MA Ballot Measures 2026
Make your own map →[AI-generated map and analysis: Claude Sonnet 5.5 with data from Boston Globe.]
Towns colored by how they voted on five 2026 Massachusetts ballot questions. Towns where the same side (Yes/No) won every one of them share a color: 15 clusters among 334 towns.
Colors encode similarity: clusters that agree on most questions have nearby hues, so the legend (in similarity order) reads as a gradient. Legend pattern = winner of Q2 CPCS bargaining, Q4 Election Day registration, Q5 Tax revenue limit, Q7 Lot sizes, Q9 Gun law (Y/N).
Left out of the clustering because almost every town voted the same way: Q1 public records (unanimous), Q3 top-two primaries, Q6 Nature for All, Q8 repeal marijuana (each had fewer than 10 dissenting towns). They are still in each town's popup.
Gray towns have no results, partial results, or a tie. Provisional: AP results via the Boston Globe, ~94% counted on Nov 4, 2026. Boundaries: MassGIS.
Voting-pattern cluster
- 13 · YNYYN · 1 town
- 4 · YNYNN · 50 towns
- 2 · YNYNY · 69 towns
- 12 · NNYNY · 2 towns
- 7 · NNYNN · 11 towns
- 11 · NNNNN · 2 towns
- 9 · YNNNN · 5 towns
- 8 · YNNNY · 6 towns
- 1 · YYNNY · 95 towns
- 10 · YYNNN · 4 towns
- 15 · YYYNN · 1 town
- 5 · YYYNY · 17 towns
- 6 · YYYYY · 14 towns
- 3 · YYNYY · 56 towns
- 14 · YYNYN · 1 town
- Not clustered (no/partial results or tie)
Voting-pattern cluster
- 13 · YNYYN · 1 town
- 4 · YNYNN · 50 towns
- 2 · YNYNY · 69 towns
- 12 · NNYNY · 2 towns
- 7 · NNYNN · 11 towns
- 11 · NNNNN · 2 towns
- 9 · YNNNN · 5 towns
- 8 · YNNNY · 6 towns
- 1 · YYNNY · 95 towns
- 10 · YYNNN · 4 towns
- 15 · YYYNN · 1 town
- 5 · YYYNY · 17 towns
- 6 · YYYYY · 14 towns
- 3 · YYNYY · 56 towns
- 14 · YYNYN · 1 town
- Not clustered (no/partial results or tie)