2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
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Turnout73.2% Decrease
 
Nominee Barack Obama Mitt Romney
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Illinois Massachusetts
Running mate Joe Biden Paul Ryan
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 1,921,761 1,188,460
Percentage 60.67% 37.52%
President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Barack Obama
Democratic

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The 2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Massachusetts voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan.

Although Romney previously served as Massachusetts's Governor from 2003 to 2007, Massachusetts was considered to be a state Obama would win or a safe blue state. Obama ultimately won Massachusetts with 60.67% of the popular vote to Romney's 37.52%, thus winning the state's 11 electoral votes by a 23.15% margin of victory.[1] This was the first time a presidential candidate lost his home state since Al Gore lost Tennessee in the 2000 election. Romney also became the first Republican candidate to lose his home state since Richard Nixon lost his then-home state of New York to Hubert Humphrey in 1968.

Massachusetts has been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has maintained extremely large Democratic margins since 1996. This included rejecting a former governor, Mitt Romney. Massachusetts has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984. The 2012 election was also the sixth consecutive one (since 1992) in which the Democratic presidential candidate swept every one of the state's 14 counties. Romney became the first major party nominee to lose their home state by twenty or more percentage points in 80 years, which would happen again four years later when Donald Trump lost his then-home state of New York by 22 points.

Nevertheless, Romney's 37.52% vote share still stands as of the 2020 presidential election as the highest Republican vote share in Massachusetts since 1988. Romney's 4.20% defeat in Plymouth County represents, as of 2020, the closest a Republican presidential candidate has come to carrying any of Massachusetts' counties since 1988.

The 2012 presidential election marks the most recent cycle that Romney would stand for public office as a resident of Massachusetts. He would be on the ballot again in 2018, but as a candidate for U.S. senator from Utah. Despite Romney's expected wide loss, this is to date the best performance of a Republican presidential candidate in Massachusetts since George H. W. Bush in 1988, when he garnered more than 40% of the state's votes and won four of its counties (making him the most recent Republican to win any Massachusetts counties). Romney outperformed George W. Bush's vote share in 2004 by 0.74%, while Obama underperformed John Kerry's vote share by 1.27%. Obama's 23% margin was the smallest margin since 1992.

To date, this is the last time that the cities of Agawam and Palmer, and the towns of Acushnet, Blackstone, Chester, Freetown, Huntington, Leicester, Ludlow, Monroe, Monson, New Braintree, Russell, Swansea, Templeton, Wales, Ware, and Winchendon voted Democratic, and the last time the city of North Attleborough and the towns of Boxford, Boylston, Cohasset, Dover, Dunstable, Duxbury, Easton, Foxborough, Georgetown, Hamilton, Hingham, Holden, Hopkinton, Lancaster, Lunenburg, Marshfield, Medfield, Norfolk, North Andover, North Reading, Norwell, Paxton, Princeton, Sandwich, Scituate, Sturbridge, Topsfield, Upton, Walpole, Wenham, West Boylston, Westwood, Wilmington, and Wrentham voted Republican.

Primary elections

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Democratic primary

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See also: 2012 Democratic Party presidential primaries
2012 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary
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Candidate Barack Obama
Party Democratic
Home state Illinois
Delegate count 110
Popular vote 127,909
Percentage 86.50%
Massachusetts results by county
  Barack Obama

Incumbent president Barack Obama won the Massachusetts Democratic Primary with 81% of the vote.[2][3] He received no official opposition in the primary, with the other 19% of the vote going to "no preference," write-in candidates, or blank ballots. Through the primary and district caucuses, he won all of the state's 110 pledged delegates, which voted for him at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina (the state also had 26 superdelegates).[3]

Massachusetts Democratic primary, 2012[2][3]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Barack Obama (incumbent) 127,909 86.50% 110
No preference 16,075 10.87% 0
Write-ins 3,889 2.63% 0
Totals 147,873 100.00% 110

Republican primary

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See also: Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries
2012 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary
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43 Republican National Convention delegates
The number of delegates received is determined by the popular vote
 
Candidate Mitt Romney Rick Santorum Ron Paul
Home state Massachusetts Pennsylvania Texas
Delegate count 38 0 0
Popular vote 266,313 44,564 35,219
Percentage 71.89% 12.03% 9.51%
Romney
  40–50%
  50–60%
  60–70%
  70–80%

The 2012 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary was held on March 6, 2012.[4][5] Among the 41 delegates to the Republican National Convention, 38 are awarded proportionately among candidates getting at least 15% of the vote statewide, and another three super delegates are unbound.[6] As expected, Romney won Massachusetts by a landslide. He won the plurality in every town but 10 (Rick Santorum won seven, Ron Paul won two, and no candidate won one), and earned the majority in all but 53.[7]

