MASSACHUSETTS 12 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Secretary of the Commonwealth)
Total Population, April 1, 2001                    6,349,097
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000              4,749,000   % change from '96 +2.1
Total Registration, Oct. 2000                      4,008,796
Dem. 1,460,881 (36.4%)   Rep. 546,333 (13.6%)   Lib. 16,071 (0.4%)   Unenrolled, Other 1,985,511(49.5%)
Massachusetts has: 43 cities and 308 towns; 14 counties.
Five largest counties: Middlesex, Worcester, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk.
Five largest cities: Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, New Bedford.

Government
Governor: Paul Cellucci (R) re-elected in 1998.
State Legislature: The General Court of the Commonwealth of Mass.   House: 131D, 27R, 1o, 1v  Senate: 33D, 7R 
Local: Communities   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 10D - 1. J.Olver (D) | 2. R.Neal (D) | 3. J.McGovern (D) | 4. B.Frank (D) | 5. M.Meehan (D) | 6. J.Tierney (D) | 7. E.Markey (D) | 8. M.Capuano (D) | 9. J.Moakley (D) | 10. W.Delahunt (D).
U.S. Senate: Edward M. Kennedy (D) up for re-election in 2000, John Kerry (D) first elected 1984, up for re-election in 2002. 
Changes as of the November 2000 Elections
Governor: On Feb. 13, 2001, Pres. Bush announced he would nominate Gov. Cellucci as Ambassador to Canada.  The Senate confirmed Cellucci in April, and Lt. Gov. Jane Swift (R) became governor. 
State Legislature: All 160 House seats and all 40 Senate seats were up.  Democrats continued to dominate both houses by wide margins.  House   Senate: 34D, 6R. 
U.S. House: No changes to the delegation.  5 of 10 members did not face a major party challenger.
U.S. Senate: Sen.Edward M. Kennedy (D) re-elected to sixth full term (first elected 1962).

 Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Secretary of the Commonwealth

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Libertarian Party of MA
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Reform Party of MA

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  The Bay State

 

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Clinton (Dem.).....1,571,763
(61.47)
Dole (Rep.)............718,107
(28.08)
Perot (Ref.)............227,217 
(8.89)
Others (3+w/ins)......39,699
(1.55)
Total........2,556,786
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1992
Clinton (Dem.).....1,318,639
(47.54)
Bush (Rep.)............805,039 
(29.02)
Perot.....................630,731 
(22.74)
Others (5+w/ins)......19,255
(0.69)
Total........2,773,664
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Results
2000
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
 16,366
(0.61)
Buchanan/Higgins,Sr.(Ref.)
 11,149
(0.41)
Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
 878,502
(32.50)
+Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
 1,616,487
(59.80)
Hagelin/Tompkins (Unenr.)
2,884
(0.11)
Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)
173,564
(6.42)
McReynolds/Hollis (w/in)
42
 - 
All others
3,990
 (0.15)
Total........2,702,984

Including 31,022 blanks, 2,734,006 total votes were cast.

Overview
Solidly Democratic Massachusetts went solidly for Gore as he won the state's 12 electoral votes with a plurality of 737,985 votes (27.30 percentage points).  Gore carried all counties.  Ralph Nader's 6.42% was his third best showing of any state.  Massachusetts came to the fore on Oct. 3 when the first presidential debate was held at UMass in Boston; both sides mobilized their supporters, and Ralph Nader, Pat Buchanan and Harry Browne were also on hand in the city.  Gore and Lieberman had also visited the state earlier, holding a rally and a fundraising gala in Boston on Sept. 13.

(State primary held on Sept. 19, 2000)


Presidential Preference Primary: Tuesday, March 7, 2000
 

Republicans
 

 

Total Vote
Percent
Gary Bauer1
1,744
0.35%
George W. Bush
159,534
31.61%
Steve Forbes1
1,407
0.28%
Orrin Hatch1
262
0.05%
Alan Keyes
12,630
2.50%
+John McCain
324,708
64.34%
No Preference
1,292
0.26%
All Others
374
0.07%
Blanks
2,695
0.53%
Total
504,713
1. Candidate withdrew before primary but was on ballot.
Total Delegates 
37of 2,066 (1.8%).
 
 
 

Delegate Selection Rules and Procedures

 


Democrats
 
Total Vote
Percent
Bill Bradley
212,452
36.57%
+Al Gore
341,586
58.80%
Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.
2,135
0.37%
No Preference
11,281
1.94%
All Others
2,620
0.45%
Blanks
9,387
1.62%
Total
580,921
 
Total Pledged Delegates
93 of 3,537 (2.6%).
Total Delegates
118 of 4,335 (2.7%).
 
 
 

 



Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.