2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts#Libertarian primary

Presidential preference primaries were scheduled for March 3, 2020, for each of the political parties with state ballot access.

{{main|2020 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary}}

Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden were among the declared major Democratic candidates. Elizabeth Warren, one of the two current senators from Massachusetts, formed an exploratory committee in December 2018 and declared her intention to run in February 2019.{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Kate |title=Elizabeth Warren Formally Announces 2020 Presidential Bid in Lawrence, Mass. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020.html |access-date=February 10, 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=February 9, 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Herndon |first1=Astead W. |last2=Burns |first2=Alexander |title=Elizabeth Warren Announces Iowa Trip as She Starts Running for President in 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=December 31, 2018 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-2020-president-announcement.html}}

{{Excerpt|2020 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary|fragment=MAresults}}

{{Main article|2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary}}

Massachusetts governor Charlie Baker declined to run, as did Utah Senator and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.{{cite news |last1=Markos |first1=Mary |title=Charlie Baker 'absolutely' staying put |url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_politics/2018/11/charlie_baker_absolutely_staying_put |access-date=November 9, 2018 |work=Boston Herald |date=November 8, 2018 |language=en}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/02/16/mitt-romney-on-trump-misfires-ill-call-them-like-i-see-them-but-on-policy-were-going-to-work-together-a-qampa-with-utahs-new-senate-candidate/|title=Mitt Romney: On school shootings, immigration and when he'll challenge Trump. A Q&A with Utah's new Senate candidate.|date=February 16, 2018|first=Thomas|last=Burr|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|access-date=February 18, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://nationalinterest.org/feature/donald-trumps-biggest-fear-romney-2020-primary-challenge-23895|title=Donald Trump's Biggest Fear: A Romney 2020 Primary Challenge|first=Jacob|last=Heilbrunn|date=January 2, 2018|work=The National Interest |access-date=January 2, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://boston.cbslocal.com/2018/01/02/mitt-romney-donald-trump-senate-utah/ |title=Keller @ Large: Could Romney Be Trump's Worst Nightmare?|first=Jon|last=Keller|date=January 2, 2018|publisher=WBZ-TV |access-date=January 2, 2018}}

{{Excerpt|2020 Massachusetts Republican presidential primary|fragment=MAresults}}

{{main|2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries}}

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A number of Libertarian candidates declared for the race, including New Hampshire State Representative Max Abramson, Adam Kokesh, Vermin Supreme and former Libertarian National Committee vice-chair Arvin Vohra.{{cite web|url=https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20190728/seabrooks-abramson-seeks-libertarian-presidential-nomination|title=Seabrook's Abramson seeks Libertarian presidential nomination|date=July 28, 2019|author=Sullivan, Max|access-date=December 22, 2019|work=The Portsmouth Herald|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229143648/https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20190728/seabrooks-abramson-seeks-libertarian-presidential-nomination|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/presidential-candidate-vows-to-abolish-federal-government-on-day-1-then-resign|title=Presidential candidate vows to abolish federal government on day 1, then resign|date=June 18, 2019|work=Fox Business|author=Limitone, Julia|access-date=December 22, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.oleantimesherald.com/commentary/libertarians-offer-voters-nothing-new/article_33b4aec0-0580-11ea-bac9-e38dbc36e6df.html|title=Libertarians Offer Voters Nothing New|author=Clark, Bob|date=November 12, 2019|access-date=December 22, 2019|work=Olean Times Herald}}

{{main|2020 Green Party presidential primaries}}

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with Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders

with Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren

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{{Election box begin|title=2020 United States presidential election in Massachusetts{{cite web |url=https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/140751/|title=2020 President General Election|website= Massachusetts Secretary of State|access-date=2020-11-24}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

| party = Democratic Party (United States)

| candidate = Joe Biden
Kamala Harris

| votes = 2,382,202

| percentage = 65.60

| change = +4.62

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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Donald Trump
Mike Pence|votes=1,167,202|percentage=32.14|change=–0.67}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate=Jo Jorgensen
Spike Cohen|votes=47,013|percentage=1.29|change=–2.93}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Howie Hawkins
Angela Walker|votes=18,658|percentage=0.51|change=–0.95}}

{{Election box write-in with party link

| votes = 16,327

| percentage = 0.45

| change = –1.07

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| votes = 3,631,402

| percentage = 100%

| change = +1.49

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Biden won all nine congressional districts, breaking 60% of the vote in eight of them.

