SNAPSHOT: Independent voters, 2010
By Matt Carroll, Boston Globe | Dec. 22, 2011
Massachusetts has more independent voters than other group -- nearly 52 percent, according to the state elections division. Those people, technically called "unenrolled voters," are heavily concentrated in western and central communities, and are least likely to be found in urban areas, such as Cambridge, Fall River, and Boston.
| Community | Unenrolled % | Rank | Unenrolled |
| ABINGTON | 59.50% | 152 | 6,226 |
| ACTON | 60.00% | 138 | 8,254 |
| ACUSHNET | 55.60% | 233 | 4,157 |
| ADAMS | 55.90% | 223 | 3,350 |
| AGAWAM | 53.90% | 268 | 11,269 |
| ALFORD | 51.00% | 297 | 200 |
| AMESBURY | 57.70% | 186 | 6,832 |
| AMHERST | 43.80% | 335 | 7,661 |
| ANDOVER | 56.60% | 207 | 12,805 |
| AQUINNAH | 60.80% | 114 | 239 |
| ARLINGTON | 44.20% | 334 | 13,017 |
| ASHBURNHAM | 61.60% | 89 | 2,611 |
| ASHBY | 69.30% | 13 | 1,648 |
| ASHFIELD | 60.30% | 123 | 791 |
| ASHLAND | 59.00% | 165 | 6,242 |
| ATHOL | 63.70% | 48 | 4,200 |
| ATTLEBORO | 60.90% | 109 | 15,831 |
| AUBURN | 58.30% | 172 | 6,782 |
| AVON | 55.90% | 223 | 1,700 |
| AYER | 60.10% | 134 | 2,948 |
| BARNSTABLE | 56.90% | 203 | 17,740 |
| BARRE | 58.90% | 166 | 2,029 |
| BECKET | 60.00% | 138 | 758 |
| BEDFORD | 58.00% | 177 | 5,473 |
| BELCHERTOWN | 55.70% | 230 | 5,197 |
| BELLINGHAM | 58.50% | 170 | 6,165 |
| BELMONT | 53.50% | 273 | 8,881 |
| BERKLEY | 63.50% | 51 | 2,666 |
| BERLIN | 66.00% | 26 | 1,329 |
| BERNARDSTON | 69.60% | 12 | 1,073 |
| BEVERLY | 59.90% | 145 | 14,881 |
| BILLERICA | 57.20% | 193 | 14,030 |
| BLACKSTONE | 60.10% | 134 | 3,701 |
| BLANDFORD | 61.50% | 94 | 523 |
| BOLTON | 59.30% | 162 | 1,927 |
| BOSTON | 37.20% | 349 | 138,158 |
| BOURNE | 60.60% | 117 | 7,997 |
| BOXBOROUGH | 61.80% | 83 | 2,105 |
| BOXFORD | 60.20% | 130 | 3,602 |
| BOYLSTON | 65.70% | 27 | 2,036 |
| BRAINTREE | 50.40% | 302 | 12,730 |
| BREWSTER | 57.20% | 193 | 4,606 |
| BRIDGEWATER | 59.40% | 157 | 9,321 |
| BRIMFIELD | 60.00% | 138 | 1,549 |
| BROCKTON | 40.50% | 343 | 21,565 |
| BROOKFIELD | 64.80% | 34 | 1,504 |
| BROOKLINE | 43.40% | 339 | 17,842 |
| BUCKLAND | 64.00% | 44 | 831 |
| BURLINGTON | 57.90% | 183 | 9,486 |
| CAMBRIDGE | 35.90% | 351 | 22,529 |
| CANTON | 53.50% | 273 | 8,248 |
| CARLISLE | 59.40% | 157 | 2,199 |
| CARVER | 61.60% | 89 | 5,457 |
| CHARLEMONT | 67.90% | 17 | 564 |
| CHARLTON | 62.50% | 67 | 5,729 |
| CHATHAM | 56.60% | 207 | 3,192 |
| CHELMSFORD | 61.80% | 83 | 14,648 |
| CHELSEA | 38.00% | 348 | 4,565 |
| CHESHIRE | 62.50% | 67 | 1,447 |
| CHESTER | 62.50% | 67 | 578 |
| CHESTERFIELD | 64.80% | 34 | 555 |
