Massachusetts Question 4 — Legalize Marijuana — Results: Approved
Answer | Votes | Pct. | |
---|---|---|---|
Yes Yes | 1,769,328 | 53.7% | |
No No | 1,528,219 | 46.3% |
3,297,547 votes, 100% reporting (2,173 of 2,173 precincts)
Voters approved Question 4 — Legalize Marijuana — in Massachusetts on Tuesday. The initiative calls for legalizing marijuana while regulating it in a manner similar to alcoholic beverages. A commission will be created to regulate marijuana in the state. Marijuana is currently permitted only for medical use.
Below are detailed results for the question. View other Massachusetts election results on our full Massachusetts results page.
Leader
Yes
No
Vote by town | Yes | No |
---|---|---|
Boston |
166,697
|
99,628
|
Worcester |
35,305
|
29,050
|
Springfield |
30,689
|
22,841
|
Cambridge |
36,636
|
14,543
|
Newton |
25,516
|
20,796
|
Quincy |
21,220
|
20,279
|
Somerville |
30,099
|
9,684
|
Lowell |
19,896
|
15,627
|
Brockton |
17,761
|
16,624
|
Lynn |
17,524
|
15,515
|
Plymouth |
16,981
|
15,671
|
New Bedford |
18,391
|
13,647
|
Medford |
17,008
|
12,630
|
Weymouth |
14,624
|
14,775
|
Haverhill |
16,176
|
13,158
|
Framingham |
15,866
|
13,419
|
Brookline |
17,803
|
11,066
|
Fall River |
16,341
|
12,336
|
Peabody |
12,780
|
14,980
|
Arlington |
15,245
|
11,436
|
Waltham |
14,382
|
11,870
|
Barnstable |
12,432
|
13,463
|
Chicopee |
12,764
|
10,962
|
Lawrence |
9,959
|
13,756
|
Taunton |
13,191
|
10,450
|
Methuen |
11,050
|
11,869
|
Beverly |
12,173
|
9,899
|
Billerica |
11,505
|
10,506
|
Malden |
11,866
|
10,004
|
Salem |
13,046
|
8,636
|
Attleboro |
11,771
|
8,918
|
Woburn |
10,093
|
10,343
|
Braintree |
9,251
|
10,985
|
Chelmsford |
9,911
|
10,242
|
Pittsfield |
11,646
|
8,293
|
Falmouth |
9,640
|
10,290
|
Natick |
10,674
|
9,067
|
Leominster |
10,014
|
9,545
|
Revere |
9,197
|
10,228
|
Andover |
8,918
|
10,406
|
Westfield |
9,819
|
9,018
|
Shrewsbury |
8,324
|
10,508
|
Watertown |
11,005
|
7,201
|
Franklin |
9,204
|
8,994
|
Needham |
8,203
|
9,964
|
Lexington |
8,590
|
9,565
|
Marlborough |
9,416
|
8,536
|
Tewksbury |
8,518
|
8,807
|
Melrose |
8,595
|
8,077
|
Holyoke |
9,409
|
7,136
|
Northampton |
11,437
|
4,995
|
Gloucester |
9,484
|
6,869
|
Dartmouth |
8,830
|
7,359
|
North Andover |
7,573
|
8,596
|
Dracut |
8,313
|
7,840
|
Milton |
7,259
|
8,772
|
Norwood |
7,409
|
8,336
|
Marshfield |
7,774
|
7,947
|
Wakefield |
7,381
|
8,179
|
Fitchburg |
8,776
|
6,664
|
Reading |
6,912
|
8,476
|
Danvers |
7,313
|
8,037
|
North Attleborough |
8,230
|
6,953
|
Wellesley |
6,331
|
8,714
|
Amherst |
11,024
|
3,742
|
Walpole |
6,381
|
8,296
|
Agawam |
7,197
|
7,435
|
Hingham |
6,135
|
8,482
|
Randolph |
7,423
|
7,177
|
Belmont |
7,585
|
6,868
|
Saugus |
6,710
|
7,652
|
Dedham |
7,171
|
7,142
|
Stoughton |
7,195
|
6,932
|
Yarmouth |
6,227
|
7,748
|
Burlington |
6,303
|
7,662
|
Westford |
6,645
|
7,232
|
Everett |
6,552
|
6,864
|
Milford |
6,968
|
6,441
|
Wilmington |
6,583
|
6,820
|
