Here’s an interesting, if a bit arcane, data point out of the just-concluded 2024 election. In deep-blue Massachusetts, Kamala Harris actually outperformed someone – that being Massachusetts’ far-left Democrat Senator Elizabeth Warren. While Kamala Harris brought in 2,072,849 votes in the Bay State, Senator Warren only racked up 1,582,110 – a difference of almost half a million votes.
Why? There are few, if any, changes in the maps between the two campaigns. There was no third-party candidate to pull votes away from Sen. Warren – indeed, that disadvantage was only in the presidential contest, with Green candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver racking up 25,431 and 17,377 votes, respectively. A left-favored ballot initiative, to raise the minimum wage for tipped employees, passed handily. So, why the difference?
One is forced to wonder…
