Medway Voting Analysis
Michael Fahey, Voting Registrar, Medway, Massachusetts
4/9/2021
Medway Registered Voters
Medway has a estimated population of 13,479. There are 10,118 Registered Voters out of an estimated adult population of 10,163, (99.5%, Population statistics from US Census).
- Medway has 65% Unenrolled voters, 21% Democrat, and 13% Republican
- Women in Medway trend more D, men more evenly between D and R
- Massachusetts has 55%U, 33%D, and 10%R (2nd highest %U in the US, tied with Alaska)
- US Party Affiliation (31 States + DC) has 28%U, 41%D, and 30% R
- Gallup Polls of all US show 41%U, 32%D, 25%R (Mar21)
- Gallup Polls of Party and Party Leaning: 40%R and 47%D (Mar21)
- Unaffiliated Voters have been growing steadily since the 80’s
- Medway is a very Blue leaning Purple town in a very Blue leaning Purple state.
Please note that for simplicity the analysis in all the charts below does not show the Lbertarian, Green-Rainbow, and other third parties which together account for 1% of Registered Medway Voters.
The first chart below shows Registered Voters in Medway broken out by Age Groups and Gender. The second chart breaks out Age Group and Gender by Precinct and the third chart breaks out Age Group and Gender by Party
Presidential Primary 2020
The charts below show the Presidential Primary on March 3,2020, which was just a couple weeks before the Covid 19 lockdown started. The darker color is the election turnout and the lighter color is the total number of registered voters in each category of age and gender.
September 2020 State Primary
The turnout for the September 2020 Primary was driven by the US Senate Race, a very competetive 4th Congressional District Race, and cabin fever from Covid lockdown. The darker color is the election turnout and the lighter color is the total number of registered voters in each category of age and gender.
Presidential and State Election 2020
The darker color is the election turnout and the lighter color is the total number of registered voters in each category of age and gender. Note the very high turnouts compared to the Presidential Primary and State Primary Elections. Most noticable is the large uptick in 18-20 and 21-25 turnout from pre-pandemic levels. The 2016 Charts will be posted soon for comparison.
Medway June Local Election
The darker color is the election turnout and the lighter color is the total number of registered voters in each category of age and gender. Note the incedibly low turnout compared to the number of Registered Voters across all Genders, Precincts, and Age Groups
