Harris-Walz win big in Dot; Trump-Vance notch wins in Neponset

Voters in Dorchester and Mattapan overwhelmingly supported the Democratic ticket for president and vice-president on Tuesday, despite a red surge nationally that has delivered another four-year presidential term for Donald Trump.

Locally, two precincts in Dorchester’s Neponset section lined up with the Republican choice, while the vast majority of Bostonians— roughly 76 percent according to the city’s Election Department— voted for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

The top of the Democratic ticket was strong across the city’s neighborhoods and a closer look at several bellwether precincts in Dorchester is indicative of that relative strength citywide. At the double precinct at Lower Mills Library, for example, the Harris-Walz duo won 1,203 votes to Trump-Vance’s 278. At the Codman Square Library’s 16-5 precinct, the Democrats defeated the Trump ticket 386-55. At St. Mark’s parish, precinct 3 in Ward 16 delivered 606 votes to Harris-Walz to 146 for the GOP side.

Savin Hill’s closely-watched 13-10 precinct — which experienced delays in the evening due to a ballot shortfall that was reported at multiple polling stations citywide— the Harris-Walz side won 635-316.

Florian Hall’s 16-12 gave Trump one of his only Boston precinct wins: 459-304. One of Adams Street library’s two precincts, 16-9, tilted to Trump, 559-539. Both of those red-leaning voting sites went for Biden in 2020 and were won by Trump in 2016.

Compiled by Reporter staff.


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