2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
2012 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Turnout 73.2%
County Results
Municipality Results
Precinct Results
Obama
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
90–100%
Romney
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Tie
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 , with the only Republican to carry the state since then being Ronald Reagan , in 1980 and 1984 . The Democratic nominee has won the state by over 20% in every election from 1996 on, and has swept every county in the state from 1992 on.
In 2012, Massachusetts continued its streak of voting solidly Democratic in presidential elections by rejecting its former governor, Mitt Romney. 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 2024 presidential election as the highest Republican vote share in Massachusetts since 1988 . Romney's 4.20% defeat in Plymouth County was the closest a Republican came to carrying any of Massachusetts' counties between 1988 and 2024 (when Donald Trump lost Bristol County by 1.3%).[ 2]
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.
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
Democratic primary
2012 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary
Massachusetts results by county
Barack Obama
Incumbent president Barack Obama won the Massachusetts Democratic Primary with 81% of the vote.[ 3] [ 4] 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 ).[ 4]
Massachusetts Democratic primary, 2012[ 3] [ 4]
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
2012 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary
Romney 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
The 2012 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary was held on March 6, 2012.[ 5] [ 6] 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.[ 7] 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.[ 8]
Green-Rainbow primary
The 2012 Massachusetts Green-Rainbow presidential primary was held on March 6, 2012.
Massachusetts Green-Rainbow primary, 2012[ 12]
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
General election
Predictions
Results
By county
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
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
Obama won all 9 congressional districts.[ 21]
See also
Notes
References
^ "2012 Presidential Election – Massachusetts" . Politico. Retrieved November 22, 2012 .
^ Leip, Dave (November 29, 2024). "2024 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts" . Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . Retrieved November 29, 2024 .
^ a b "PD43+ » 2012 President Democratic Primary" . PD43+ . Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved March 6, 2020 .
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