Presidential Election Results: Trump Support Down In Chelmsford

CHELMSFORD, MA — President Donald Trump's loss in Massachusetts on Tuesday was expected in the blue state, but how did he do among Chelmsford voters this time around?

According to official vote totals from Chelmsford election results, support for Trump waned slightly in town in 2020, falling from nearly 38 percent to about 35 percent.

In 2016, he earned 7,661 votes, while Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton earned 10,705. Compare that to his 7,680 votes in 2020 to Democrat opponent Joe Biden's 13,635 votes.

In 2016 there were 20,442 people who cast ballots, and in 2020 there were 22,053.

Tuesday's vote put a heavy spotlight on a heated battle for control of the White House, unfolding during a pandemic that killed nearly a quarter of a million Americans before Election Day.

Not every community in Middlesex County broke for Biden. Trump squeaked out wins in Ashby and Dracut, where he bested Biden by a mere 110 votes, according to unofficial results.

Trump had struggled to overcome polling deficits in key states in the campaign's final days. He ran strong as expected in rural areas, but lost support among other critical voting groups, including suburban women in several battleground states.

CNN reported in October that polling put Biden up by 25 points among women voters. According to the final 2016 pre-election polls, Clinton won women voters by 13 points among likely voters and 14 points among registered voters.

As we wait for the election official to finish counting legitimate ballots this week across the country, Trump doubled down on claims Wednesday that he had won the 2020 presidential election, while Joe Biden's campaign said it would fight any efforts by the president to go to the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent outstanding ballots from being tabulated.

The presidential election may not be decided for days or longer because of higher numbers of absentee ballots cast amid the coronavirus pandemic.

In Boston and across the country nonpartisan groups responded to the news that the Trump campaign was suing the states of Pennsylvania and Michigan to stop counting legitimate ballots, prompted hundreds to rally in an effort to demand that all votes will be counted.

"I am concerned that the President is trying to foment violent reactions to the counting of the votes across our country,” Sen. Ed Markey told reporters ahead of that event. “He is perpetrating a fraud in his contention that these are illegally cast votes. They are not. They are legally cast votes that are being counted in states all across our country consistent with the laws of those states. My fear is that the President through his lies will send a false message to his supporters that something unconstitutional or illegal is happening. Nothing unconstitutional is happening. Nothing illegal is happening."

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