Snapshot: Democrats as a % of voters, 2010

By Matt Carroll , Boston Globe | Dec. 8, 2011

Cambridge, Provincetown, and Fall River have the highest percent of voters who are Democrats, according to information from the state. Many towns with the low percents are in western Massachusetts. The data is from 2010.

Community Democrat % Rank Registered voters Democrats ABINGTON 28.90% 145 10,468 3,022 ACTON 28.20% 155 13,767 3,881 ACUSHNET 36.80% 59 7,476 2,748 ADAMS 36.20% 66 5,996 2,171 AGAWAM 29.90% 129 20,902 6,247 ALFORD 39.30% 46 392 154 AMESBURY 27.90% 159 11,847 3,311 AMHERST 49.50% 14 17,508 8,675 ANDOVER 26.70% 178 22,606 6,028 AQUINNAH 34.90% 80 393 137 ARLINGTON 47.80% 17 29,421 14,062 ASHBURNHAM 23.50% 247 4,238 995 ASHBY 16.20% 344 2,379 385 ASHFIELD 31.20% 113 1,311 409 ASHLAND 28.40% 152 10,577 3,005 ATHOL 23.10% 253 6,598 1,527 ATTLEBORO 26.10% 188 25,988 6,774 AUBURN 29.80% 133 11,624 3,464 AVON 33.70% 98 3,041 1,024 AYER 25.20% 199 4,905 1,238 BARNSTABLE 25.10% 204 31,168 7,811 BARRE 25.60% 195 3,445 881 BECKET 27.90% 159 1,263 352 BEDFORD 28.00% 157 9,430 2,640 BELCHERTOWN 29.30% 137 9,332 2,737 BELLINGHAM 27.90% 159 10,543 2,941 BELMONT 36.60% 62 16,594 6,068 BERKLEY 23.70% 235 4,201 996 BERLIN 19.40% 321 2,014 390 BERNARDSTON 18.40% 334 1,542 283 BEVERLY 27.70% 166 24,843 6,893 BILLERICA 30.20% 123 24,526 7,408 BLACKSTONE 29.00% 142 6,158 1,783 BLANDFORD 18.10% 337 850 154 BOLTON 20.50% 301 3,250 665 BOSTON 55.30% 4 371,146 205,199 BOURNE 23.20% 252 13,189 3,065 BOXBOROUGH 24.20% 224 3,406 824 BOXFORD 15.80% 347 5,980 947 BOYLSTON 19.80% 314 3,101 613 BRAINTREE 37.60% 51 25,269 9,493 BREWSTER 25.30% 198 8,048 2,036 BRIDGEWATER 26.90% 176 15,679 4,210 BRIMFIELD 22.00% 279 2,581 569 BROCKTON 50.50% 11 53,304 26,902 BROOKFIELD 21.80% 287 2,320 505 BROOKLINE 48.40% 16 41,066 19,873 BUCKLAND 26.90% 176 1,299 349 BURLINGTON 31.00% 116 16,378 5,072 CAMBRIDGE 58.60% 1 62,832 36,805 CANTON 34.00% 91 15,411 5,235 CARLISLE 25.00% 207 3,704 927 CARVER 24.30% 221 8,854 2,148 CHARLEMONT 22.40% 271 831 186 CHARLTON 20.50% 301 9,168 1,878 CHATHAM 20.00% 311 5,641 1,128 CHELMSFORD 24.40% 220 23,699 5,788 CHELSEA 55.30% 4 12,003 6,641 CHESHIRE 27.90% 159 2,317 646 CHESTER 20.80% 298 925 192 CHESTERFIELD 22.80% 261 857 195 CHICOPEE 41.20% 38 34,645 14,265 CHILMARK 44.10% 