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In 1988, '''Massachusetts liberals''' produced [[Michael Dukakis]] as the [[Democratic]] presidential nominee against a relatively weak candidate [[George H.W. Bush]], who then made an issue of Dukakis's [[liberal]] views and beat him easily in the general election.

In 1988, '''Massachusetts liberals''' produced [[Michael Dukakis]] as the [[Democratic]] presidential nominee against a relatively weak candidate [[George H.W. Bush]], who then made an issue of Dukakis's [[liberal]] views and beat him easily in the general election.

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

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

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.