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Question 2: Fusion voting
Unofficial results of the election held Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006.
PR: precincts reporting; TP: total precincts. Last updated: 12:51 PM
| City or town |
PR |
TP |
 No
| Yes
|
| Abington |
4 |
4 |
3,644 |
1,826 |
| Acton |
6 |
6 |
4,929 |
2,847 |
| Acushnet |
3 |
3 |
2,530 |
1,127 |
| Adams |
5 |
5 |
1,813 |
674 |
| Agawam |
8 |
8 |
6,865 |
2,751 |
| Alford |
1 |
1 |
120 |
93 |
| Amesbury |
6 |
6 |
3,537 |
1,761 |
| Amherst |
10 |
10 |
3,740 |
3,591 |
| Andover |
9 |
9 |
8,240 |
4,042 |
| Aquinnah |
1 |
1 |
107 |
94 |
| Arlington |
21 |
21 |
11,487 |
6,790 |
| Ashburnham |
1 |
1 |
1,380 |
760 |
| Ashby |
1 |
1 |
783 |
433 |
| Ashfield |
1 |
1 |
387 |
400 |
| Ashland |
4 |
4 |
3,500 |
2,082 |
| Athol |
3 |
3 |
2,089 |
926 |
| Attleboro |
12 |
12 |
8,191 |
3,579 |
| Auburn |
5 |
5 |
4,011 |
1,879 |
| Avon |
1 |
1 |
1,122 |
496 |
| Ayer |
2 |
2 |
1,472 |
747 |
| Barnstable |
13 |
13 |
11,932 |
6,092 |
| Barre |
2 |
2 |
1,205 |
584 |
| Becket |
1 |
1 |
343 |
198 |
| Bedford |
4 |
4 |
3,275 |
1,816 |
| Belchertown |
4 |
4 |
2,871 |
1,732 |
| Bellingham |
5 |
5 |
3,670 |
1,753 |
| Belmont |
8 |
8 |
6,429 |
3,496 |
| Berkley |
1 |
1 |
1,412 |
590 |
| Berlin |
1 |
1 |
799 |
370 |
| Bernardston |
1 |
1 |
380 |
261 |
| Beverly |
12 |
12 |
8,987 |
4,717 |
| Billerica |
11 |
11 |
8,768 |
3,719 |
| Blackstone |
3 |
3 |
1,933 |
802 |
| Blandford |
1 |
1 |
265 |
179 |
| Bolton |
1 |
1 |
1,318 |
725 |
| Boston |
254 |
254 |
77,516 |
58,322 |
| Bourne |
6 |
6 |
4,880 |
2,202 |
| Boxborough |
1 |
1 |
1,225 |
686 |
| Boxford |
3 |
3 |
2,233 |
1,209 |
| Boylston |
1 |
1 |
1,242 |
604 |
| Braintree |
12 |
12 |
8,895 |
4,090 |
| Brewster |
3 |
3 |
2,919 |
1,768 |
| Bridgewater |
7 |
7 |
5,231 |
2,283 |
| Brimfield |
1 |
1 |
913 |
444 |
| Brockton |
28 |
28 |
12,674 |
6,543 |
| Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
738 |
385 |
| Brookline |
16 |
16 |
10,247 |
7,852 |
| Buckland |
1 |
1 |
401 |
301 |
| Burlington |
6 |
6 |
6,105 |
2,687 |
| Cambridge |
33 |
33 |
14,265 |
13,651 |
| Canton |
6 |
6 |
5,610 |
2,518 |
| Carlisle |
1 |
1 |
1,496 |
937 |
| Carver |
3 |
3 |
2,838 |
1,251 |
| Charlemont |
1 |
1 |
266 |
195 |
| Charlton |
3 |
3 |
2,725 |
1,336 |
| Chatham |
2 |
2 |
2,329 |
1,311 |
| Chelmsford |
9 |
9 |
9,147 |
4,463 |
| Chelsea |
16 |
16 |
2,556 |
1,837 |
| Cheshire |
1 |
1 |
854 |
330 |
| Chester |
1 |
1 |
227 |
136 |
| Chesterfield |
1 |
1 |
271 |
171 |
| Chicopee |
26 |
26 |
10,491 |
4,244 |
| Chilmark |
1 |
1 |
287 |
212 |
| Clarksburg |
1 |
1 |
437 |
129 |
| Clinton |
4 |
4 |