31 878 387 CLARKSBURG 21.20% 296 1,136 241 CLINTON 34.60% 83 9,506 3,291 COHASSET 22.20% 274 5,516 1,226 COLRAIN 24.60% 217 1,175 289 CONCORD 35.30% 72 12,255 4,328 CONWAY 38.30% 49 1,518 582 CUMMINGTON 23.90% 232 641 153 DALTON 30.50% 121 4,580 1,399 DANVERS 23.70% 235 18,256 4,320 DARTMOUTH 37.70% 50 23,989 9,049 DEDHAM 37.10% 56 16,714 6,195 DEERFIELD 30.80% 118 3,639 1,119 DENNIS 25.00% 207 11,593 2,897 DIGHTON 25.90% 191 4,639 1,201 DOUGLAS 19.70% 316 6,310 1,241 DOVER 19.20% 324 3,955 758 DRACUT 32.10% 110 20,117 6,465 DUDLEY 28.30% 154 7,037 1,992 DUNSTABLE 18.90% 328 2,164 410 DUXBURY 20.00% 311 11,080 2,213 EAST BRIDGEWATER 23.70% 235 9,236 2,190 EAST BROOKFIELD 22.00% 279 1,512 332 EASTHAM 28.70% 148 4,276 1,228 EASTHAMPTON 35.10% 77 11,439 4,010 EAST LONGMEADOW 28.50% 150 11,145 3,171 EASTON 27.00% 175 15,141 4,090 EDGARTOWN 34.00% 91 3,228 1,096 EGREMONT 36.90% 58 948 350 ERVING 23.40% 248 1,105 259 ESSEX 20.50% 301 2,613 536 EVERETT 51.50% 9 18,995 9,787 FAIRHAVEN 35.50% 71 10,890 3,864 FALL RIVER 56.50% 3 49,203 27,796 FALMOUTH 30.00% 127 26,038 7,810 FITCHBURG 33.90% 95 20,359 6,894 FLORIDA 21.10% 297 549 116 FOXBOROUGH 24.30% 221 11,471 2,787 FRAMINGHAM 36.70% 60 34,846 12,784 FRANKLIN 23.30% 250 20,083 4,681 FREETOWN 27.20% 171 6,459 1,759 GARDNER 34.20% 88 11,440 3,917 GEORGETOWN 23.60% 244 5,982 1,412 GILL 29.90% 129 1,074 321 GLOUCESTER 29.20% 139 20,004 5,845 GOSHEN 25.20% 199 722 182 GOSNOLD 13.90% 350 144 20 GRAFTON 23.70% 235 11,665 2,769 GRANBY 25.70% 194 4,521 1,161 GRANVILLE 15.10% 348 1,148 173 GREAT BARRINGTON 39.60% 44 4,525 1,793 GREENFIELD 33.80% 96 11,479 3,875 GROTON 22.70% 265 7,325 1,666 GROVELAND 22.80% 261 4,779 1,092 HADLEY 36.60% 62 3,685 1,347 HALIFAX 23.40% 248 5,630 1,319 HAMILTON 17.80% 338 5,750 1,022 HAMPDEN 21.70% 289 3,627 787 HANCOCK 24.00% 229 513 123 HANOVER 23.70% 235 9,374 2,223 HANSON 23.00% 258 6,815 1,568 HARDWICK 24.30% 221 1,790 435 HARVARD 24.90% 210 4,080 1,015 HARWICH 25.20% 199 10,202 2,570 HATFIELD 36.40% 65 2,509 913 HAVERHILL 30.40% 122 41,161 12,504 HAWLEY 16.30% 343 227 37 HEATH 29.00% 142 513 149 HINGHAM 25.20% 199 16,062 4,043 HINSDALE 26.50% 181 1,424 378 HOLBROOK 34.00% 91 7,022 2,388 HOLDEN 22.10% 276 12,559 2,775 HOLLAND 20.70% 299 1,796 371 HOLLISTON 27.70% 166 9,994 2,768 HOLYOKE 45.70% 25 24,811 