Massachusetts Republican primary, 2012[8]
Candidate Votes Percentage Projected delegate count
AP CNN
[9] 		FOX
[10]
Mitt Romney 266,313 71.89% - 38 38
Rick Santorum 44,564 12.03% - 0 0
Ron Paul 35,219 9.51% - 0 0
Newt Gingrich 16,991 4.59% - 0 0
Jon Huntsman (withdrawn) 2,268 0.61% - 0 0
Rick Perry (withdrawn) 991 0.27% - 0 0
Michele Bachmann (withdrawn) 865 0.23% - 0 0
No preference 1,793 0.48% - 0 0
Blanks 818 0.22% - 0 0
Others 613 0.17% - 0 0
Unprojected delegates: 41 3 3
Total: 370,425 100.00% 41 41 41

Green-Rainbow primary

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See also: 2012 Green Party presidential primaries
2012 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary
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Candidate Jill Stein Kent Mesplay Harley Mikkelson
Party Green Green Green
Home state Massachusetts California
Delegate count 8 1 1
Popular vote 1,018 89 84
Percentage 67.06% 5.86% 5.53%

The 2012 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary was held on March 6, 2012.

Massachusetts Green-Rainbow primary, 2012[11]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates
Jill Stein 1,018 67.06% 8
No preference 232 15.28% 2
Kent Mesplay 89 5.86% 1
Harley Mikkelson 84 5.53% 1
Write-ins 95 6.26% 0
Totals 1,518 100.00% 11
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General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Huffington Post[12] Safe D November 6, 2012
CNN[13] Safe D November 6, 2012
New York Times[14] Safe D November 6, 2012
Washington Post[15] Safe D November 6, 2012
RealClearPolitics[16] Solid D November 6, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17] Solid D November 5, 2012
FiveThirtyEight[18] Solid D November 6, 2012

Results

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2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts[19]
Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Barack Obama (incumbent) Joe Biden (incumbent) 1,921,761 60.67% 11
Republican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1,188,460 37.52% 0
Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 30,920 0.98% 0
Green-Rainbow Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 20,691 0.65% 0
Others Others 6,552 0.21% 0
Totals 3,167,767 100.00% 11

By county

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County Barack Obama
Democratic 		Mitt Romney
Republican 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Barnstable 70,822 53.20% 60,446 45.41% 1,847 1.39% 10,376 7.79% 133,115
Berkshire 48,843 75.74% 14,252 22.10% 1,391 2.16% 34,591 53.64% 64,486
Bristol 143,433 59.39% 93,898 38.88% 4,178 1.73% 49,535 20.51% 241,509
Dukes 7,978 72.74% 2,792 25.46% 198 1.80% 5,186 47.28% 10,968
Essex 210,302 57.40% 150,480 41.07% 5,575 1.53% 59,822 16.33% 366,357
Franklin 27,072 71.70% 9,344 24.75% 1,342 3.55% 17,728 46.95% 37,758
Hampden 123,619 61.69% 73,392 36.62% 3,388 1.69% 50,227 25.07% 200,399
Hampshire 57,359 70.27% 21,480 26.32% 2,782 3.41% 35,879 43.95% 81,621
Middlesex 471,804 62.56% 267,321 35.45% 15,045 1.99% 204,483 27.11% 754,170
Nantucket 3,830 62.58% 2,187 35.74% 103 1.68% 1,643 26.84% 6,120
Norfolk 202,714 56.86% 148,393 41.62% 5,416 1.52% 54,321 15.24% 356,523
Plymouth 131,845 51.40% 121,086 47.20% 3,600 1.40% 10,759 4.20% 256,531
Suffolk 223,896 77.45% 59,999 20.75% 5,203 1.80% 163,897 56.70% 289,098
Worcester 198,244 53.71% 163,390 44.27% 7,478 2.02% 34,854 9.44% 369,112
Totals 1,921,761 60.67% 1,188,460 37.52% 57,546 1.82% 733,301 23.15% 3,167,767

