United States presidential elections in Massachusetts


Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Massachusetts, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1788, Massachusetts has participated in every U.S. presidential election.
Winners of the state are in bold.

Elections from 1864 to present

YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentOther national
candidates		VotesPercentElectoral
Votes		Notes
2020TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBD—
2016Donald Trump1,090,89332.81Hillary Clinton1,995,19660.01—11
2012Barack Obama1,921,29060.65Mitt Romney1,188,31437.51—11
2008Barack Obama1,904,09761.80John McCain1,108,85435.99—12
2004George W. Bush1,071,10936.78John Kerry1,803,80061.94—12
2000George W. Bush878,50232.50Al Gore1,616,48759.80—12
1996Bill Clinton1,571,76361.47Bob Dole718,10728.09Ross Perot227,2178.8912
1992Bill Clinton1,318,66247.54George H. W. Bush805,04929.03Ross Perot632,31222.812
1988George H. W. Bush1,194,64445.38Michael Dukakis1,401,40653.23—13
1984Ronald Reagan1,310,93651.22Walter Mondale1,239,60648.43—13
1980Ronald Reagan1,057,63141.90Jimmy Carter1,053,80241.75John B. Anderson382,53915.1514
1976Jimmy Carter1,429,47556.11Gerald Ford1,030,27640.44—14
1972Richard Nixon1,112,07845.23George McGovern1,332,54054.20—14
1968Richard Nixon766,84432.89Hubert Humphrey1,469,21863.01George Wallace87,0883.7314
1964Lyndon B. Johnson1,786,42276.19Barry Goldwater549,72723.44—14
1960John F. Kennedy1,487,17460.22Richard Nixon976,75039.55—16
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower1,393,19759.32Adlai Stevenson II948,19040.37T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors		——16
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower1,292,32554.22Adlai Stevenson II1,083,52545.46—16
1948Harry S. Truman1,151,78854.66Thomas E. Dewey909,37043.16Strom Thurmond——16
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt1,035,29652.80Thomas E. Dewey921,35046.99—16
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt1,076,52253.11Wendell Willkie939,70046.36—17
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt942,71651.22Alf Landon768,61341.76—17
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt800,14850.64Herbert Hoover736,95946.64—17
1928Herbert Hoover775,56649.15Al Smith792,75850.24—18
1924Calvin Coolidge703,47662.26John W. Davis280,83124.86Robert M. La Follette Sr.141,22512.5018
1920Warren G. Harding681,15368.55James M. Cox276,69127.84Parley P. Christensen——18
1916Woodrow Wilson247,88546.61Charles E. Hughes268,78450.54—18
1912Woodrow Wilson173,40835.53Theodore Roosevelt142,22829.14William H. Taft155,94831.9518
1908William H. Taft265,96658.21William Jennings Bryan155,54334.04—16
1904Theodore Roosevelt257,82257.92Alton B. Parker165,74637.24—16
1900William McKinley 238,86657.59William Jennings Bryan156,99737.85—15
1896William McKinley278,97669.47William Jennings Bryan105,71126.32—15
1892Grover Cleveland176,81345.22Benjamin Harrison202,81451.87James B. Weaver3,2100.8215
1888Benjamin Harrison183,89253.42Grover Cleveland151,59044.04—14
1884Grover Cleveland122,35240.33James G. Blaine146,72448.36—14
1880James A. Garfield165,19858.53Winfield S. Hancock111,72039.58James B. Weaver4,5481.6113
1876Rutherford B. Hayes150,06457.80Samuel J. Tilden108,77741.90—13
1872 Ulysses S. Grant133,45569.20Horace Greeley59,19530.69—13
1868Ulysses S. Grant136,37969.80Horatio Seymour59,10330.20—12
1864Abraham Lincoln126,74272.20George B. McClellan48,74527.80—12

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1860Abraham Lincoln106,68462.9Stephen A. Douglas34,37020.3John C. Breckinridge6,1633.6John Bell22,33113.213

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.
YearWinner VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentLoser VotesPercentElectoral
Votes
1824Andrew Jacksonno ballotsJohn Quincy Adams30,68772.97Henry Clayno ballotsWilliam H. Crawfordno ballots15

Elections from 1788-89 to 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all twenty-two of the electoral votes of Massachusetts, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.
YearWinner Loser Electoral
Votes		Notes
1820James Monroe—15Monroe effectively ran unopposed.
1816James MonroeRufus King22
1812James MadisonDeWitt Clinton22
1808James MadisonCharles C. Pinckney19
1804Thomas JeffersonCharles C. Pinckney19
1800Thomas JeffersonJohn Adams16
1796John AdamsThomas Jefferson16
1792George Washington—16Washington effectively ran unopposed.
1788-89George Washington—10Washington effectively ran unopposed.