11,332 HOPEDALE 22.10% 276 3,942 872 HOPKINTON 23.00% 258 9,833 2,262 HUBBARDSTON 17.50% 339 3,047 533 HUDSON 24.20% 224 12,661 3,067 HULL 35.20% 73 8,007 2,817 HUNTINGTON 20.20% 307 1,418 286 IPSWICH 22.60% 268 10,099 2,285 KINGSTON 24.00% 229 8,629 2,071 LAKEVILLE 19.80% 314 7,462 1,475 LANCASTER 20.00% 311 4,683 936 LANESBOROUGH 29.40% 134 2,194 646 LAWRENCE 54.60% 7 36,791 20,092 LEE 29.20% 139 3,986 1,163 LEICESTER 31.20% 113 7,322 2,284 LENOX 43.70% 32 3,723 1,627 LEOMINSTER 29.30% 137 27,371 8,032 LEVERETT 47.60% 18 1,432 681 LEXINGTON 39.80% 43 21,509 8,565 LEYDEN 23.10% 253 562 130 LINCOLN 34.90% 80 4,422 1,542 LITTLETON 23.70% 235 6,166 1,459 LONGMEADOW 32.90% 102 11,988 3,944 LOWELL 40.60% 39 53,184 21,576 LUDLOW 42.90% 34 13,828 5,931 LUNENBURG 20.50% 301 7,050 1,446 LYNN 47.50% 19 49,313 23,410 LYNNFIELD 22.00% 279 8,993 1,980 MALDEN 45.10% 27 29,371 13,236 MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA 22.00% 279 3,973 875 MANSFIELD 25.90% 191 14,427 3,732 MARBLEHEAD 27.10% 173 14,769 4,004 MARION 23.80% 233 3,703 882 MARLBOROUGH 30.80% 118 20,284 6,238 MARSHFIELD 26.20% 185 17,957 4,697 MASHPEE 26.20% 185 10,344 2,712 MATTAPOISETT 24.00% 229 4,946 1,188 MAYNARD 32.30% 108 7,436 2,403 MEDFIELD 20.60% 300 8,395 1,728 MEDFORD 46.10% 23 35,107 16,180 MEDWAY 22.70% 265 9,094 2,063 MELROSE 35.60% 70 19,183 6,829 MENDON 19.70% 316 4,238 834 MERRIMAC 23.10% 253 4,476 1,032 METHUEN 38.70% 48 29,559 11,437 MIDDLEBOROUGH 21.40% 292 15,683 3,361 MIDDLEFIELD 28.60% 149 370 106 MIDDLETON 22.30% 273 5,521 1,232 MILFORD 32.50% 106 16,758 5,440 MILLBURY 29.90% 129 8,777 2,625 MILLIS 26.40% 182 5,519 1,459 MILLVILLE 20.10% 309 1,845 370 MILTON 46.60% 21 18,461 8,609 MONROE 11.60% 351 69 8 MONSON 29.40% 134 5,684 1,671 MONTAGUE 33.60% 99 5,872 1,973 MONTEREY 41.30% 37 705 291 MONTGOMERY 16.10% 345 576 93 MOUNT WASHINGTON 33.80% 96 130 44 NAHANT 37.50% 53 2,549 956 NANTUCKET 28.80% 147 7,931 2,283 NATICK 34.10% 89 23,001 7,849 NEEDHAM 34.50% 84 20,774 7,162 NEW ASHFORD 18.60% 331 177 33 NEW BEDFORD 50.80% 10 57,559 29,240 NEW BRAINTREE 21.40% 292 706 151 NEWBURY 22.10% 276 5,088 1,126 NEWBURYPORT 31.10% 115 13,053 4,056 NEW MARLBOROUGH 27.80% 164 1,134 315 NEW SALEM 23.60% 244 775 183 NEWTON 46.20% 22 55,915 25,834 NORFOLK 20.20% 307 6,400 1,295 NORTH ADAMS 35.00% 