Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA · how this place’s counties split between candidates 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 there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Springfield-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+17.0
vs
Presidential vote · 2024D+20.8
Registration leans Democratic; the presidential vote runs 3.7 points more Democratic than the rolls.
Domestic migration in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,598
2012
−3,790
2013
−3,040
2014
−2,603
2015
−4,582
2016
−4,670
2017
−4,028
2018
−3,209
2019
−3,644
2021
+17,213
2022
−2,988
2023
−1,634
2024
−1,536
2025
−1,113
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA sits in New England. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 47.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 47.4 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the region moved 7.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 20.8 points.
A population of 695,787, a 67% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,328 describe the region. The region's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD and Syracuse-Auburn, NY.
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How did Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts vote in 2024?
In 2024, Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 20.8 points (D+20.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 335,572 votes cast, 197,859 went Democratic and 128,158 went Republican.
When did Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts voted Republican was 1956.
How many people live in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts has a population of 695,787 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts is $75,328 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Springfield-Amherst Town-Northampton, MA, Massachusetts from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 22 went Democratic and 12 went Republican.
