%2,40546.1%2,2284.2%2054,838Gardner58.6%4,93637.6%3,1713.8%3218,428Georgetown49.7%2,35847.9%2,2712.5%1174,746Gill73.1%67223.9%2202.9%27919Gloucester63.5%9,96732.6%5,1133.9%60415,684Goshen65.8%40330.2%1853.9%24612Gosnold65.0%5232.5%262.5%280Grafton52.3%4,72244.9%4,0572.7%2489,027Granby54.9%1,96741.9%1,5023.2%1153,584Granville43.3%38152.6%4624.1%36879Great Barrington81.5%3,07415.2%5743.3%1263,774Greenfield72.9%6,24523.2%1,9874.0%3398,571Groton56.2%3,45039.7%2,4394.0%2486,137Groveland49.1%1,89848.3%1,8672.6%1023,867Hadley68.9%2,13828.2%8762.9%893,103Halifax47.1%1,92849.5%2,0263.5%1434,097Hamilton52.7%2,49444.8%2,1202.4%1144,728Hampden48.4%1,45048.7%1,4572.9%872,994Hancock62.2%24833.1%1324.8%19399Hanover44.1%3,60054.0%4,4112.0%1618,172Hanson46.9%2,57150.3%2,7582.8%1535,482Hardwick54.8%77641.1%5824.0%571,415Harvard63.2%2,20633.2%1,1583.6%1253,489Harwich55.7%4,53840.7%3,3143.6%2918,143Hatfield66.2%1,40531.0%6582.8%592,122Haverhill57.3%15,55239.8%10,8142.8%77227,138Hawley57.4%10136.9%655.7%10176Heath66.7%29630.6%1362.7%12444Hingham52.9%7,12945.2%6,0991.9%26013,488Hinsdale65.4%72330.0%3324.6%511,106Holbrook52.6%2,85844.0%2,3913.4%1825,431Holden51.2%5,36045.9%4,8052.9%30010,465Holland48.8%65447.4%6363.8%511,341Holliston58.4%4,83038.9%3,2192.7%2218,270Holyoke71.1%11,03425.8%4,0003.2%48915,523Hopedale54.4%1,84742.8%1,4512.8%963,394Hopkinton53.1%4,45544.7%3,7532.2%1868,394Hubbardston46.5%1,18849.8%1,2723.8%962,556Hudson57.4%5,63938.9%3,8263.7%3619,826Hull58.9%3,51137.9%2,2583.3%1945,963Huntington53.2%60842.2%4824.6%531,143Ipswich56.0%4,57341.4%3,3812.6%2138,167Kingston48.7%3,27949.0%3,3032.3%1546,736Lakeville42.8%2,45653.4%3,0603.8%2175,733Lancaster48.3%1,77548.2%1,7703.5%1293,674Lanesborough69.2%1,16428.8%4842.0%341,682Lawrence79.5%15,63218.4%3,6242.1%40419,660Lee72.1%2,19224.6%7483.3%1003,040Leicester51.1%2,82145.4%2,5033.5%1945,518Lenox75.5%2,30521.7%6622.8%843,051Leominster54.8%10,06342.0%7,7093.2%58018,352Leverett83.8%1,05313.4%1682.8%351,256Lexington72.3%12,98425.6%4,5932.1%38517,962Leyden72.4%34423.6%1124.0%19475Lincoln75.1%2,62722.6%7912.2%783,496Littleton57.0%2,96340.5%2,1062.4%1275,196Longmeadow57.0%5,51740.8%3,9462.2%2119,674Lowell64.7%20,64632.6%10,3932.7%86631,905Ludlow56.5%5,63840.5%4,0383.0%3009,976Lunenburg50.2%2,88947.0%2,7062.8%1615,756Lynn67.7%20,27629.1%8,7193.2%96129,956Lynnfield43.2%3,01854.6%3,8112.2%1556,984Malden67.2%13,86529.5%6,0753.3%68820,628Manchester-by-the-Sea59.8%2,04637.7%1,2902.5%853,421Mansfield51.8%6,05244.3%5,1763.9%45411,682Marblehead60.3%7,51337.4%4,6592.3%28812,460Marion57.6%1,80440.4%1,2662.0%643,134Marlborough57.2%9,36739.8%6,5203.1%50016,387Marshfield49.7%7,25548.1%7,0262.2%32314,604Mashpee52.7%4,29743.7%3,5643.5%2888,149Mattapoisett53.8%2,17742.8%1,7333.4%1374,047Maynard62.5%3,54934.7%1,9672.8%1585,674Medfield52.8%3,84844.8%3,2642.5%1817,293Medford65.0%17,59832.0%8,6553.0%81127,064Medway53.2%3,73644.4%3,1222.4%1687,026Melrose59.3%9,13937.