2020 Election Results: How Somerville Voted For Trump, Biden

SOMERVILLE, MA — The dust is still settling on a historic election, and the question of who will be president in 2021 is still unclear. But one thing is clear: Somerville overwhelmingly showed up in support of Democratic candidates, heavily favoring Joe Biden over President Donald Trump and voting to re-elect Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Ayanna Pressley.

Somerville voted in favor of the right to repair ballot question, which won handily in Massachusetts. However, Somerville deviated from the rest of the state on Question 2, favoring ranked-choice voting by a wide margin. The measure failed to pass with 54 percent of voters against and 43 percent in favor.

Turnout was about 70 percent in Somerville, with 40,541 of 58,173 registered voters casting ballots.

Here's a look at how Somerville voted this election season:

President and Vice President

1. Biden and Harris: 35,392
2. Trump and Pence: 4,150
3. Jorgensen and Cohen: 330
4. Hawkins and Walker: 309

Senator in Congress

1. *Edward J. Markey: 35,506
2. Kevin J. O'Connor: 4,293

Representative in Congress (7th Congressional District)

• * Ayanna Pressley: 34,493
• Roy Owens Sr.: 4,244

Question 1: Amend Right to Repair Law

• Yes: 31,005
• No: 7,494

Question 2: Ranked-Choice Voting

• Yes: 29,464
• No: 9,463

Somerville also had two ballot questions pertaining to the district representative – one instructing the representative to vote in favor of legislation that would require Massachusetts to achieve 100 percent renewable energy use within the next 20 years and another to support changes to the applicable House of Representative rules to make the results of all committee votes publicly available on the Legislature’s website.

Question 3: Renewable Energy

• Yes: 18,939
• No: 2,293

Question 4: Changes to House of Representatives Rules

• Yes: 19,856
• No: 1,183

Tuesday's results are considered preliminary and include all ballots counted through the day.