Wayland Presidential Election Results: Trump Support Declines

WAYLAND, MA — President Donald Trump’s loss in Massachusetts on Tuesday was expected, but was it worse than his loss in 2016?

With almost 100 percent of precincts reporting on Wednesday afternoon, Joe Biden was beating Trump 66 to 32.5 percent statewide. In 2016, Hillary Clinton earned 60 percent of the vote to Trump's 33 percent.

Wayland had slightly lower turnout in 2020, but Trump's share of the vote fell from 19.56 percent in 2016 to 18.25 percent on Nov. 3. Meanwhile, Biden had a seven-point jump compared to Clinton's 2016 performance.

2020

• Joe Biden/Kamala Harris — 7191, 78 percent
• Donald Trump/Mike Pence — 1681, 18.25 percent
• Votes cast: 9,210, 85 percent turnout

2016

• Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine — 6,114, 71 percent
• Donald Trump/Mike Pence — 1,684, 19.56 percent
• Votes cast: 8608, 87.92 percent turnout

Not every community in Middlesex County broke for Biden. Trump squeaked out wins in Ashby and Dracut, where he bested Biden by a mere 110 votes, according to unofficial results.

Trump had struggled to overcome polling deficits in key states in the campaign’s final days. He ran strong as expected in rural areas, but lost support among other critical voting groups, including suburban women in several battleground states.

CNN reported in October that polling put Biden up by 25 points among women voters. According to the final 2016 pre-election polls, Clinton won women voters by 13 points among likely voters and 14 points among registered voters.