9%5,8462.7%42015,405Mendon46.6%1,51350.5%1,6412.9%943,248Merrimac53.6%1,91843.3%1,5513.1%1123,581Methuen53.4%11,26344.1%9,3032.6%54321,109Middleborough45.1%5,15551.2%5,8573.7%42911,441Middlefield64.7%19432.7%982.7%8300Middleton45.4%1,98251.9%2,2662.7%1204,368Milford57.1%7,07340.0%4,9582.9%36312,394Millbury51.6%3,44044.9%2,9963.5%2336,669Millis54.1%2,49443.3%1,9962.6%1184,608Millville47.4%73349.9%7722.7%421,547Milton60.8%9,48636.9%5,7532.3%35215,591Monroe66.7%4031.7%191.7%160Monson53.7%2,41842.9%1,9313.4%1514,500Montague74.4%3,26122.1%9673.6%1574,385Monterey79.0%46418.6%1092.4%14587Montgomery45.8%23649.9%2574.3%22515Mount Washington77.1%9117.8%215.1%6118Nahant58.0%1,34338.3%8873.6%842,314Nantucket67.0%4,07330.6%1,8632.4%1456,081Natick62.8%11,40633.3%6,0503.9%69918,155Needham65.4%11,33132.6%5,6522.0%35317,336New Ashford66.2%9627.6%406.2%9145New Bedford72.5%24,88123.9%8,2013.6%124534,327New Braintree52.2%28944.8%2483.1%17554New Marlborough71.7%60125.4%2132.9%24838New Salem63.9%39530.7%1905.3%33618Newbury53.7%2,32643.5%1,8832.8%1204,329Newburyport65.0%7,11832.1%3,5172.8%30910,944Newton74.6%33,36023.0%10,2832.4%107744,720Norfolk46.7%2,50850.7%2,7232.5%1365,367North Adams76.0%4,51920.2%1,2033.8%2265,948North Andover51.6%7,77746.1%6,9392.3%34615,062North Attleborough49.7%7,09947.0%6,7133.3%47114,283North Brookfield45.5%1,09151.0%1,2243.5%832,398North Reading47.9%4,05650.0%4,2332.0%1718,460Northampton82.1%13,41214.6%2,3873.3%54216,341Northborough55.4%4,51641.7%3,4012.8%2328,149Northbridge47.6%3,62549.2%3,7483.2%2427,615Northfield70.4%1,22826.5%4633.1%541,745Norton50.7%4,54246.8%4,1942.5%2278,963Norwell46.5%2,94751.4%3,2632.1%1346,344Norwood55.1%7,94441.8%6,0333.1%44014,417Oak Bluffs71.8%1,93126.3%7061.9%512,688Oakham46.0%52049.7%5624.2%481,130Orange56.2%1,90340.3%1,3663.5%1183,387Orleans57.4%2,67740.1%1,8702.5%1174,664Otis58.7%50437.0%3184.3%37859Oxford49.7%3,23747.0%3,0613.3%2136,511Palmer54.4%3,22941.8%2,4813.8%2265,936Paxton48.7%1,26346.0%1,1945.4%1392,596Peabody56.0%14,81840.8%10,8003.1%82326,441Pelham83.9%75313.9%1252.1%19897Pembroke48.8%4,67248.7%4,6602.5%2389,570Pepperell47.8%3,02949.2%3,1163.0%1916,336Peru65.0%30531.6%1483.4%16469Petersham56.6%46640.2%3313.2%26823Phillipston52.0%50144.3%4273.7%36964Pittsfield75.5%15,66521.2%4,4043.2%66820,737Plainfield74.4%29422.5%893.0%12395Plainville49.2%2,11447.4%2,0363.4%1474,297Plymouth52.3%15,18045.2%13,1392.5%72229,041Plympton45.9%78751.6%8842.5%421,713Princeton50.8%1,13845.0%1,0084.2%952,241Provincetown86.9%2,06710.8%2562.4%562,379Quincy57.2%22,81039.0%15,5463.8%150939,865Randolph71.5%10,42426.1%3,8112.4%34714,582Raynham47.1%3,33649.8%3,5243.1%2167,076Reading55.5%7,69442.1%5,8312.4%33513,860Rehoboth50.0%3,14746.7%2,9453.3%2086,300Revere58.7%9,94136.9%6,2424.4%73916,922Richmond73.8%72022.9%2233.3%32975Rochester47.0%1,46749.8%1,5553.2%1013,123Rockland49.9%4,31846.6%4,0353.4%2988,651Rockport65.9%3,08831.4%1,4692.7%1284,685Rowe53.0%14