78 9,071 3,178 NORTHAMPTON 50.10% 12 19,575 9,816 NORTH ANDOVER 24.70% 215 18,098 4,478 NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH 21.90% 285 18,668 4,082 NORTHBOROUGH 22.80% 261 10,079 2,300 NORTHBRIDGE 22.20% 274 10,396 2,313 NORTH BROOKFIELD 21.50% 290 3,303 709 NORTHFIELD 24.10% 227 2,129 514 NORTH READING 26.30% 183 10,416 2,739 NORTON 22.80% 261 11,569 2,643 NORWELL 23.70% 235 7,398 1,754 NORWOOD 35.20% 73 20,093 7,069 OAK BLUFFS 35.20% 73 3,365 1,186 OAKHAM 16.00% 346 1,330 213 ORANGE 22.70% 265 4,911 1,117 ORLEANS 24.70% 215 5,425 1,338 OTIS 24.90% 210 1,096 273 OXFORD 27.40% 168 8,815 2,412 PALMER 30.20% 123 8,082 2,437 PAXTON 26.00% 189 3,166 823 PEABODY 34.30% 87 34,513 11,847 PELHAM 47.00% 20 1,168 549 PEMBROKE 24.90% 210 12,166 3,024 PEPPERELL 21.40% 292 8,192 1,753 PERU 21.80% 287 595 130 PETERSHAM 23.30% 250 956 223 PHILLIPSTON 17.30% 341 1,181 204 PITTSFIELD 45.10% 27 28,988 13,065 PLAINFIELD 26.30% 183 457 120 PLAINVILLE 22.00% 279 5,576 1,226 PLYMOUTH 25.00% 207 37,728 9,418 PLYMPTON 16.90% 342 2,038 344 PRINCETON 18.40% 334 2,770 509 PROVINCETOWN 57.60% 2 2,863 1,649 QUINCY 42.40% 35 63,228 26,830 RANDOLPH 49.80% 13 19,302 9,608 RAYNHAM 24.60% 217 9,305 2,292 READING 31.70% 112 16,861 5,347 REHOBOTH 19.30% 323 8,473 1,638 REVERE 49.50% 14 24,541 12,140 RICHMOND 33.20% 100 1,194 397 ROCHESTER 19.40% 321 3,949 766 ROCKLAND 27.90% 159 11,997 3,342 ROCKPORT 25.10% 204 5,630 1,415 ROWE 20.50% 301 298 61 ROWLEY 18.60% 331 4,264 792 ROYALSTON 15.10% 348 867 131 RUSSELL 19.70% 316 1,015 200 RUTLAND 21.50% 290 5,452 1,171 SALEM 40.10% 41 25,515 10,230 SALISBURY 25.40% 197 6,044 1,535 SANDISFIELD 36.20% 66 591 214 SANDWICH 21.90% 285 15,342 3,362 SAUGUS 35.00% 78 17,645 6,176 SAVOY 19.20% 324 510 98 SCITUATE 27.20% 171 13,171 3,578 SEEKONK 22.60% 268 9,664 2,188 SHARON 34.10% 89 12,437 4,236 SHEFFIELD 28.90% 145 2,217 640 SHELBURNE 28.40% 152 1,379 392 SHERBORN 25.10% 204 3,072 771 SHIRLEY 22.60% 268 3,981 901 SHREWSBURY 28.50% 150 22,393 6,373 SHUTESBURY 45.10% 27 1,426 643 SOMERSET 40.50% 40 13,567 5,500 SOMERVILLE 54.80% 6 43,244 23,699 SOUTHAMPTON 24.90% 210 4,067 1,011 SOUTHBOROUGH 23.70% 235 6,759 1,601 SOUTHBRIDGE 37.20% 55 12,065 4,494 SOUTH HADLEY 32.70% 104 11,037 3,608 SOUTHWICK 23.80% 233 6,226 1,484 SPENCER 27.10% 173 7,783 2,107 