Mansfield |
6,822
|
6,385
|
Stoneham |
6,121
|
6,886
|
Bridgewater |
6,401
|
6,559
|
Marblehead |
6,677
|
6,262
|
Canton |
6,000
|
6,851
|
Easton |
5,929
|
6,887
|
Winchester |
5,503
|
7,262
|
Acton |
6,641
|
6,097
|
Sandwich |
5,849
|
6,846
|
Middleborough |
6,554
|
5,933
|
West Springfield |
5,814
|
6,239
|
Scituate |
5,681
|
6,262
|
Newburyport |
6,244
|
5,098
|
Holden |
5,461
|
5,860
|
Wareham |
6,490
|
4,826
|
Concord |
5,725
|
5,532
|
Bourne |
5,273
|
5,583
|
Sudbury |
5,291
|
5,518
|
Hudson |
5,560
|
5,119
|
Pembroke |
5,179
|
5,320
|
Sharon |
5,469
|
4,886
|
Foxborough |
5,011
|
5,226
|
Grafton |
5,320
|
4,874
|
Ludlow |
4,837
|
5,225
|
Duxbury |
4,330
|
5,655
|
Somerset |
5,223
|
4,734
|
Norton |
5,312
|
4,425
|
Easthampton |
6,009
|
3,637
|
Westborough |
4,561
|
5,044
|
Winthrop |
5,072
|
4,435
|
Rockland |
5,024
|
4,453
|
Longmeadow |
4,294
|
5,144
|
Westwood |
3,895
|
5,445
|
Auburn |
4,718
|
4,612
|
Amesbury |
5,440
|
3,838
|
Dennis |
4,237
|
5,028
|
Hopkinton |
4,444
|
4,814
|
South Hadley |
4,779
|
4,445
|
Ashland |
4,773
|
4,416
|
East Longmeadow |
4,225
|
4,935
|
Westport |
4,783
|
4,270
|
North Reading |
4,168
|
4,865
|
Northborough |
4,440
|
4,531
|
Chelsea |
4,921
|
3,985
|
Bellingham |
5,036
|
3,859
|
Mashpee |
4,126
|
4,749
|
Abington |
4,627
|
4,158
|
Ipswich |
4,641
|
4,138
|
Swampscott |
4,669
|
4,048
|
Hanover |
3,620
|
5,085
|
Holliston |
4,570
|
4,123
|
Gardner |
4,787
|
3,815
|
Swansea |
4,593
|
3,984
|
Greenfield |
5,242
|
3,277
|
Fairhaven |
4,692
|
3,817
|
Harwich |
4,002
|
4,461
|
Wayland |
4,268
|
4,189
|
Wilbraham |
3,620
|
4,727
|
Northbridge |
4,217
|
4,103
|
Belchertown |
4,652
|
3,665
|
Whitman |
4,340
|
3,634
|
Bedford |
3,732
|
4,194
|
East Bridgewater |
4,078
|
3,843
|
Uxbridge |
4,201
|
3,520
|
Seekonk |
3,960
|
3,740
|
Medway |
4,184
|
3,498
|
Raynham |
3,711
|
3,945
|
Kingston |
3,725
|
3,914
|
Medfield |
3,424
|
4,207
|
Lynnfield |
3,030
|
4,572
|
Webster |
4,007
|
3,252
|
Charlton |
3,762
|
3,466
|
Millbury |
3,819
|
3,370
|
Clinton |
4,009
|
3,107
|
Oxford |
3,806
|
3,139
|
Rehoboth |
3,678
|
3,149
|
Southbridge |
3,801
|
3,013
|
Pepperell |
3,721
|
3,046
|
Tyngsborough |
3,562
|
3,200
|
Groton |
3,798
|
2,952
|
Wrentham |
3,295
|
3,424
|
Norwell |
3,045
|
3,659
|
Brewster |
3,221
|
3,468
|
Weston |
2,920
|
3,673
|
Lakeville |
3,170
|
3,250
|
Nantucket |
4,084
|
2,320
|
Hull |
3,782
|
2,616
|
Lunenburg |
3,377
|
2,971
|
Carver |
3,361
|
2,917
|
Palmer |
3,414
|
2,675
|
Hanson |
3,061
|
3,010
|
Norfolk |
2,978
|
3,083
|
Maynard |
3,564
|
2,458
|
Southborough |
2,789
|
3,223
|
Littleton |
3,233
|
2,713
|
Spencer |
3,089
|
2,693
|
Leicester |
3,056
|
2,694
|
North Adams |
3,531
|
2,172
|
Holbrook |
2,883
|
2,781
|
Sutton |
2,799
|
2,864
|
Acushnet |
2,803
|
2,684
|
Sturbridge |
2,821
|
2,610
|
Dudley |
2,804
|
2,621
|
Southwick |
2,651
|
2,604
|
Townsend |
2,903
|
2,258
|
Boxford |
2,479
|
2,681
|
Middleton |
2,371
|
2,734
|
Georgetown |
2,570
|