039.4%1047.6%20264Rowley48.7%1,68149.0%1,6902.3%783,449Royalston57.4%39937.3%2595.3%37695Russell50.1%40945.3%3704.5%37816Rutland48.2%2,02749.5%2,0812.3%984,206Salem67.7%13,08029.0%5,6013.3%63519,316Salisbury53.8%2,27043.2%1,8233.1%1294,222Sandisfield61.2%27432.1%1446.7%30448Sandwich49.0%6,12647.5%5,9423.5%44012,508Saugus50.1%6,76946.8%6,3143.1%42113,504Savoy67.8%27427.5%1114.7%19404Scituate52.1%5,85045.6%5,1212.3%26311,234Seekonk54.8%4,06741.3%3,0613.9%2907,418Sharon65.1%6,62231.2%3,1793.7%37310,174Sheffield72.3%1,37823.7%4523.9%751,905Shelburne75.6%91620.3%2464.1%501,212Sherborn59.5%1,60938.0%1,0292.5%672,705Shirley51.2%1,60945.2%1,4213.6%1143,144Shrewsbury56.1%10,00040.9%7,2963.0%53317,829Shutesbury84.3%1,03812.5%1543.2%401,232Somerset61.8%6,36834.3%3,5373.9%39810,303Somerville80.7%26,66515.8%5,2153.6%118133,061South Hadley62.3%5,67135.1%3,1992.6%2409,110Southampton55.7%1,91141.3%1,4162.9%1013,428Southborough55.8%3,20141.5%2,3792.7%1525,732Southbridge63.4%4,46633.3%2,3463.3%2327,044Southwick46.3%2,26750.4%2,4673.3%1604,894Spencer49.4%2,79947.6%2,6973.1%1735,669Springfield75.8%39,51621.7%11,3312.4%127452,121Sterling45.8%2,15951.4%2,4232.8%1324,714Stockbridge79.6%99817.1%2143.3%411,253Stoneham54.5%6,62543.0%5,2312.5%30012,156Stoughton58.0%7,91538.8%5,2963.1%42513,636Stow57.6%2,31939.6%1,5922.8%1134,024Sturbridge52.6%2,73844.6%2,3222.8%1485,208Sudbury63.0%6,50235.0%3,6132.1%21210,327Sunderland76.2%1,43320.4%3833.4%641,880Sutton44.8%2,36251.9%2,7363.3%1765,274Swampscott62.3%5,10334.7%2,8443.0%2448,191Swansea57.1%4,88739.8%3,4083.1%2688,563Taunton58.3%13,24338.2%8,6773.6%81222,732Templeton50.9%1,90945.3%1,7013.8%1423,752Tewksbury48.4%7,62848.8%7,6832.8%43515,746Tisbury75.0%1,83022.2%5412.8%692,440Tolland46.4%12850.0%1383.6%10276Topsfield47.3%1,82447.6%1,8375.1%1983,859Townsend46.0%2,32650.8%2,5723.2%1625,060Truro73.0%1,05624.4%3532.6%371,446Tyngsborough48.0%2,95550.1%3,0852.0%1216,161Tyringham69.3%19428.2%792.5%7280Upton50.2%2,07746.6%1,9273.2%1314,135Uxbridge48.1%3,47648.8%3,5323.1%2267,234Wakefield54.4%7,74342.9%6,1182.7%38514,246Wales52.6%53743.7%4463.6%371,020Walpole48.3%6,60049.2%6,7122.5%34313,655Waltham62.6%15,27634.3%8,3833.1%74624,405Ware56.0%2,55240.0%1,8214.0%1824,555Wareham56.8%6,19940.3%4,3982.9%31710,914Warren50.5%1,18445.3%1,0624.1%972,343Warwick72.4%32824.3%1103.3%15453Washington73.5%25823.4%823.1%11351Watertown71.1%11,52026.2%4,2492.7%43116,200Wayland67.2%5,48830.3%2,4762.5%2048,168Webster51.6%3,46144.4%2,9754.0%2696,705Wellesley63.7%9,27033.6%4,8852.8%40514,560Wellfleet70.0%1,55027.0%5973.0%662,213Wendell83.5%47412.1%694.4%25568Wenham50.4%1,18247.2%1,1082.3%552,345West Boylston50.3%2,01947.1%1,8912.6%1044,014West Bridgewater42.6%1,70154.2%2,1633.2%1283,992West Brookfield49.7%1,01046.0%9364.3%872,033West Newbury54.4%1,50843.4%1,2022.2%622,772West Springfield54.9%6,75141.7%5,1283.3%41012,289West Stockbridge79.7%72016.8%1523.4%31903West