By municipality

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County Barack Obama

Democratic

Mitt Romney

Republican

Various Candidates

Other parties

Total votes cast
% # % # % #
Abington 49.8% 4,104 49.1% 4,051 1.1% 89 8,244
Acton 65.7% 7,779 32.5% 3,851 1.8% 218 11,848
Acushnet 57.1% 3,021 41.3% 2,183 1.6% 85 5,289
Adams 77.1% 3,010 20.9% 818 2.0% 77 3,905
Agawam 50.8% 7,288 47.9% 6,870 1.4% 196 14,354
Alford 76.6% 233 21.1% 64 2.3% 7 304
Amesbury 57.4% 4,817 41.0% 3,446 1.6% 133 8,396
Amherst 82.8% 12,316 12.6% 1,872 4.7% 695 14,883
Andover 49.9% 9,287 48.7% 9,053 1.4% 258 18,598
Aquinnah 84.5% 251 12.8% 38 2.7% 8 297
Arlington 72.0% 18,580 25.8% 6,659 2.2% 560 25,799
Ashburnham 50.5% 1,621 47.6% 1,529 1.9% 62 3,212
Ashby 45.2% 827 52.5% 961 2.3% 42 1,830
Ashfield 79.6% 892 16.7% 187 3.7% 42 1,121
Ashland 58.2% 4,954 40.0% 3,407 1.8% 151 8,512
Athol 53.6% 2,525 43.9% 2,070 2.5% 117 4,712
Attleboro 54.2% 10,369 43.9% 8,406 1.8% 353 19,128
Auburn 51.2% 4,495 46.9% 4,116 1.9% 167 8,778
Avon 51.0% 1,221 47.2% 1,131 1.8% 42 2,394
Ayer 55.5% 2,023 42.7% 1,557 1.8% 64 3,644
Barnstable 50.5% 12,842 48.3% 12,290 1.2% 305 25,437
Barre 50.1% 1,343 47.7% 1,279 2.3% 61 2,683
Becket 70.7% 684 26.8% 259 2.5% 24 967
Bedford 58.2% 4,436 39.9% 3,046 1.9% 146 7,628
Belchertown 59.9% 4,542 38.0% 2,886 2.1% 159 7,587
Bellingham 50.0% 4,256 48.4% 4,119 1.6% 140 8,515
Belmont 64.7% 9,108 33.6% 4,728 1.7% 241 14,077
Berkley 47.6% 1,569 51.1% 1,686 1.3% 42 3,297
Berlin 50.9% 917 46.0% 830 3.1% 56 1,803
Bernardston 69.4% 809 28.2% 329 2.4% 28 1,166
Beverly 58.5% 12,075 40.2% 8,304 1.2% 256 20,635
Billerica 48.9% 9,774 49.6% 9,925 1.5% 299 19,998
Blackstone 51.5% 2,221 47.0% 2,027 1.6% 67 4,315
Blandford 45.5% 300 52.7% 348 1.8% 12 660
Bolton 50.5% 1,537 47.8% 1,457 1.7% 52 3,046
Boston 78.9% 196,096 19.4% 48,227 1.7% 4159 248,482
Bourne 46.8% 4,719 52.1% 5,252 1.1% 106 10,077
Boxborough 59.3% 1,737 38.7% 1,134 1.9% 57 2,928
Boxford 39.8% 2,049 59.0% 3,032 1.2% 61 5,142
Boylston 47.9% 1,284 50.1% 1,341 2.0% 53 2,678
Braintree 51.5% 10,015 47.4% 9,217 1.2% 229 19,461
Brewster 56.3% 3,669 42.2% 2,748 1.5% 100 6,517
Bridgewater 48.0% 5,774 50.7% 6,089 1.3% 157 12,020
Brimfield 43.9% 897 53.6% 1,094 2.5% 51 2,042
Brockton 73.7% 25,140 25.4% 8,668 0.9% 310 34,118
Brookfield 47.8% 822 49.6% 853 2.6% 45 1,720
Brookline 77.9% 21,761 20.5% 5,717 1.6% 457 27,935
Buckland 72.5% 750 24.4% 252 3.1% 32 1,034
Burlington 52.3% 6,971 46.5% 6,187 1.2% 160 13,318
Cambridge 86.1% 41,991 10.9% 5,340 3.0% 1456 48,787
Canton 52.2% 6,430 46.7% 5,752 1.1% 137 12,319
Carlisle 58.5% 1,959 39.4% 1,318 2.1% 71 3,348
Carver 47.5% 2,870 51.4% 3,107 1.1% 69 6,046
Charlemont 71.4% 456 26.0% 166 2.7% 17 639
Charlton 43.4% 2,910 54.6% 3,660 2.0% 136 6,706
Chatham 49.6% 2,287 49.4% 2,278 1.1% 49 4,614
Chelmsford 49.4% 9,606 49.0% 9,534 1.6% 319 19,459
