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1876–2024
Congressional District 1·Massachusetts

Massachusetts 1st Congressional District has voted Democratic in ten straight presidential cycles.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
MA
Latest
D+18
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
863,451
2024 ACS

Massachusetts 1st Congressional District, Massachusetts: Democratic loyalist district. In 2024, voted D+18%. Democratic peak: D+51 in 1964.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
D+18MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Democratic loyalistAkashic typology
Population
863,4512024 5-year
Median household income
$78,5702024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
71.1%2024 5-year
Black
6.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
18.9%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+51 in 1964MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+44 in 1896MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
7 counties · 7 D · 0 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
D
+18.4%
239,236163,067413,310
D
+26.1%
266,302153,089433,509
D
+22.1%
229,908140,108407,213
D
+29.4%
247,431133,036388,468
D
+30.5%
246,563128,945385,280
D
+28.0%
231,789129,477365,785
D
+25.7%
196,306109,936335,578
D
+35.0%
204,01388,048331,491
D
+20.5%
173,71999,350362,325
D
+13.4%
188,422143,599334,900
R
−3.4%
160,400171,624333,333
D
+3.9%
150,040136,722340,513
D
+20.8%
204,919132,616348,203
D
+5.6%
176,355157,536336,049
D
+28.6%
199,563106,995323,616
D
+50.7%
243,33779,023323,832
D
+22.4%
212,250134,468347,744
R
−17.1%
138,362195,555335,281
R
−7.4%
156,876181,877339,800
D
+10.9%
162,895130,401298,393
D
+14.8%
158,450117,558276,708
D
+13.7%
159,387120,849281,708
D
+16.1%
141,548100,323255,612
D
+3.0%
111,399104,743224,968
D
+1.2%
110,871108,224220,411
R
−36.0%
39,27194,516153,313
R
−37.9%
40,24291,546135,224
R
−6.3%
33,55638,19173,941
R
−5.0%
22,28825,53465,545
R
−21.9%
20,79734,02160,495
R
−25.7%
20,02134,94858,070
R
−21.6%
20,84132,87055,791
R
−43.6%
13,88137,12553,252
R
−5.5%
24,45827,37753,554
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Irish
15.3%
Italian
10.0%
English
8.8%
French
8.0%
Polish
7.1%
American
5.8%
German
5.7%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.8%
85+
1.6%
2.4%
75–84
3.1%
5.4%
65–74
6.0%
6.8%
55–64
7.2%
5.7%
45–54
6.1%
6.0%
35–44
6.2%
6.3%
25–34
6.2%
5.4%
18–24
5.7%
7.5%
5–17
7.1%
2.5%
<5
2.3%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,570
Congressional District 1 ranks near the middle of US counties.
Congressional District 1$78,570
Massachusetts$103,960
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.8%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.5%
Working age (18–64)12.6%
Seniors (65+)13.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
79.2%
speak English only
Spanish12.2%
Other Indo-European5.2%
Asian & Pacific Islander1.9%
Other languages1.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
30.1%
Other Christian
4.3%
Non-Christian
2.9%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Baptist
1.0%
Methodist
0.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Massachusetts 1st Congressional District sits in New England. Its political identity has been Democratic for as long as anyone now living can remember. 1 consecutive presidential elections in modern records have gone for the Democratic candidate, often by margins that would be considered landslide territory anywhere else.

The Democratic margin in Massachusetts 1st Congressional District reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1964. The margin in 2024 was eighteen points — still decisive.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $78,570, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 863,451 together describe a district whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Congressional District 1, Massachusetts — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cd/2501/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Congressional District 1, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Congressional District 1, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 18.4 points (D+18), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 413,310 votes cast, 239,236 went Democratic and 163,067 went Republican.
What is Congressional District 1, Massachusetts's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Congressional District 1, Massachusetts as a "Democratic loyalist" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 22 times, Republican 12 times, and other 0 times.
When did Congressional District 1, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Congressional District 1, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1984.
How many people live in Congressional District 1, Massachusetts?
Congressional District 1, Massachusetts has a population of 863,451 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Congressional District 1, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Congressional District 1, Massachusetts is $78,570 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Congressional District 1, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Congressional District 1, Massachusetts from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Democratic loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.