| CHICOPEE | 47.60% | 315 | 16,484 |
| CHILMARK | 47.60% | 315 | 418 |
| CLARKSBURG | 70.40% | 7 | 800 |
| CLINTON | 53.60% | 272 | 5,091 |
| COHASSET | 55.40% | 237 | 3,056 |
| COLRAIN | 65.20% | 31 | 766 |
| CONCORD | 49.80% | 305 | 6,109 |
| CONWAY | 49.60% | 306 | 753 |
| CUMMINGTON | 68.20% | 16 | 437 |
| DALTON | 57.60% | 189 | 2,638 |
| DANVERS | 63.10% | 59 | 11,516 |
| DARTMOUTH | 52.10% | 288 | 12,491 |
| DEDHAM | 52.60% | 282 | 8,793 |
| DEERFIELD | 58.00% | 177 | 2,109 |
| DENNIS | 58.60% | 168 | 6,791 |
| DIGHTON | 60.10% | 134 | 2,786 |
| DOUGLAS | 61.40% | 96 | 3,876 |
| DOVER | 54.20% | 262 | 2,145 |
| DRACUT | 56.30% | 215 | 11,328 |
| DUDLEY | 58.50% | 170 | 4,117 |
| DUNSTABLE | 63.80% | 46 | 1,380 |
| DUXBURY | 57.00% | 198 | 6,318 |
| EAST BRIDGEWATER | 61.20% | 100 | 5,651 |
| EAST BROOKFIELD | 62.20% | 74 | 941 |
| EASTHAM | 54.10% | 265 | 2,315 |
| EASTHAMPTON | 55.70% | 230 | 6,367 |
| EAST LONGMEADOW | 52.30% | 285 | 5,831 |
| EASTON | 56.00% | 221 | 8,486 |
| EDGARTOWN | 50.70% | 300 | 1,638 |
| EGREMONT | 51.10% | 295 | 484 |
| ERVING | 66.60% | 22 | 736 |
| ESSEX | 60.00% | 138 | 1,567 |
| EVERETT | 42.90% | 340 | 8,149 |
| FAIRHAVEN | 55.80% | 226 | 6,081 |
| FALL RIVER | 36.10% | 350 | 17,753 |
| FALMOUTH | 55.80% | 226 | 14,530 |
| FITCHBURG | 55.00% | 246 | 11,194 |
| FLORIDA | 70.10% | 11 | 385 |
| FOXBOROUGH | 60.60% | 117 | 6,951 |
| FRAMINGHAM | 52.80% | 279 | 18,392 |
| FRANKLIN | 60.60% | 117 | 12,171 |
| FREETOWN | 60.90% | 109 | 3,931 |
| GARDNER | 53.20% | 276 | 6,087 |
| GEORGETOWN | 57.70% | 186 | 3,452 |
| GILL | 61.80% | 83 | 664 |
| GLOUCESTER | 60.20% | 130 | 12,052 |
| GOSHEN | 60.50% | 121 | 437 |
| GOSNOLD | 72.20% | 4 | 104 |
| GRAFTON | 60.50% | 121 | 7,053 |
| GRANBY | 59.20% | 163 | 2,675 |
| GRANVILLE | 63.80% | 46 | 732 |
| GREAT BARRINGTON | 51.00% | 297 | 2,309 |
| GREENFIELD | 55.60% | 233 | 6,381 |
| GROTON | 59.50% | 152 | 4,360 |
| GROVELAND | 59.50% | 152 | 2,844 |
| HADLEY | 53.40% | 275 | 1,967 |
| HALIFAX | 62.00% | 78 | 3,493 |
| HAMILTON | 60.20% | 130 | 3,462 |
| HAMPDEN | 57.80% | 185 | 2,095 |
| HANCOCK | 63.90% | 45 | 328 |
| HANOVER | 60.80% | 114 | 5,701 |
| HANSON | 61.30% | 98 | 4,176 |
| HARDWICK | 62.70% | 63 | 1,123 |
| HARVARD | 60.00% | 138 | 2,448 |
| HARWICH | 56.00% | 221 | 5,709 |
| HATFIELD | 55.60% | 233 | 1,396 |
| HAVERHILL | 57.10% | 197 | 23,493 |
| HAWLEY | 72.70% | 3 | 165 |
| HEATH | 62.00% | 78 | 318 |
| HINGHAM | 56.50% | 209 | 9,074 |
| HINSDALE | 63.20% | 56 | 900 |
| HOLBROOK | 55.30% | 241 | 3,886 |
| HOLDEN | 60.90% | 109 | 7,646 |
| HOLLAND | 62.80% | 62 | 1,128 |