Chelsea 80.7% 6,760 18.0% 1,510 1.3% 105 8,375
Cheshire 69.8% 1,216 28.3% 493 1.8% 32 1,741
Chester 50.1% 331 46.1% 305 3.8% 25 661
Chesterfield 63.5% 455 31.8% 228 4.6% 33 716
Chicopee 62.3% 14,292 35.9% 8,237 1.7% 394 22,923
Chilmark 80.5% 585 17.5% 127 2.1% 15 727
Clarksburg 71.5% 613 27.1% 232 1.4% 12 857
Clinton 57.6% 3,492 40.4% 2,451 2.0% 121 6,064
Cohasset 45.8% 2,226 53.4% 2,595 0.9% 42 4,863
Colrain 70.1% 618 26.3% 232 3.5% 31 881
Concord 66.4% 7,282 32.0% 3,509 1.5% 169 10,960
Conway 74.1% 926 23.0% 288 2.9% 36 1,250
Cummington 69.7% 368 26.3% 139 4.0% 21 528
Dalton 71.8% 2,433 26.2% 888 2.0% 67 3,388
Danvers 50.6% 7,344 48.1% 6,984 1.2% 179 14,507
Dartmouth 61.3% 9,817 37.2% 5,964 1.5% 243 16,024
Dedham 56.7% 7,718 42.0% 5,719 1.3% 174 13,611
Deerfield 69.7% 2,103 27.8% 839 2.5% 76 3,018
Dennis 52.9% 4,892 45.9% 4,244 1.2% 109 9,245
Dighton 48.0% 1,743 50.8% 1,842 1.2% 43 3,628
Douglas 42.0% 1,894 56.4% 2,542 1.6% 73 4,509
Dover 42.8% 1,531 56.1% 2,004 1.1% 39 3,574
Dracut 45.6% 6,925 52.9% 8,026 1.5% 224 15,175
Dudley 48.7% 2,466 50.2% 2,544 1.1% 57 5,067
Dunstable 43.4% 819 54.7% 1,034 1.9% 36 1,889
Duxbury 43.9% 3,543 55.2% 4,450 0.9% 72 8,065
East Bridgewater 45.8% 3,340 53.0% 3,867 1.2% 91 7,298
East Brookfield 40.9% 469 57.8% 662 1.3% 15 1,146
Eastham 59.5% 2,187 39.3% 1,446 1.2% 45 3,678
Easthampton 69.8% 6,281 27.4% 2,463 2.9% 258 9,002
East Longmeadow 46.9% 4,085 52.0% 4,523 1.1% 96 8,704
Easton 47.5% 5,690 51.4% 6,162 1.1% 137 11,989
Edgartown 66.3% 1,699 32.3% 827 1.4% 36 2,562
Egremont 80.5% 676 18.0% 151 1.5% 13 840
Erving 72.3% 557 26.0% 200 1.7% 13 770
Essex 53.5% 1,154 44.6% 962 1.9% 42 2,158
Everett 71.6% 9,392 27.3% 3,582 1.0% 136 13,110
Fairhaven 60.8% 5,019 37.3% 3,082 1.9% 154 8,255
Fall River 73.7% 21,724 24.9% 7,323 1.4% 420 29,467
Falmouth 56.8% 11,013 41.9% 8,130 1.3% 261 19,404
Fitchburg 59.2% 8,504 38.8% 5,574 2.0% 286 14,364
Florida 65.3% 254 32.6% 127 2.1% 8 389
Foxborough 49.1% 4,745 49.7% 4,798 1.2% 120 9,663
Framingham 66.2% 18,340 32.3% 8,938 1.5% 426 27,704
Franklin 49.4% 8,589 49.1% 8,549 1.5% 263 17,401
Freetown 49.7% 2,301 48.4% 2,241 1.9% 90 4,632
Gardner 57.2% 4,687 40.6% 3,323 2.2% 182 8,192
Georgetown 46.2% 2,272 52.4% 2,577 1.3% 66 4,915
Gill 72.8% 646 23.9% 212 3.3% 29 887
Gloucester 62.7% 9,680 35.7% 5,511 1.5% 236 15,427
Goshen 64.3% 395 32.2% 198 3.4% 21 614
Gosnold 56.3% 49 41.4% 36 2.3% 2 87
Grafton 51.4% 4,853 46.8% 4,427 1.8% 170 9,450
Granby 53.4% 1,862 45.0% 1,570 1.5% 54 3,486
Granville 42.0% 374 56.4% 502 1.6% 14 890
Great Barrington 81.3% 2,916 16.6% 595 2.1% 76 3,587
Greenfield 74.0% 6,175 22.7% 1,891 3.3% 274 8,340
Groton 52.4% 3,201 45.9% 2,806 1.7% 106 6,113
Groveland 45.9% 1,824 52.4% 2,080 1.7% 66 3,970
Hadley 69.0% 2,119 28.9% 886 2.1% 66 3,071
Halifax 47.3% 1,938 50.6% 2,071 2.1% 85 4,094
Hamilton 48.7% 2,163 49.6% 2,204 1.8% 79 4,446
Hampden 44.3% 1,286 54.0% 1,569 1.7% 50 2,905