2,582 |
1,368 |
| Cohasset |
2 |
2 |
2,026 |
1,106 |
| Colrain |
1 |
1 |
310 |
249 |
| Concord |
5 |
5 |
4,819 |
2,659 |
| Conway |
1 |
1 |
482 |
383 |
| Cummington |
1 |
1 |
182 |
163 |
| Dalton |
2 |
2 |
1,588 |
560 |
| Danvers |
8 |
8 |
6,604 |
3,108 |
| Dartmouth |
10 |
10 |
6,390 |
3,514 |
| Dedham |
7 |
7 |
5,963 |
2,701 |
| Deerfield |
1 |
1 |
1,311 |
808 |
| Dennis |
5 |
5 |
4,796 |
2,473 |
| Dighton |
1 |
1 |
1,635 |
539 |
| Douglas |
2 |
2 |
1,678 |
836 |
| Dover |
1 |
1 |
1,613 |
855 |
| Dracut |
10 |
10 |
6,502 |
2,832 |
| Dudley |
4 |
4 |
2,249 |
943 |
| Dunstable |
1 |
1 |
798 |
458 |
| Duxbury |
6 |
6 |
4,373 |
2,222 |
| East Bridgewater |
4 |
4 |
3,165 |
1,476 |
| East Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
519 |
240 |
| East Longmeadow |
4 |
4 |
3,856 |
1,695 |
| Eastham |
1 |
1 |
1,795 |
1,049 |
| Easthampton |
5 |
5 |
3,859 |
2,061 |
| Easton |
6 |
6 |
5,402 |
2,666 |
| Edgartown |
1 |
1 |
1,001 |
518 |
| Egremont |
1 |
1 |
318 |
247 |
| Erving |
1 |
1 |
328 |
167 |
| Essex |
1 |
1 |
1,011 |
528 |
| Everett |
18 |
18 |
5,242 |
2,383 |
| Fairhaven |
6 |
6 |
3,499 |
1,803 |
| Fall River |
30 |
30 |
11,962 |
5,434 |
| Falmouth |
9 |
9 |
9,352 |
4,448 |
| Fitchburg |
12 |
12 |
5,780 |
2,920 |
| Florida |
1 |
1 |
149 |
90 |
| Foxborough |
5 |
5 |
4,259 |
2,167 |
| Framingham |
18 |
18 |
10,993 |
6,340 |
| Franklin |
8 |
8 |
7,017 |
3,627 |
| Freetown |
3 |
3 |
2,105 |
932 |
| Gardner |
11 |
11 |
3,754 |
1,790 |
| Georgetown |
2 |
2 |
2,052 |
961 |
| Gill |
1 |
1 |
361 |
246 |
| Gloucester |
10 |
10 |
7,025 |
3,494 |
| Goshen |
1 |
1 |
239 |
161 |
| Gosnold |
1 |
1 |
26 |
24 |
| Grafton |
4 |
4 |
3,854 |
1,943 |
| Granby |
1 |
1 |
1,616 |
767 |
| Granville |
1 |
1 |
389 |
178 |
| Great Barrington |
4 |
4 |
1,372 |
927 |
| Greenfield |
9 |
9 |
3,581 |
2,238 |
| Groton |
3 |
3 |
2,628 |
1,453 |
| Groveland |
1 |
1 |
1,823 |
760 |
| Hadley |
1 |
1 |
1,302 |
776 |
| Halifax |
2 |
2 |
1,959 |
843 |
| Hamilton |
3 |
3 |
2,131 |
1,113 |
| Hampden |
1 |
1 |
1,417 |
617 |
| Hancock |
1 |
1 |
151 |
79 |
| Hanover |
4 |
4 |
3,946 |
1,759 |
| Hanson |
3 |
3 |
2,621 |
1,185 |
| Hardwick |
1 |
1 |
605 |
353 |
| Harvard |
1 |
1 |
1,601 |
1,005 |
| Harwich |
4 |
4 |
3,836 |
2,006 |
| Hatfield |
1 |
1 |
1,060 |
519 |
| Haverhill |
21 |
21 |
10,935 |
5,135 |
| Hawley |
1 |
1 |
69 |
47 |
| Heath |
1 |
1 |
164 |
134 |
| Hingham |
6 |
6 |
6,340 |
2,996 |
| Hinsdale |
1 |
1 |
427 |
177 |
| Holbrook |
4 |
4 |
2,594 |
1,157 |
| Holden |
5 |
5 |
5,802 |
2,369 |
| Holland |
1 |
1 |
533 |
284 |
| Holliston |
4 |
4 |
3,750 |
2,196 |
| Holyoke |
14 |
14 |
6,239 |
3,192 |
| Hopedale |
1 |
1 |
1,493 |