| HOLLISTON | 56.90% | 203 | 5,684 |
| HOLYOKE | 45.20% | 325 | 11,205 |
| HOPEDALE | 64.80% | 34 | 2,556 |
| HOPKINTON | 56.10% | 218 | 5,520 |
| HUBBARDSTON | 67.00% | 20 | 2,042 |
| HUDSON | 63.20% | 56 | 8,003 |
| HULL | 53.70% | 271 | 4,301 |
| HUNTINGTON | 65.40% | 29 | 928 |
| IPSWICH | 62.00% | 78 | 6,262 |
| KINGSTON | 59.10% | 164 | 5,097 |
| LAKEVILLE | 62.70% | 63 | 4,679 |
| LANCASTER | 63.60% | 49 | 2,980 |
| LANESBOROUGH | 60.30% | 123 | 1,322 |
| LAWRENCE | 38.60% | 345 | 14,191 |
| LEE | 61.60% | 89 | 2,456 |
| LEICESTER | 57.00% | 198 | 4,174 |
| LENOX | 43.50% | 338 | 1,620 |
| LEOMINSTER | 58.60% | 168 | 16,041 |
| LEVERETT | 43.80% | 335 | 627 |
| LEXINGTON | 49.40% | 309 | 10,622 |
| LEYDEN | 61.40% | 96 | 345 |
| LINCOLN | 52.00% | 290 | 2,301 |
| LITTLETON | 61.60% | 89 | 3,798 |
| LONGMEADOW | 44.60% | 330 | 5,351 |
| LOWELL | 49.60% | 306 | 26,357 |
| LUDLOW | 44.70% | 327 | 6,176 |
| LUNENBURG | 62.00% | 78 | 4,368 |
| LYNN | 45.40% | 323 | 22,393 |
| LYNNFIELD | 58.20% | 174 | 5,235 |
| MALDEN | 48.10% | 312 | 14,137 |
| MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA | 57.00% | 198 | 2,266 |
| MANSFIELD | 57.90% | 183 | 8,349 |
| MARBLEHEAD | 56.50% | 209 | 8,345 |
| MARION | 55.90% | 223 | 2,070 |
| MARLBOROUGH | 55.80% | 226 | 11,328 |
| MARSHFIELD | 59.40% | 157 | 10,667 |
| MASHPEE | 57.40% | 191 | 5,933 |
| MATTAPOISETT | 61.30% | 98 | 3,030 |
| MAYNARD | 56.30% | 215 | 4,189 |
| MEDFIELD | 62.00% | 78 | 5,206 |
| MEDFORD | 46.20% | 321 | 16,218 |
| MEDWAY | 62.40% | 71 | 5,676 |
| MELROSE | 52.10% | 288 | 9,990 |
| MENDON | 63.20% | 56 | 2,680 |
| MERRIMAC | 61.70% | 86 | 2,762 |
| METHUEN | 47.80% | 314 | 14,139 |
| MIDDLEBOROUGH | 64.40% | 39 | 10,103 |
| MIDDLEFIELD | 50.80% | 299 | 188 |
| MIDDLETON | 62.10% | 76 | 3,426 |
| MILFORD | 56.10% | 218 | 9,401 |
| MILLBURY | 58.30% | 172 | 5,114 |
| MILLIS | 57.70% | 186 | 3,182 |
| MILLVILLE | 68.80% | 14 | 1,270 |
| MILTON | 44.60% | 330 | 8,230 |
| MONROE | 79.70% | 1 | 55 |
| MONSON | 55.30% | 241 | 3,145 |
| MONTAGUE | 58.00% | 177 | 3,407 |
| MONTEREY | 45.20% | 325 | 319 |
| MONTGOMERY | 67.70% | 18 | 390 |
| MOUNT WASHINGTON | 55.40% | 237 | 72 |
| NAHANT | 53.00% | 277 | 1,352 |
| NANTUCKET | 54.90% | 252 | 4,351 |
| NATICK | 53.00% | 277 | 12,193 |
| NEEDHAM | 52.20% | 286 | 10,835 |
| NEW ASHFORD | 71.20% | 5 | 126 |
| NEW BEDFORD | 42.20% | 342 | 24,289 |
| NEW BRAINTREE | 67.30% | 19 | 475 |
| NEWBURY | 61.50% | 94 | 3,130 |
| NEWBURYPORT | 55.40% | 237 | 7,227 |
| NEW MARLBOROUGH | 58.20% | 174 | 660 |
| NEW SALEM | 60.60% | 117 | 470 |
| NEWTON | 45.30% | 324 | 25,302 |
