Amherst Town-Northampton, MA · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain, and this place is a single county: Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The figures below are that county’s, which is the same territory — not a larger unit standing in for it.
Presidential nominating contests in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025D+24.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+41.7
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 17 points more Democratic than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
+234
2012
−393
2013
−67
2014
−550
2015
−621
2016
+146
2017
−842
2018
−208
2019
−469
2021
+18,410
2022
−209
2023
−97
2024
−749
2025
−698
Home to UMass Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Amherst, and Hampshire colleges, this Pioneer Valley metro posts some of the highest educational attainment rates in the country, shaping a consistently high-turnout electorate concentrated around academic employment and student populations.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.4 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 57.3 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 4.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 41.7 points.
A population of 162,028, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $87,001 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Ithaca, NY and Greenfield, MA.
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How did Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 41.7 points (D+41.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 84,720 votes cast, 58,617 went Democratic and 23,256 went Republican.
When did Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 162,028 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts is $87,001 — above the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 21 went Democratic and 13 went Republican.