746 |
| Hopkinton |
4 |
4 |
3,472 |
1,944 |
| Hubbardston |
1 |
1 |
1,213 |
602 |
| Hudson |
7 |
7 |
4,158 |
2,071 |
| Hull |
3 |
3 |
2,760 |
1,364 |
| Huntington |
1 |
1 |
466 |
241 |
| Ipswich |
4 |
4 |
3,640 |
1,888 |
| Kingston |
4 |
4 |
3,084 |
1,548 |
| Lakeville |
3 |
3 |
2,492 |
1,031 |
| Lancaster |
2 |
2 |
1,633 |
822 |
| Lanesborough |
1 |
1 |
688 |
284 |
| Lawrence |
24 |
24 |
5,947 |
4,194 |
| Lee |
6 |
6 |
1,291 |
626 |
| Leicester |
4 |
4 |
2,494 |
1,117 |
| Lenox |
1 |
1 |
1,429 |
660 |
| Leominster |
15 |
15 |
8,008 |
3,804 |
| Leverett |
1 |
1 |
412 |
449 |
| Lexington |
9 |
9 |
8,095 |
4,593 |
| Leyden |
1 |
1 |
200 |
122 |
| Lincoln |
3 |
3 |
1,373 |
1,072 |
| Littleton |
3 |
3 |
2,369 |
1,201 |
| Longmeadow |
5 |
5 |
4,429 |
2,128 |
| Lowell |
33 |
33 |
11,954 |
6,150 |
| Ludlow |
6 |
6 |
4,424 |
1,830 |
| Lunenburg |
4 |
4 |
2,441 |
1,191 |
| Lynn |
28 |
28 |
11,618 |
6,236 |
| Lynnfield |
4 |
4 |
3,227 |
1,435 |
| Malden |
16 |
16 |
7,992 |
4,058 |
| Manchester |
1 |
1 |
1,546 |
871 |
| Mansfield |
6 |
6 |
5,099 |
2,490 |
| Marblehead |
7 |
7 |
5,528 |
3,197 |
| Marion |
1 |
1 |
1,389 |
826 |
| Marlborough |
14 |
14 |
6,930 |
3,600 |
| Marshfield |
7 |
7 |
6,668 |
3,255 |
| Mashpee |
5 |
5 |
3,617 |
1,736 |
| Mattapoisett |
2 |
2 |
1,988 |
1,021 |
| Maynard |
4 |
4 |
2,549 |
1,426 |
| Medfield |
4 |
4 |
3,364 |
1,771 |
| Medford |
16 |
16 |
10,930 |
5,898 |
| Medway |
4 |
4 |
3,237 |
1,751 |
| Melrose |
14 |
14 |
7,198 |
3,401 |
| Mendon |
1 |
1 |
1,522 |
719 |
| Merrimac |
1 |
1 |
1,699 |
778 |
| Methuen |
12 |
12 |
8,817 |
3,755 |
| Middleborough |
6 |
6 |
4,639 |
2,158 |
| Middlefield |
1 |
1 |
121 |
76 |
| Middleton |
2 |
2 |
2,154 |
975 |
| Milford |
7 |
7 |
4,869 |
2,454 |
| Millbury |
4 |
4 |
2,814 |
1,354 |
| Millis |
3 |
3 |
2,162 |
1,147 |
| Millville |
1 |
1 |
531 |
276 |
| Milton |
11 |
11 |
7,405 |
3,746 |
| Monroe |
1 |
1 |
29 |
9 |
| Monson |
3 |
3 |
1,900 |
848 |
| Montague |
6 |
6 |
1,779 |
1,091 |
| Monterey |
1 |
1 |
196 |
186 |
| Montgomery |
1 |
1 |
231 |
111 |
| Mount Washington |
1 |
1 |
36 |
27 |
| Nahant |
1 |
1 |
1,021 |
606 |
| Nantucket |
1 |
1 |
2,009 |
1,349 |
| Natick |
10 |
10 |
8,055 |
4,324 |
| Needham |
10 |
10 |
8,325 |
4,322 |
| New Ashford |
1 |
1 |
57 |
29 |
| New Bedford |
42 |
42 |
13,381 |
6,706 |
| New Braintree |
1 |
1 |
223 |
147 |
| New Marlborough |
1 |
1 |
309 |
221 |
| New Salem |
1 |
1 |
274 |
149 |
| Newbury |
2 |
2 |
1,933 |
997 |
| Newburyport |
7 |
7 |
4,854 |
2,446 |
| Newton |
31 |
31 |
17,562 |
11,619 |
| Norfolk |
4 |
4 |
2,463 |
1,271 |
| North Adams |
5 |
5 |
2,444 |
950 |
| North Andover |
8 |
8 |
6,405 |