| NORFOLK | 59.90% | 145 | 3,834 |
| NORTH ADAMS | 57.00% | 198 | 5,167 |
| NORTHAMPTON | 44.40% | 332 | 8,684 |
| NORTH ANDOVER | 58.00% | 177 | 10,504 |
| NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH | 60.30% | 123 | 11,256 |
| NORTHBOROUGH | 61.00% | 105 | 6,149 |
| NORTHBRIDGE | 59.50% | 152 | 6,184 |
| NORTH BROOKFIELD | 63.00% | 60 | 2,082 |
| NORTHFIELD | 64.60% | 38 | 1,375 |
| NORTH READING | 57.00% | 198 | 5,941 |
| NORTON | 62.50% | 67 | 7,236 |
| NORWELL | 56.40% | 212 | 4,174 |
| NORWOOD | 54.00% | 267 | 10,858 |
| OAK BLUFFS | 54.10% | 265 | 1,819 |
| OAKHAM | 70.20% | 10 | 934 |
| ORANGE | 63.40% | 53 | 3,114 |
| ORLEANS | 52.80% | 279 | 2,866 |
| OTIS | 59.90% | 145 | 657 |
| OXFORD | 60.00% | 138 | 5,286 |
| PALMER | 56.80% | 205 | 4,592 |
| PAXTON | 59.50% | 152 | 1,885 |
| PEABODY | 56.30% | 215 | 19,441 |
| PELHAM | 46.90% | 318 | 548 |
| PEMBROKE | 60.20% | 130 | 7,322 |
| PEPPERELL | 59.90% | 145 | 4,903 |
| PERU | 66.60% | 22 | 396 |
| PETERSHAM | 61.00% | 105 | 583 |
| PHILLIPSTON | 70.40% | 7 | 832 |
| PITTSFIELD | 44.40% | 332 | 12,859 |
| PLAINFIELD | 64.30% | 40 | 294 |
| PLAINVILLE | 62.40% | 71 | 3,482 |
| PLYMOUTH | 60.00% | 138 | 22,633 |
| PLYMPTON | 68.50% | 15 | 1,396 |
| PRINCETON | 64.30% | 40 | 1,781 |
| PROVINCETOWN | 38.40% | 347 | 1,099 |
| QUINCY | 46.70% | 320 | 29,538 |
| RANDOLPH | 43.60% | 337 | 8,421 |
| RAYNHAM | 61.00% | 105 | 5,677 |
| READING | 51.70% | 292 | 8,721 |
| REHOBOTH | 63.50% | 51 | 5,382 |
| REVERE | 42.70% | 341 | 10,487 |
| RICHMOND | 55.00% | 246 | 657 |
| ROCHESTER | 62.10% | 76 | 2,454 |
| ROCKLAND | 60.80% | 114 | 7,290 |
| ROCKPORT | 63.60% | 49 | 3,583 |
| ROWE | 66.10% | 25 | 197 |
| ROWLEY | 65.20% | 31 | 2,780 |
| ROYALSTON | 70.80% | 6 | 614 |
| RUSSELL | 60.30% | 123 | 612 |
| RUTLAND | 61.70% | 86 | 3,366 |
| SALEM | 51.30% | 294 | 13,084 |
| SALISBURY | 61.20% | 100 | 3,701 |
| SANDISFIELD | 51.10% | 295 | 302 |
| SANDWICH | 58.10% | 176 | 8,910 |
| SAUGUS | 54.80% | 254 | 9,671 |
| SAVOY | 73.70% | 2 | 376 |
| SCITUATE | 55.70% | 230 | 7,336 |
| SEEKONK | 66.50% | 24 | 6,429 |
| SHARON | 57.50% | 190 | 7,154 |
| SHEFFIELD | 55.00% | 246 | 1,220 |
| SHELBURNE | 60.30% | 123 | 832 |
| SHERBORN | 54.90% | 252 | 1,687 |
| SHIRLEY | 64.10% | 43 | 2,550 |
| SHREWSBURY | 55.30% | 241 | 12,375 |
| SHUTESBURY | 47.50% | 317 | 678 |
| SOMERSET | 50.40% | 302 | 6,832 |
| SOMERVILLE | 40.10% | 344 | 17,327 |
| SOUTHAMPTON | 61.20% | 100 | 2,490 |
| SOUTHBOROUGH | 58.00% | 177 | 3,919 |
| SOUTHBRIDGE | 52.40% | 284 | 6,322 |
| SOUTH HADLEY | 55.10% | 244 | 6,076 |
| SOUTHWICK | 52.80% | 279 | 3,288 |