Hancock 59.7% 228 37.2% 142 3.1% 12 382
Hanover 40.2% 3,342 59.0% 4,910 0.9% 71 8,323
Hanson 45.1% 2,512 53.9% 2,999 1.0% 57 5,568
Hardwick 54.2% 710 42.7% 559 3.1% 40 1,309
Harvard 60.1% 2,166 37.8% 1,362 2.1% 75 3,603
Harwich 54.0% 4,376 44.5% 3,607 1.4% 116 8,099
Hatfield 66.9% 1,362 31.4% 638 1.7% 35 2,035
Haverhill 55.7% 15,342 42.7% 11,758 1.6% 435 27,535
Hawley 63.6% 126 32.8% 65 3.5% 7 198
Heath 68.5% 292 29.1% 124 2.3% 10 426
Hingham 47.8% 6,750 51.2% 7,231 1.0% 135 14,116
Hinsdale 68.9% 728 28.1% 297 3.0% 32 1,057
Holbrook 55.0% 3,024 43.7% 2,402 1.3% 72 5,498
Holden 48.1% 5,055 50.4% 5,294 1.5% 154 10,503
Holland 44.8% 593 52.1% 690 3.1% 41 1,324
Holliston 55.9% 4,621 42.4% 3,502 1.7% 144 8,267
Holyoke 76.2% 12,492 22.2% 3,639 1.6% 257 16,388
Hopedale 51.7% 1,698 46.5% 1,527 1.7% 57 3,282
Hopkinton 48.5% 4,197 50.1% 4,334 1.4% 123 8,654
Hubbardston 44.6% 1,160 53.1% 1,381 2.3% 59 2,600
Hudson 56.4% 5,642 41.8% 4,183 1.9% 187 10,012
Hull 58.9% 3,576 39.8% 2,417 1.2% 75 6,068
Huntington 50.4% 554 43.6% 479 6.0% 66 1,099
Ipswich 53.2% 4,417 45.1% 3,742 1.6% 136 8,295
Kingston 45.6% 3,176 53.5% 3,724 0.9% 65 6,965
Lakeville 41.7% 2,411 57.1% 3,301 1.2% 72 5,784
Lancaster 46.5% 1,724 51.6% 1,914 1.9% 72 3,710
Lanesborough 71.7% 1,144 26.9% 430 1.4% 22 1,596
Lawrence 83.3% 18,240 15.8% 3,459 0.8% 185 21,884
Lee 73.8% 2,150 24.5% 713 1.7% 49 2,912
Leicester 49.8% 2,744 48.4% 2,667 1.7% 96 5,507
Lenox 76.0% 2,318 22.1% 675 1.8% 56 3,049
Leominster 52.5% 9,769 45.9% 8,540 1.6% 297 18,606
Leverett 80.9% 987 15.0% 183 4.1% 50 1,220
Lexington 69.4% 12,675 29.0% 5,287 1.6% 295 18,257
Leyden 73.4% 339 24.9% 115 1.7% 8 462
Lincoln 69.9% 2,558 28.8% 1,055 1.3% 47 3,660
Littleton 54.2% 2,915 43.8% 2,357 2.0% 110 5,382
Longmeadow 56.3% 4,851 42.5% 3,662 1.2% 101 8,614
Lowell 66.9% 22,597 31.3% 10,586 1.8% 595 33,778
Ludlow 54.1% 5,233 44.4% 4,295 1.5% 143 9,671
Lunenburg 46.6% 2,748 51.5% 3,038 1.8% 109 5,895
Lynn 72.2% 22,965 26.6% 8,463 1.2% 372 31,800
Lynnfield 38.2% 2,773 60.9% 4,419 0.9% 68 7,260
Malden 71.3% 14,940 27.3% 5,714 1.5% 314 20,968
Manchester 54.3% 1,886 44.3% 1,539 1.4% 48 3,473
Mansfield 49.5% 5,910 49.0% 5,855 1.5% 183 11,948
Marblehead 55.2% 6,824 43.9% 5,422 1.0% 118 12,364
Marion 53.5% 1,725 45.1% 1,456 1.4% 45 3,226
Marlborough 57.3% 9,576 41.1% 6,867 1.6% 263 16,706
Marshfield 46.7% 7,041 52.2% 7,866 1.1% 164 15,071
Mashpee 49.9% 4,133 49.0% 4,058 1.1% 89 8,280
Mattapoisett 51.6% 2,041 46.9% 1,855 1.4% 57 3,953
Maynard 62.8% 3,635 35.0% 2,023 2.2% 130 5,788
Medfield 46.5% 3,448 52.1% 3,864 1.4% 103 7,415
Medford 67.9% 18,613 30.3% 8,294 1.8% 494 27,401
Medway 50.0% 3,615 48.7% 3,519 1.4% 98 7,232
Melrose 60.2% 9,289 38.5% 5,936 1.3% 202 15,427
Mendon 44.5% 1,517 54.0% 1,840 1.4% 49 3,406
Merrimac 51.7% 1,844 46.5% 1,657 1.8% 65 3,566
Methuen 51.5% 11,048 47.4% 10,168 1.2% 254 21,470
