| Election Name: | 2024 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary |
| Country: | Massachusetts |
| Type: | primary |
| Ongoing: | Yes |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2028 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Election Date: | March 5, 2024 |
| Elected Members: | MN |
| Votes For Election: | 116 delegates (92 pledged and 24 unpledged) to the Democratic National Convention |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Image1: | File:Joe Biden presidential portrait (cropped).jpg |
| Candidate1: | Joe Biden |
| Color1: | 224192 |
| Home State1: | Delaware |
| Popular Vote1: | 533,096 |
| Percentage1: | 80.5% |
| Delegate Count1: | 91 |
| Colour2: | 000000 |
| Candidate2: | No preference |
| Home State2: | – |
| Popular Vote2: | 60,236 |
| Percentage2: | 9.1% |
| Delegate Count2: | 1 |
| Outgoing Members: | ME |
The 2024 Massachusetts Democratic presidential primary took place on March 5, 2024, as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 116 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.[1] The contest was held on Super Tuesday alongside primaries in 14 other states and territories.
Biden won the primary in a landslide, however as a protest vote on American involvement in Israel's war against Hamas, No preference received 1 delegate.[2]
Incumbent President Joe Biden announced on April 25, 2023, his bid for a second term. He faces primary challenges from author, progressive activist, and 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson and U.S. Representative from MN 3, Dean Phillips.[3]
There are three ways for a presidential candidate to get on the primary ballot in Massachusetts: a candidate can be placed on the ballot by the state party, they can gather 2,500 signatures to achieve ballot access, or the Secretary of the Commonwealth can place candidates who have been "generally advocated or recognized in the national news media."[4] The Massachusetts Democratic Party voted to submit only Biden's name to the state ballot, which was highly criticized by the Williamson campaign, which did not attempt to file any signatures.[5] Ultimately, both Phillips and Williamson were placed on the ballot by Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin.[6]
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin | Joe Biden | Pete Buttigieg | Hillary Clinton | Kamala Harris | Maura Healey | Gavin Newsom | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Bernie Sanders | Elizabeth Warren | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGov[7] | Mar 28 – April 5, 2023 | 397 (RV) | – | 28% | 15% | – | 6% | – | 4% | – | 21% | 12% | 4% | 10% | ||
| Emerson College[8] | Sep 7–8, 2022 | 339 (LV) | – | 54% | – | – | – | 6% | – | – | – | – | 11% | 28% | ||
| YouGov[9] | Aug 26–29, 2022 | 500 (LV) | ± 5.1% | 22% | 17% | 5% | 9% | – | 4% | 6% | 12% | 15% | 11% | – | ||
| YouGov[10] | Jun 15–21, 2022 | 588 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 26% | 13% | 7% | 9% | – | – | 6% | 14% | 14% | 10% | – |
| County[11] | Joe Biden | No preference | Dean Phillips | Marianne Williamson | Other candidates | Cenk Uygur | Blanks | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnstable | 27,391 | 1,586 | 1,023 | 641 | 335 | 0 | 281 | 31,257 | |
| Berkshire | 12,231 | 983 | 425 | 476 | 184 | 3 | 148 | 14,450 | |
| Bristol | 32,486 | 3,661 | 2,197 | 1,742 | 796 | 5 | 911 | 41,798 | |
| Dukes | 2,407 | 198 | 92 | 73 | 31 | 0 | 28 | 2,829 | |
| Essex | 58,857 | 5,527 | 3,375 | 2,212 | 1,139 | 3 | 990 | 72,103 | |
| Franklin | 7,882 | 1,164 | 274 | 379 | 148 | 1 | 100 | 9,948 | |
| Hampden | 25,183 | 2,620 | 1,351 | 1,450 | 654 | 38 | 410 | 31,706 | |
| Hampshire | 17,172 | 2,502 | 587 | 657 | 341 | 2 | 240 | 21,501 | |
| Middlesex | 147,722 | 18,555 | 7,992 | 4,956 | 2,508 | 9 | 2,261 | 184,003 | |
| Nantucket | 870 | 63 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 994 | |
| Norfolk | 62,481 | 6,512 | 3,561 | 2,084 | 1,275 | 7 | 889 | 76,809 | |
| Plymouth | 39,381 | 3,136 | 2,360 | 1,458 | 624 | 2 | 655 | 47,616 | |
| Suffolk | 46,125 | 8,289 | 2,733 | 1,824 | 1,142 | 0 | 1,063 | 61,176 | |
| Worcester | 52,908 | 5,440 | 3,736 | 2,431 | 940 | 12 | 952 | 66,419 | |
| Total | 533,096 | 60,236 | 29,728 | 20,402 | 10,135 | 82 | 8,930 | 662,609 |