Massachusetts has been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, and a Democratic stronghold since 1960, and has maintained extremely large Democratic margins since 1996. This remained true in 2020, with Massachusetts being one of six states (along with Hawaii, Vermont, Maryland, California, and New York) to give Biden over 60% of the vote. Massachusetts is ethnically diverse, highly urbanized, highly educated, and among the least religious states.

Per exit polls by the Associated Press, Biden's strength came from winning 74% of college-educated voters, which carries particular weight in Massachusetts, as the state contains the highest proportion of graduates of any state in the country.{{Cite news |date=2020-11-03 |title=Massachusetts Voter Surveys: How Different Groups Voted |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/ap-polls-massachusetts.html |access-date=2020-11-09 |issn=0362-4331}} Trump's slip among suburban white voters led Biden to carry almost every municipality in the Greater Boston area by at least 60% or more, while Trump carried only several towns on the South Shore and in Central Massachusetts. Biden won 298 of the 351 municipalities.{{Cite web |title=Map: See How Your Town Or City Voted In The 2020 Election |url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2020/11/03/2020-massachusetts-election-map |access-date=2020-11-15 |website=www.wbur.org |date=November 3, 2020 |language=en}} Biden swept all demographic groups, garnering 63% of whites, 84% of Latinos, 58% of Catholics, 56% of Protestants, and 86% of Jewish voters. Additionally, Biden won 52% of whites without a college degree within the state, one of Trump's strongest demographics elsewhere in the country. While Biden overwhelmingly carried Latino voters in the state, Trump improved on his 2016 performance in heavily Hispanic cities such as Lawrence, Chelsea, and Holyoke.{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2020 |title=One place Trump gained in Mass.: Heavily Latino cities |url=https://commonwealthmagazine.org/politics/one-place-trump-gained-in-mass-heavily-latino-cities/}} Trump had the worst vote share in Massachusetts of any Republican nominee since Bob Dole in 1996, and slightly underperformed George W. Bush's 32.5% vote share in 2000.

Massachusetts was one of five states in the nation in which Biden's victory margin was larger than 1 million raw votes, the others being California, Maryland, New York and Illinois.

• 2020 Massachusetts general election
• United States presidential elections in Massachusetts
• 2020 United States elections
• 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
• 2020 Green Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States elections

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• {{citation |url=https://www.nass.org/sites/default/files/surveys/2020-10/summary-electoral-college-laws-100220.pdf |publisher=National Association of Secretaries of State |location=Washington DC |title=Summary: State Laws on Presidential Electors |date=August 2020 |quote= Massachusetts }}
• {{citation |title=A farmer made a giant Biden-Harris sign out of hay bales. It was set on fire the next day |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/12/sign-biden-fire-farm/ |work=Washingtonpost.com |date=October 12, 2020 }}. (About incident in Dalton, Massachusetts)

• {{citation |author= Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association |work=Voting & Elections Toolkits |url= https://godort.libguides.com/votingtoolkit/massachusetts |title= Massachusetts }}
• {{citation |work=Vote.org |location=Oakland, CA |url= https://www.vote.org/state/massachusetts/ |title= Massachusetts: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links }}
• {{cite web |title= League of Women Voters of Massachusetts |url= https://www.lwv.org/local-leagues/find-local-league }} (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• {{Ballotpedia|Massachusetts|Massachusetts}}

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