Middleborough 45.5% 5,192 52.8% 6,029 1.7% 189 11,410
Middlefield 69.4% 202 26.5% 77 4.1% 12 291
Middleton 41.4% 1,909 57.5% 2,651 1.1% 50 4,610
Milford 55.6% 7,129 43.0% 5,504 1.4% 181 12,814
Millbury 50.3% 3,410 48.1% 3,262 1.7% 112 6,784
Millis 51.1% 2,421 47.1% 2,232 1.8% 83 4,736
Millville 46.1% 717 52.2% 813 1.7% 27 1,557
Milton 60.1% 9,499 38.7% 6,122 1.2% 182 15,803
Monroe 60.4% 32 39.6% 21 0.0% 0 53
Monson 50.7% 2,176 47.4% 2,032 1.9% 83 4,291
Montague 76.3% 3,213 20.7% 873 3.0% 126 4,212
Monterey 78.8% 417 18.3% 97 2.8% 15 529
Montgomery 43.4% 220 54.0% 274 2.6% 13 507
Mount Washington 76.9% 83 17.6% 19 5.6% 6 108
Nahant 59.7% 1,371 39.1% 897 1.2% 27 2,295
Nantucket 62.8% 3,828 35.8% 2,185 1.4% 84 6,097
Natick 62.2% 11,600 36.2% 6,757 1.5% 285 18,642
Needham 60.4% 10,207 38.5% 6,513 1.1% 183 16,903
New Ashford 69.9% 107 26.1% 40 3.9% 6 153
New Bedford 75.9% 25,205 22.7% 7,541 1.4% 474 33,220
New Braintree 50.6% 283 46.0% 257 3.4% 19 559
Newbury 51.3% 2,272 47.4% 2,100 1.4% 60 4,432
Newburyport 61.6% 6,784 36.9% 4,059 1.5% 168 11,011
New Marlborough 68.4% 572 28.7% 240 2.9% 24 836
New Salem 62.9% 381 33.8% 205 3.3% 20 606
Newton 71.4% 32,099 27.0% 12,154 1.6% 710 44,963
Norfolk 42.5% 2,424 56.1% 3,199 1.3% 75 5,698
North Adams 77.5% 4,427 20.0% 1,144 2.4% 139 5,710
Northampton 82.4% 13,110 13.7% 2,179 3.9% 626 15,915
North Andover 46.2% 6,991 52.8% 7,992 1.0% 148 15,131
North Attleborough 46.7% 6,602 51.8% 7,331 1.5% 214 14,147
Northborough 52.3% 4,387 46.1% 3,872 1.6% 135 8,394
Northbridge 44.8% 3,408 53.5% 4,072 1.7% 127 7,607
North Brookfield 44.4% 1,050 53.7% 1,271 1.9% 46 2,367
Northfield 68.5% 1,115 29.1% 473 2.4% 39 1,627
North Reading 45.6% 3,986 53.1% 4,641 1.3% 114 8,741
Norton 49.2% 4,454 49.1% 4,449 1.6% 149 9,052
Norwell 42.0% 2,714 57.0% 3,684 1.0% 62 6,460
Norwood 55.5% 8,098 43.1% 6,292 1.4% 206 14,596
Oak Bluffs 70.3% 1,955 28.6% 795 1.1% 31 2,781
Oakham 44.4% 509 53.1% 609 2.4% 28 1,146
Orange 56.2% 1,818 41.0% 1,325 2.8% 92 3,235
Orleans 55.9% 2,496 43.0% 1,922 1.1% 49 4,467
Otis 59.0% 489 37.5% 311 3.5% 29 829
Oxford 48.1% 3,125 50.2% 3,261 1.7% 108 6,494
Palmer 53.6% 3,020 44.0% 2,482 2.4% 134 5,636
Paxton 44.7% 1,119 54.1% 1,354 1.2% 29 2,502
Peabody 55.8% 15,010 43.2% 11,616 1.0% 264 26,890
Pelham 82.1% 728 14.9% 132 3.0% 27 887
Pembroke 46.9% 4,574 52.0% 5,073 1.1% 112 9,759
Pepperell 45.3% 2,936 52.9% 3,426 1.9% 120 6,482
Peru 68.4% 324 28.7% 136 3.0% 14 474
Petersham 55.4% 451 41.5% 338 3.1% 25 814
Phillipston 48.8% 464 49.3% 469 1.9% 18 951
Pittsfield 78.0% 15,600 20.2% 4,044 1.7% 344 19,988
Plainfield 74.3% 286 21.6% 83 4.2% 16 385
Plainville 47.0% 2,068 51.6% 2,269 1.3% 59 4,396
Plymouth 50.8% 15,106 47.9% 14,258 1.3% 372 29,736
Plympton 44.6% 776 53.4% 928 2.0% 34 1,738
Princeton 48.3% 1,112 49.9% 1,148 1.8% 42 2,302
Provincetown 89.1% 2,121 8.8% 210 2.1% 49 2,380
Quincy 61.5% 24,714 36.9% 14,816 1.6% 626 40,156
