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In 2004, [[John Kerry]] lost in the national popular vote by over three million votes in the 2004 presidential election against [[George W. Bush]], yet Kerry won Massachusetts by a margin of about 62-38%.  

In 2004, [[John Kerry]] lost in the national popular vote by over three million votes in the 2004 presidential election against [[George W. Bush]], yet Kerry won Massachusetts by a margin of about 62-38%.  

While most states trended [[Republican]] in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]] from the [[2012 U.S. presidential election|2012 election]],<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/htmlview#gid=19 2016 National Popular Vote Tracker]</ref> Massachusetts, along with [[California]], were the only blue states to have trended towards the [[Democrats]] by a significant margin.

While most states trended [[Republican]] in the [[2016 U.S. presidential election]] from the [[2012 United States Presidential Election|2012 election]],<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/133Eb4qQmOxNvtesw2hdVns073R68EZx4SfCnP4IGQf8/htmlview#gid=19 2016 National Popular Vote Tracker]</ref> Massachusetts, along with [[California]], were the only blue states to have trended towards the [[Democrats]] by a significant margin.

Massachusetts was the only state in which a majority voted for George McGovern instead of Richard Nixon in the [[United States presidential election of 1972]]; even McGovern's home state of [[South Dakota]] rejected him, yet '''Massachusetts liberals''' thought he was just fine.

Massachusetts was the only state in which a majority voted for George McGovern instead of Richard Nixon in the [[United States presidential election of 1972]]; even McGovern's home state of [[South Dakota]] rejected him, yet '''Massachusetts liberals''' thought he was just fine.