Tisbury81.7%1,53116.0%2992.3%441,874Westborough58.6%5,30838.6%3,4962.9%2599,063Westfield52.6%9,30443.9%7,7623.5%62217,688Westford54.0%6,79543.7%5,5012.3%28612,582Westhampton61.1%68137.2%4141.7%191,114Westminster49.8%2,14446.3%1,9923.9%1664,302Weston60.0%3,90237.6%2,4462.4%1556,503Westport61.3%5,31935.6%3,0873.0%2648,670Westwood52.0%4,56445.4%3,9852.6%2268,775Weymouth52.7%14,72744.2%12,3583.0%84527,930Whately66.4%66029.2%2904.4%44994Whitman48.3%3,50448.7%3,5313.0%2147,249Wilbraham49.3%4,23047.3%4,0623.4%2928,584Williamsburg77.0%1,30919.5%3313.5%601,700Williamstown79.1%2,95718.9%7072.0%743,738Wilmington48.3%5,81249.2%5,9232.5%30712,042Winchendon53.1%2,29443.2%1,8663.8%1634,323Winchester59.0%7,38138.7%4,8462.2%28112,508Windsor71.5%39825.5%1423.1%17557Winthrop57.7%5,28439.2%3,5843.1%2849,152Woburn53.2%10,23744.0%8,4662.7%52619,229Worcester66.9%41,35229.9%18,4743.2%198261,808Worthington67.3%51029.3%2223.4%26758Wrentham47.2%2,91149.8%3,0733.0%1876,171Yarmouth53.4%7,54743.8%6,1872.9%40514,139 Electors List of 2008 United States presidential electors Technically the voters of Massachusetts cast their ballots for electors: representatives to the Electoral College. Massachusetts is allocated 12 electors because it has 10 congressional districts and 2 senators. All candidates who appear on the ballot or qualify to receive write-in votes must submit a list of 12 electors, who pledge to vote for their candidate and his or her running mate. Whoever wins the majority of votes in the state is awarded all 12 electoral votes. Their chosen electors then vote for president and vice president. Although electors are pledged to their candidate and running mate, they are not obligated to vote for them.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_ec.htm Electoral College 2008-11-01 California Secretary of State dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081030041546/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_ec.htm October 30, 2008 An elector who votes for someone other than his or her candidate is known as a faithless elector. The electors of each state and the District of Columbia met on December 15, 2008, to cast their votes for president and vice president. The Electoral College itself never meets as one body. Instead the electors from each state and the District of Columbia met in their respective capitols. The following were the members of the Electoral College from the state. All 12 were pledged to Obama and Biden:http://www.massdems.org/dsc/dscon_resources08.cfm https://web.archive.org/web/20081001215456/http://www.massdems.org/dsc/dscon_resources08.cfm 2008-10-01 Massachusetts Democratic Party Brenda Brathwaite Mary Ann Dube Patricia Marcus Faye Morrison Carol Pacheco Corinne Wingard John Brissette Raymond Jordan Joe Kaplan Melvin Poindexter Samuel Poulten Jason Whittet See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries Notes References 2008 Presidential Massachusetts