3,281 |
| North Attleborough |
9 |
9 |
5,962 |
2,875 |
| North Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
1,099 |
532 |
| North Reading |
4 |
4 |
3,971 |
1,730 |
| Northampton |
14 |
14 |
5,742 |
5,169 |
| Northborough |
4 |
4 |
3,684 |
1,850 |
| Northbridge |
4 |
4 |
3,347 |
1,437 |
| Northfield |
1 |
1 |
710 |
453 |
| Norton |
5 |
5 |
3,905 |
1,751 |
| Norwell |
3 |
3 |
3,015 |
1,425 |
| Norwood |
9 |
9 |
6,994 |
3,019 |
| Oak Bluffs |
1 |
1 |
1,057 |
570 |
| Oakham |
1 |
1 |
516 |
237 |
| Orange |
2 |
2 |
1,392 |
608 |
| Orleans |
2 |
2 |
2,106 |
1,317 |
| Otis |
1 |
1 |
415 |
222 |
| Oxford |
4 |
4 |
2,909 |
1,420 |
| Palmer |
4 |
4 |
2,788 |
1,107 |
| Paxton |
1 |
1 |
1,238 |
613 |
| Peabody |
19 |
19 |
12,512 |
5,331 |
| Pelham |
1 |
1 |
329 |
321 |
| Pembroke |
5 |
5 |
4,522 |
2,037 |
| Pepperell |
3 |
3 |
2,741 |
1,386 |
| Peru |
1 |
1 |
144 |
85 |
| Petersham |
1 |
1 |
367 |
205 |
| Phillipston |
1 |
1 |
415 |
222 |
| Pittsfield |
14 |
14 |
9,291 |
3,542 |
| Plainfield |
1 |
1 |
131 |
131 |
| Plainville |
2 |
2 |
1,848 |
967 |
| Plymouth |
14 |
14 |
13,258 |
6,494 |
| Plympton |
1 |
1 |
831 |
385 |
| Princeton |
1 |
1 |
1,017 |
582 |
| Provincetown |
1 |
1 |
999 |
712 |
| Quincy |
30 |
30 |
17,294 |
8,485 |
| Randolph |
8 |
8 |
5,956 |
2,904 |
| Raynham |
3 |
3 |
3,000 |
1,224 |
| Reading |
8 |
8 |
6,465 |
2,691 |
| Rehoboth |
3 |
3 |
2,593 |
1,084 |
| Revere |
21 |
21 |
6,599 |
3,328 |
| Richmond |
1 |
1 |
439 |
261 |
| Rochester |
1 |
1 |
1,382 |
688 |
| Rockland |
6 |
6 |
4,414 |
1,802 |
| Rockport |
3 |
3 |
2,182 |
1,086 |
| Rowe |
1 |
1 |
95 |
71 |
| Rowley |
1 |
1 |
1,627 |
724 |
| Royalston |
2 |
2 |
273 |
152 |
| Russell |
1 |
1 |
344 |
157 |
| Rutland |
2 |
2 |
1,917 |
913 |
| Salem |
14 |
14 |
7,738 |
4,131 |
| Salisbury |
2 |
2 |
1,732 |
820 |
| Sandisfield |
1 |
1 |
131 |
77 |
| Sandwich |
7 |
7 |
5,728 |
2,861 |
| Saugus |
10 |
10 |
6,381 |
2,690 |
| Savoy |
1 |
1 |
118 |
69 |
| Scituate |
6 |
6 |
5,096 |
2,658 |
| Seekonk |
4 |
4 |
3,521 |
1,276 |
| Sharon |
5 |
5 |
4,476 |
2,685 |
| Sheffield |
1 |
1 |
695 |
451 |
| Shelburne |
1 |
1 |
447 |
340 |
| Sherborn |
1 |
1 |
1,196 |
809 |
| Shirley |
1 |
1 |
1,401 |
724 |
| Shrewsbury |
9 |
9 |
7,982 |
3,840 |
| Shutesbury |
1 |
1 |
412 |
482 |
| Somerset |
5 |
5 |
4,549 |
1,689 |
| Somerville |
21 |
21 |
11,114 |
8,442 |
| South Hadley |
5 |
5 |
3,998 |
2,046 |
| Southampton |
1 |
1 |
1,581 |
706 |
| Southborough |
3 |
3 |
2,604 |
1,426 |
| Southbridge |
5 |
5 |
3,009 |
1,672 |
| Southwick |
3 |
3 |
2,060 |
902 |
| Spencer |
4 |
4 |
2,492 |
1,187 |
| Springfield |
64 |
64 |
19,317 |
10,189 |
| Sterling |
2 |
2 |
