BOSTON – Presidential electors in Massachusetts will meet in Boston today to officially cast their votes Electoral College vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.
In the 2024 presidential election, Harris won Massachusetts with 61% of the state’s vote, compared to 36% for President-elect Donald Trump. More than 3.5 million voters in the state participated in the November 5 election.
However, Trump won contests in battleground states across the country, winning 312 electoral votes, compared to 226 for Harris.
How many Electoral College votes does Massachusetts have?
Massachusetts casts 11 votes in the Electoral College, as the state is represented in Congress by nine representatives of the U.S. House of Representatives and two U.S. Senators. Just like every other state except Maine and NebraskaMassachusetts awards its presidential electors on a winner-take-all format.
Since 1988, Massachusetts has cast its electoral vote for the Democratic party ticket in every presidential election.
Who is the presidential electorate for Massachusetts?
Both the Democratic and Republican state parties in Massachusetts must choose and submit a list of presidential electors to the Secretary of State’s office by the second Tuesday in September.
The 11 presidential hopefuls casting their ballots for the Democratic ticket on Tuesday are Sharon Stout, Marilyn Flowers Marion, Lida Harkins, Marsha Finkelstein, Kaveesh Pathak, Jeremy Comeau, Eileen Duff, Thomas Holloway, Martin Kane, Brian Corr and Tanya Neslusan.
Secretary of State Bill Galvin will open the Electoral College meeting in the State House Chamber and receive voters’ ballots at 3 p.m. The votes are then sent to Congress.
Click here to stream the Electoral College proceedings online.
Urge to follow the popular vote in Massachusetts
Seventeen states, including Massachusetts, have joined the treaty National plebiscite account. It would serve as a solution to the Electoral College, directing states to give their electoral votes to the candidate who receives the most votes nationally.
If it were in effect today, Massachusetts would cast its electoral votes for popular vote winner Trump. But the law will only be implemented if the states that agree to it have a combined 270 electoral votes. Right now, the motion is still 61 votes short of that number.
