2010 Governor's race

The voting shift between Brown and Baker

In nearly every town, Republican candidate for governor Charles Baker earned a smaller share of the vote Tuesday than Scott Brown did in his US Senate victory over Martha Coakley. That shift allowed incumbent Deval Patrick to win where his Democratic colleague couldn't earlier this year — even though he only earned about 50,000 votes, or 1 percentage point, more than she did.

Swing voters

Towns that voted for both Brown and Patrick

Small towns

Towns with fewer than 1,000 people
As of 2009

High unemployment

Towns with more than
10 percent unemployment
As of Sept. 2009

Independents

Towns with more than 65 percent unenrolled voters
As of Sept. 2010

All towns

Shift in share of vote vs. 2010 Senate race

Community Baker Rep. shift
-20
-10
0
+10
+20
Dem. shift Patrick Cahill Unemployment Independents Population
Acushnet 37.4%
-18.9
9.0
51.8% 10.0% 9.2% 55.2% 10,377
Belchertown 39.8%
-10.8
-0.9
47.5% 10.0% 6.8% 56.0% 14,141
Brewster 44.2%
-8.4
1.6
48.1% 6.3% 6.8% 57.5% 9,976
Chicopee 38.9%
-14.2
-2.3
42.5% 16.4% 9.5% 47.4% 55,994
Dartmouth 36.5%
-16.2
8.8
55.2% 7.3% 9.1% 51.6% 34,420
Fairhaven 34.9%
-16.3
8.0
55.7% 8.3% 10.2% 55.8% 16,111
Falmouth 43.1%
-9.5
2.2
48.8% 6.6% 7.2% 55.9% 32,824
Hull 39.4%
-14.3
2.9
48.3% 10.7% 7.8% 53.5% 11,123
Longmeadow 45.6%
-11.1
4.5
47.1% 6.1% 6.3% 44.5% 15,527
Lowell 40.6%
-11.2
2.1
48.9% 9.1% 10.5% 49.5% 104,400
Marion 46.0%
-10.6
3.6
46.3% 6.6% 5.7% 56.0% 5,183
Mattapoisett 45.0%
-12.7
5.9
47.3% 6.8% 7.2% 61.1% 6,519
Melrose 45.4%
-5.1
-1.2
47.5% 6.0% 6.7% 51.8% 27,093
Nahant 46.0%
-3.7
-3.1
46.5% 6.5% 6.5% 52.5% 3,630
Orleans 45.4%
-7.7
2.9
49.0% 4.6% 6.3% 52.9% 6,256
Otis 37.8%
-13.3
4.1
51.9% 8.7% 6.4% 60.1% 1,396
Quincy 33.6%
-19.8
-4.9
40.7% 24.6% 8.2% 46.5% 91,073
Revere 42.7%
-10.1
-0.1
45.7% 10.1% 8.4% 42.5% 51,693
Royalston 39.7%
-17.1
2.2
42.8% 12.8% 9.9% 71.6% 1,353
Somerset 39.3%
-11.2
2.9
51.3% 8.2% 10.0% 50.3% 18,556
South Hadley 38.7%
-12.0
1.3
49.0% 9.6% 7.2% 54.9% 17,387
Southbridge 40.0%
-15.1
3.7
46.1% 11.8% 13.1% 52.3% 17,487
Stow 46.7%
-5.8
1.5
48.3% 4.1% 5.2% 60.8% 6,671
Swansea 44.1%
-12.6
3.2
45.3% 9.3% 9.6% 55.6% 16,175
Taunton 42.8%
-13.9
2.1
44.0% 11.8% 9.0% 56.0% 55,815
Waltham 40.8%
-8.8
0.7
50.2% 7.4% 6.2% 53.9% 60,605
Westhampton 36.5%
-13.8
-0.1
48.5% 10.5% 5.6% 70.7% 1,593
Westport 41.2%
-10.7
2.8
49.7% 7.6% 10.4% 47.6% 15,504
Sources: Associated Press, US Census, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, Secretary of State
Tom Giratikanon / The Boston Globe