SPRINGFIELD 52.10% 8 91,780 47,780 STERLING 19.10% 326 5,708 1,089 STOCKBRIDGE 43.60% 33 1,487 648 STONEHAM 34.40% 85 15,128 5,208 STOUGHTON 36.00% 68 17,603 6,331 STOW 24.10% 227 4,772 1,149 STURBRIDGE 25.80% 193 6,441 1,660 SUDBURY 28.10% 156 12,033 3,380 SUNDERLAND 36.50% 64 2,379 869 SUTTON 18.40% 334 6,743 1,244 SWAMPSCOTT 33.20% 100 10,282 3,418 SWANSEA 34.00% 91 11,716 3,989 TAUNTON 34.90% 80 32,965 11,512 TEMPLETON 22.00% 279 5,037 1,110 TEWKSBURY 30.00% 127 20,474 6,134 TISBURY 36.70% 60 3,185 1,168 TOLLAND 19.70% 316 340 67 TOPSFIELD 18.60% 331 4,341 806 TOWNSEND 17.40% 340 6,213 1,079 TRURO 37.50% 53 1,716 643 TYNGSBOROUGH 23.70% 235 8,101 1,923 TYRINGHAM 29.00% 142 300 87 UPTON 20.10% 309 4,958 996 UXBRIDGE 23.10% 253 9,959 2,303 WAKEFIELD 32.30% 108 16,774 5,413 WALES 19.10% 326 1,285 246 WALPOLE 25.60% 195 16,355 4,186 WALTHAM 35.80% 69 35,100 12,556 WARE 32.90% 102 6,381 2,100 WAREHAM 27.80% 164 15,285 4,246 WARREN 26.70% 178 3,095 825 WARWICK 24.60% 217 537 132 WASHINGTON 32.50% 106 434 141 WATERTOWN 45.90% 24 21,437 9,832 WAYLAND 29.20% 139 10,095 2,951 WEBSTER 31.00% 116 11,573 3,589 WELLESLEY 30.20% 123 17,937 5,410 WELLFLEET 39.00% 47 2,577 1,004 WENDELL 32.60% 105 681 222 WENHAM 18.90% 328 2,782 525 WESTBOROUGH 26.00% 189 11,406 2,966 WEST BOYLSTON 21.30% 295 4,945 1,055 WEST BRIDGEWATER 22.40% 271 5,079 1,136 WEST BROOKFIELD 23.60% 244 2,602 613 WESTFIELD 29.90% 129 23,577 7,050 WESTFORD 23.10% 253 15,276 3,525 WESTHAMPTON 18.70% 330 1,223 229 WESTMINSTER 19.60% 320 5,480 1,073 WEST NEWBURY 24.20% 224 3,268 792 WESTON 24.80% 214 7,885 1,958 WESTPORT 39.60% 44 11,711 4,642 WEST SPRINGFIELD 32.10% 110 16,960 5,442 WEST STOCKBRIDGE 35.20% 73 1,053 371 WEST TISBURY 40.10% 41 2,311 926 WESTWOOD 27.30% 169 10,242 2,795 WEYMOUTH 34.40% 85 34,258 11,795 WHATELY 30.10% 126 1,127 339 WHITMAN 26.20% 185 9,648 2,530 WILBRAHAM 29.40% 134 10,328 3,039 WILLIAMSBURG 37.10% 56 1,912 710 WILLIAMSTOWN 44.60% 30 4,584 2,043 WILMINGTON 28.00% 157 15,550 4,355 WINCHENDON 22.90% 260 6,777 1,549 WINCHESTER 30.60% 120 14,753 4,511 WINDSOR 25.20% 199 659 166 WINTHROP 41.70% 36 11,078 4,617 WOBURN 37.60% 51 25,146 9,458 WORCESTER 45.50% 26 94,090 42,786 WORTHINGTON 27.30% 169 917 250 WRENTHAM 20.40% 306 7,611 1,553 YARMOUTH 26.70% 178 18,031 4,817

SOURCE: State Elections Division