2,046 |
1,079 |
| Stockbridge |
1 |
1 |
513 |
319 |
| Stoneham |
7 |
7 |
5,223 |
2,540 |
| Stoughton |
8 |
8 |
6,242 |
2,685 |
| Stow |
1 |
1 |
1,072 |
291 |
| Sturbridge |
2 |
2 |
2,336 |
1,150 |
| Sudbury |
5 |
5 |
4,461 |
2,586 |
| Sunderland |
1 |
1 |
719 |
502 |
| Sutton |
3 |
3 |
2,236 |
1,193 |
| Swampscott |
6 |
6 |
3,568 |
2,017 |
| Swansea |
5 |
5 |
3,819 |
1,383 |
| Taunton |
16 |
16 |
9,471 |
3,809 |
| Templeton |
2 |
2 |
1,791 |
722 |
| Tewksbury |
8 |
8 |
7,508 |
3,194 |
| Tisbury |
1 |
1 |
914 |
517 |
| Tolland |
1 |
1 |
107 |
50 |
| Topsfield |
1 |
1 |
1,903 |
1,896 |
| Townsend |
3 |
3 |
2,148 |
927 |
| Truro |
1 |
1 |
629 |
481 |
| Tyngsborough |
4 |
4 |
2,613 |
1,213 |
| Tyringham |
1 |
1 |
120 |
46 |
| Upton |
1 |
1 |
1,742 |
945 |
| Uxbridge |
4 |
4 |
3,052 |
1,338 |
| Wakefield |
7 |
7 |
6,989 |
3,105 |
| Wales |
1 |
1 |
441 |
197 |
| Walpole |
8 |
8 |
6,346 |
2,949 |
| Waltham |
18 |
18 |
9,256 |
4,939 |
| Ware |
3 |
3 |
2,019 |
922 |
| Wareham |
6 |
6 |
4,450 |
2,294 |
| Warren |
1 |
1 |
979 |
475 |
| Warwick |
1 |
1 |
166 |
118 |
| Washington |
1 |
1 |
155 |
178 |
| Watertown |
12 |
12 |
6,462 |
4,094 |
| Wayland |
4 |
4 |
3,668 |
1,932 |
| Webster |
5 |
5 |
2,688 |
1,383 |
| Wellesley |
7 |
7 |
6,526 |
3,598 |
| Wellfleet |
1 |
1 |
929 |
627 |
| Wendell |
1 |
1 |
158 |
216 |
| Wenham |
1 |
1 |
1,101 |
532 |
| West Boylston |
2 |
2 |
1,884 |
919 |
| West Bridgewater |
2 |
2 |
1,890 |
761 |
| West Brookfield |
1 |
1 |
921 |
450 |
| West Newbury |
1 |
1 |
1,212 |
675 |
| West Springfield |
8 |
8 |
5,548 |
2,254 |
| West Stockbridge |
1 |
1 |
326 |
215 |
| West Tisbury |
1 |
1 |
698 |
547 |
| Westborough |
5 |
5 |
3,893 |
2,204 |
| Westfield |
12 |
12 |
7,389 |
3,293 |
| Westford |
6 |
6 |
5,716 |
2,847 |
| Westhampton |
1 |
1 |
508 |
299 |
| Westminster |
2 |
2 |
2,033 |
927 |
| Weston |
4 |
4 |
2,854 |
1,748 |
| Westport |
5 |
5 |
3,728 |
1,602 |
| Westwood |
4 |
4 |
4,090 |
1,909 |
| Weymouth |
18 |
18 |
13,111 |
5,822 |
| Whately |
1 |
1 |
437 |
281 |
| Whitman |
4 |
4 |
3,325 |
1,390 |
| Wilbraham |
4 |
4 |
4,121 |
1,802 |
| Williamsburg |
1 |
1 |
620 |
502 |
| Williamstown |
3 |
3 |
1,591 |
927 |
| Wilmington |
6 |
6 |
5,663 |
2,362 |
| Winchendon |
3 |
3 |
1,876 |
959 |
| Winchester |
8 |
8 |
5,879 |
3,193 |
| Windsor |
1 |
1 |
248 |
112 |
| Winthrop |
6 |
6 |
3,921 |
1,860 |
| Woburn |
14 |
14 |
8,528 |
5,238 |
| Worcester |
50 |
50 |
22,682 |
12,758 |
| Worthington |
1 |
1 |
276 |
251 |
| Wrentham |
3 |
3 |
2,888 |
1,378 |
| Yarmouth |
7 |
7 |
6,777 |
3,434 |
| Totals |
2,166 |
2,166 |
1,302,143 |
688,096 |
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