Randolph 75.6% 11,430 23.5% 3,550 0.9% 133 15,113
Raynham 46.2% 3,217 52.5% 3,657 1.3% 93 6,967
Reading 52.2% 7,447 46.6% 6,640 1.2% 170 14,257
Rehoboth 46.5% 2,912 51.9% 3,246 1.6% 99 6,257
Revere 65.9% 11,141 32.9% 5,560 1.2% 196 16,897
Richmond 74.5% 688 24.5% 226 1.0% 9 923
Rochester 43.6% 1,362 54.5% 1,704 1.9% 59 3,125
Rockland 52.4% 4,526 46.2% 3,989 1.4% 125 8,640
Rockport 62.9% 2,982 35.2% 1,670 1.9% 92 4,744
Rowe 58.1% 140 38.2% 92 3.7% 9 241
Rowley 44.6% 1,596 54.0% 1,935 1.4% 51 3,582
Royalston 57.8% 391 39.5% 267 2.7% 18 676
Russell 49.2% 388 49.0% 386 1.8% 14 788
Rutland 46.3% 2,071 52.1% 2,329 1.6% 71 4,471
Salem 69.1% 13,429 29.0% 5,635 1.9% 371 19,435
Salisbury 53.3% 2,278 45.3% 1,938 1.4% 61 4,277
Sandisfield 64.6% 294 33.8% 154 1.5% 7 455
Sandwich 46.7% 5,802 52.2% 6,492 1.1% 139 12,433
Saugus 50.9% 6,957 48.0% 6,557 1.0% 142 13,656
Savoy 67.9% 241 29.0% 103 3.1% 11 355
Scituate 48.8% 5,528 50.0% 5,659 1.2% 134 11,321
Seekonk 51.9% 3,772 46.5% 3,382 1.6% 115 7,269
Sharon 63.4% 6,558 35.4% 3,659 1.2% 121 10,338
Sheffield 70.5% 1,291 27.5% 503 2.1% 38 1,832
Shelburne 77.0% 873 19.9% 226 3.1% 35 1,134
Sherborn 53.9% 1,430 44.4% 1,179 1.7% 44 2,653
Shirley 49.6% 1,553 47.3% 1,482 3.0% 95 3,130
Shrewsbury 53.6% 9,674 45.2% 8,154 1.3% 226 18,054
Shutesbury 82.2% 1,028 12.5% 156 5.3% 66 1,250
Somerset 61.5% 6,091 37.1% 3,674 1.4% 142 9,907
Somerville 82.2% 28,467 14.1% 4,865 3.7% 1290 34,622
Southampton 53.3% 1,861 45.3% 1,584 1.4% 49 3,494
Southborough 50.6% 2,935 47.9% 2,782 1.5% 87 5,804
Southbridge 64.4% 4,256 34.7% 2,291 0.9% 57 6,604
South Hadley 61.2% 5,362 37.1% 3,252 1.7% 147 8,761
Southwick 41.8% 2,050 56.5% 2,770 1.7% 81 4,901
Spencer 47.3% 2,617 50.4% 2,785 2.3% 128 5,530
Springfield 79.7% 42,963 19.2% 10,372 1.1% 573 53,908
Sterling 42.5% 2,029 55.9% 2,667 1.7% 79 4,775
Stockbridge 78.1% 944 18.7% 226 3.1% 38 1,208
Stoneham 53.6% 6,634 45.1% 5,580 1.2% 154 12,368
Stoughton 58.5% 8,119 40.3% 5,591 1.3% 180 13,890
Stow 55.2% 2,348 43.0% 1,831 1.8% 77 4,256
Sturbridge 47.9% 2,514 49.9% 2,615 2.2% 116 5,245
Sudbury 57.5% 6,026 41.4% 4,341 1.1% 115 10,482
Sunderland 73.2% 1,363 21.7% 404 5.1% 95 1,862
Sutton 40.7% 2,181 57.6% 3,087 1.7% 89 5,357
Swampscott 59.7% 4,899 39.0% 3,202 1.3% 105 8,206
Swansea 57.2% 4,512 41.5% 3,269 1.3% 101 7,882
Taunton 59.6% 13,479 38.8% 8,783 1.6% 358 22,620
Templeton 49.2% 1,857 49.0% 1,851 1.8% 69 3,777
Tewksbury 46.9% 7,540 51.8% 8,332 1.3% 209 16,081
Tisbury 74.2% 1,845 23.9% 595 1.8% 45 2,485
Tolland 39.6% 110 55.8% 155 4.7% 13 278
Topsfield 44.9% 1,800 54.0% 2,164 1.1% 46 4,010
Townsend 42.4% 2,087 55.4% 2,725 2.3% 111 4,923
Truro 71.0% 1,041 27.2% 399 1.8% 27 1,467
Tyngsborough 45.1% 2,837 53.4% 3,361 1.5% 95 6,293
Tyringham 67.1% 173 32.9% 85 0.0% 0 258
Upton 47.3% 1,985 50.8% 2,132 1.9% 79 4,196
Uxbridge 46.3% 3,325 51.9% 3,728 1.8% 128 7,181
