2016 Massachusetts precinct and election results shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 08/31/2021 ## Sources Election results from Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth (https://electionstats.state.ma.us/) Precinct shapefile from MassGIS Bureau of Geographic Information (https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-wards-and-precincts) ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, C for a caucus, R for a runoff, S for a special. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes AGR - Commissioner of Agriculture ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor COM - Comptroller COU - City Council Member DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. HOD - House of Delegates, accompanied by a HOD_DIST column indicating district number HOR - U.S. House, accompanied by a HOR_DIST column indicating district number INS - Commissioner of Insurance LAB - Commissioner of Labor LTG - Lieutenant Governor LND - Commissioner of Public Lands PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner PUC - Public Utilities Commissioner RGT - State University Regent RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Court of Appeals SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOS - Secretary of State SOV - Senate of Virginia, accompanied by a SOV_DIST column indicating district number SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction SSC - State Supreme Court TRE - Treasurer USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G16PREDCLI - Hillary Clinton (Democratic Party) G16PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G16PRELJOH - Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party) G16PREGSTE - Jill Stein (Green Party) G16PREOWRI - Other Candidates ## Processing Steps A number of municipal boundaries were aligned with the more current MassGIS Town Survey shapefile. The following precincts were split by congressional district to match reporting units: Andover 7,9; Bellingham 4; Cambridge 3-2; Fall River 5B,6C; Palmer 1; Raynham 1,2; Sudbury 1; Winchendon 1. The following precinct divisions are authorized and defined for voting purposes but not for redistricting purposes by specific acts of the MA legislature and were split accordingly: Chicopee 6A,6B; Dracut 6; Hingham 5; Newburyport 1; Peabody 4-3; Quincy 2-3; Revere 2-3,5-1,5-2. Warren A and Warren B precincts were split based on polling place assignments in the Warren parcel shapefile.