| SPENCER | 59.80% | 150 | 4,651 |
| SPRINGFIELD | 38.60% | 345 | 35,417 |
| STERLING | 62.70% | 63 | 3,578 |
| STOCKBRIDGE | 44.70% | 327 | 664 |
| STONEHAM | 54.20% | 262 | 8,204 |
| STOUGHTON | 54.30% | 259 | 9,564 |
| STOW | 60.90% | 109 | 2,904 |
| STURBRIDGE | 56.40% | 212 | 3,634 |
| SUDBURY | 54.70% | 255 | 6,581 |
| SUNDERLAND | 53.80% | 269 | 1,280 |
| SUTTON | 66.80% | 21 | 4,507 |
| SWAMPSCOTT | 55.00% | 246 | 5,653 |
| SWANSEA | 55.80% | 226 | 6,535 |
| TAUNTON | 56.10% | 218 | 18,508 |
| TEMPLETON | 65.20% | 31 | 3,286 |
| TEWKSBURY | 58.00% | 177 | 11,866 |
| TISBURY | 52.20% | 286 | 1,663 |
| TOLLAND | 56.80% | 205 | 193 |
| TOPSFIELD | 61.20% | 100 | 2,658 |
| TOWNSEND | 65.30% | 30 | 4,054 |
| TRURO | 54.20% | 262 | 930 |
| TYNGSBOROUGH | 62.40% | 71 | 5,052 |
| TYRINGHAM | 58.70% | 167 | 176 |
| UPTON | 63.30% | 54 | 3,137 |
| UXBRIDGE | 61.20% | 100 | 6,092 |
| WAKEFIELD | 55.00% | 246 | 9,234 |
| WALES | 65.60% | 28 | 843 |
| WALPOLE | 60.30% | 123 | 9,861 |
| WALTHAM | 53.80% | 269 | 18,895 |
| WARE | 54.60% | 256 | 3,487 |
| WAREHAM | 59.90% | 145 | 9,155 |
| WARREN | 59.60% | 151 | 1,845 |
| WARWICK | 63.30% | 54 | 340 |
| WASHINGTON | 59.40% | 157 | 258 |
| WATERTOWN | 45.60% | 322 | 9,783 |
| WAYLAND | 57.20% | 193 | 5,777 |
| WEBSTER | 57.20% | 193 | 6,625 |
| WELLESLEY | 50.60% | 301 | 9,070 |
| WELLFLEET | 49.60% | 306 | 1,279 |
| WENDELL | 62.60% | 66 | 426 |
| WENHAM | 54.60% | 256 | 1,518 |
| WESTBOROUGH | 56.50% | 209 | 6,447 |
| WEST BOYLSTON | 64.30% | 40 | 3,178 |
| WEST BRIDGEWATER | 60.30% | 123 | 3,062 |
| WEST BROOKFIELD | 60.90% | 109 | 1,585 |
| WESTFIELD | 50.40% | 302 | 11,886 |
| WESTFORD | 61.60% | 89 | 9,415 |
| WESTHAMPTON | 70.30% | 9 | 860 |
| WESTMINSTER | 63.00% | 60 | 3,450 |
| WEST NEWBURY | 54.30% | 259 | 1,773 |
| WESTON | 55.40% | 237 | 4,371 |
| WESTPORT | 47.90% | 313 | 5,610 |
| WEST SPRINGFIELD | 52.60% | 282 | 8,921 |
| WEST STOCKBRIDGE | 57.40% | 191 | 604 |
| WEST TISBURY | 51.90% | 291 | 1,200 |
| WESTWOOD | 56.40% | 212 | 5,779 |
| WEYMOUTH | 55.10% | 244 | 18,861 |
| WHATELY | 55.50% | 236 | 625 |
| WHITMAN | 61.70% | 86 | 5,957 |
| WILBRAHAM | 48.80% | 311 | 5,036 |
| WILLIAMSBURG | 54.60% | 256 | 1,043 |
| WILLIAMSTOWN | 46.90% | 318 | 2,152 |
| WILMINGTON | 59.40% | 157 | 9,239 |
| WINCHENDON | 62.20% | 74 | 4,216 |
| WINCHESTER | 54.30% | 259 | 8,015 |
| WINDSOR | 64.80% | 34 | 427 |
| WINTHROP | 49.40% | 309 | 5,472 |
| WOBURN | 51.50% | 293 | 12,940 |
| WORCESTER | 44.70% | 327 | 42,057 |
| WORTHINGTON | 61.00% | 105 | 559 |
| WRENTHAM | 60.10% | 134 | 4,572 |
| YARMOUTH | 55.00% | 246 | 9,918 |