Wakefield 51.7% 7,486 47.0% 6,806 1.3% 186 14,478
Wales 51.7% 479 46.8% 434 1.5% 14 927
Walpole 45.5% 6,360 53.3% 7,456 1.2% 168 13,984
Waltham 62.8% 15,748 35.2% 8,816 2.0% 502 25,066
Ware 56.2% 2,390 42.0% 1,783 1.8% 76 4,249
Wareham 55.9% 6,069 42.7% 4,632 1.4% 155 10,856
Warren 52.9% 1,219 43.5% 1,002 3.6% 82 2,303
Warwick 73.7% 334 24.1% 109 2.2% 10 453
Washington 75.9% 239 21.9% 69 2.2% 7 315
Watertown 71.1% 11,878 27.0% 4,516 1.9% 322 16,716
Wayland 62.4% 5,153 36.0% 2,975 1.6% 132 8,260
Webster 51.8% 3,476 46.4% 3,111 1.8% 119 6,706
Wellesley 56.7% 8,243 42.2% 6,144 1.1% 162 14,549
Wellfleet 69.9% 1,568 27.6% 619 2.5% 55 2,242
Wendell 76.6% 425 12.6% 70 10.8% 60 555
Wenham 44.8% 1,058 53.6% 1,265 1.5% 36 2,359
Westborough 55.8% 4,999 42.6% 3,818 1.5% 135 8,952
West Boylston 48.7% 2,029 50.0% 2,083 1.3% 55 4,167
West Bridgewater 43.8% 1,734 54.8% 2,169 1.3% 52 3,955
West Brookfield 49.5% 964 48.8% 950 1.6% 32 1,946
Westfield 52.0% 9,228 46.1% 8,178 1.9% 329 17,735
Westford 49.5% 6,385 48.8% 6,295 1.7% 216 12,896
Westhampton 60.4% 639 36.4% 385 3.2% 34 1,058
Westminster 45.4% 1,940 52.5% 2,245 2.1% 91 4,276
West Newbury 50.0% 1,383 48.7% 1,347 1.3% 37 2,767
Weston 51.2% 3,390 47.7% 3,159 1.1% 72 6,621
Westport 59.1% 5,074 39.3% 3,372 1.6% 141 8,587
West Springfield 53.6% 6,170 44.9% 5,169 1.5% 176 11,515
West Stockbridge 79.8% 707 18.2% 161 2.0% 18 886
West Tisbury 79.5% 1,571 18.8% 371 1.7% 33 1,975
Westwood 48.2% 4,337 50.6% 4,549 1.2% 106 8,992
Weymouth 54.4% 15,130 44.3% 12,341 1.3% 361 27,832
Whately 65.2% 626 31.4% 301 3.4% 33 960
Whitman 49.2% 3,654 49.2% 3,652 1.6% 117 7,423
Wilbraham 45.6% 3,745 52.8% 4,332 1.6% 128 8,205
Williamsburg 76.4% 1,239 20.0% 324 3.6% 59 1,622
Williamstown 80.9% 3,012 17.2% 640 1.9% 71 3,723
Wilmington 47.2% 5,890 51.5% 6,437 1.3% 162 12,489
Winchendon 51.5% 2,142 46.5% 1,933 2.0% 85 4,160
Winchester 54.8% 7,000 43.9% 5,602 1.3% 165 12,767
Windsor 73.8% 385 24.3% 127 1.9% 10 522
Winthrop 58.6% 5,211 40.2% 3,575 1.2% 109 8,895
Woburn 53.5% 10,291 45.2% 8,707 1.3% 245 19,243
Worcester 69.0% 40,568 29.2% 17,155 1.8% 1033 58,756
Worthington 66.5% 481 28.8% 208 4.7% 34 723
Wrentham 42.7% 2,704 55.9% 3,535 1.4% 89 6,328
Yarmouth 51.8% 7,183 47.0% 6,526 1.2% 163 13,872

By congressional district

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Obama won all 9 congressional districts.[20]

District Obama Romney Representative
1st 63.96% 34.27% Richard Neal
2nd 58.7% 39.18% Jim McGovern
3rd 56.91% 41.41% Niki Tsongas
4th 57.24% 41.29% Joseph Kennedy III
5th 65.19% 33.13% Ed Markey
6th 54.74% 43.89% John F. Tierney
7th 82.46% 15.64% Mike Capuano
8th 57.78% 40.85% Stephen Lynch
9th 55.54% 43.14% William R. Keating

See also

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Notes

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References

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