2,470
|
Freetown |
2,654
|
2,360
|
Sterling |
2,468
|
2,544
|
Millis |
2,594
|
2,401
|
Athol |
2,828
|
2,166
|
Cohasset |
2,178
|
2,804
|
Plainville |
2,648
|
2,286
|
Douglas |
2,795
|
2,116
|
Rockport |
2,631
|
2,257
|
Rutland |
2,415
|
2,469
|
Salisbury |
2,703
|
2,043
|
Hamilton |
2,314
|
2,374
|
Upton |
2,541
|
2,083
|
Monson |
2,664
|
1,947
|
Westminster |
2,323
|
2,262
|
Newbury |
2,509
|
2,072
|
Blackstone |
2,670
|
1,908
|
Winchendon |
2,735
|
1,823
|
Chatham |
1,928
|
2,611
|
Orleans |
2,229
|
2,297
|
Halifax |
2,357
|
2,093
|
Stow |
2,377
|
2,052
|
Ware |
2,491
|
1,924
|
Montague |
2,774
|
1,613
|
West Boylston |
2,084
|
2,262
|
Mattapoisett |
2,073
|
2,200
|
West Bridgewater |
2,052
|
2,108
|
Ayer |
2,399
|
1,706
|
Groveland |
2,089
|
1,971
|
Topsfield |
1,750
|
2,309
|
Dighton |
2,165
|
1,863
|
Templeton |
2,143
|
1,875
|
Adams |
2,287
|
1,714
|
Lancaster |
1,987
|
1,990
|
Lincoln |
2,088
|
1,799
|
Merrimac |
2,136
|
1,742
|
Rowley |
1,931
|
1,927
|
Southampton |
1,912
|
1,880
|
Harvard |
1,958
|
1,776
|
Great Barrington |
2,364
|
1,323
|
Eastham |
1,876
|
1,783
|
Granby |
1,941
|
1,689
|
Berkley |
1,974
|
1,649
|
Dover |
1,579
|
2,044
|
Manchester |
1,814
|
1,772
|
Williamstown |
2,160
|
1,387
|
Mendon |
1,849
|
1,690
|
Hopedale |
1,804
|
1,651
|
Shirley |
1,997
|
1,420
|
Dalton |
1,745
|
1,671
|
Rochester |
1,756
|
1,645
|
Ashburnham |
1,918
|
1,445
|
Orange |
1,890
|
1,463
|
Bolton |
1,738
|
1,574
|
Carlisle |
1,720
|
1,556
|
Hadley |
1,764
|
1,499
|
Marion |
1,631
|
1,617
|
Deerfield |
1,684
|
1,373
|
Lee |
1,671
|
1,353
|
Boxborough |
1,533
|
1,490
|
Lenox |
1,601
|
1,404
|
Oak Bluffs |
1,844
|
1,122
|
West Newbury |
1,530
|
1,425
|
Hampden |
1,401
|
1,524
|
Barre |
1,668
|
1,225
|
Boylston |
1,400
|
1,419
|
Edgartown |
1,672
|
1,061
|
Hubbardston |
1,539
|
1,192
|
Sherborn |
1,309
|
1,387
|
Paxton |
1,235
|
1,446
|
Tisbury |
1,721
|
862
|
North Brookfield |
1,461
|
1,100
|
Wenham |
1,139
|
1,303
|
Avon |
1,235
|
1,206
|
Warren |
1,334
|
1,025
|
Nahant |
1,260
|
1,081
|
Princeton |
1,290
|
1,039
|
Provincetown |
1,717
|
537
|
Essex |
1,253
|
962
|
Wellfleet |
1,431
|
764
|
West Tisbury |
1,578
|
590
|
Hatfield |
1,110
|
1,010
|
Brimfield |
1,113
|
993
|
West Brookfield |
1,113
|
965
|
Dunstable |
1,083
|
929
|
Sunderland |
1,241
|
686
|
Berlin |
1,051
|
867
|
Cheshire |
1,039
|
824
|
Ashby |
1,113
|
738
|
Sheffield |
1,124
|
693
|
Brookfield |
1,017
|
793
|
Plympton |
951
|
798
|
Northfield |
937
|
803
|
Lanesborough |
1,016
|
705
|
Williamsburg |
1,086
|
601
|
Millville |
955
|
646
|
Truro |
963
|
546
|
Hardwick |
762
|
647
|
Holland |
814
|
534
|
Stockbridge |
767
|
502
|
Leverett |
896
|
343
|
Shutesbury |
929
|
309
|
Bernardston |
681
|
548
|
Conway |
782
|
415
|
East Brookfield |
614
|
581
|
Huntington |
723
|
450
|
Shelburne |
732
|
435
|
Oakham |
616
|
504
|
Westhampton |
626
|
487
|
Ashfield |
763
|
341
|
Hinsdale |
605
|
460
|
Buckland |
626
|
427
|
Becket |
690
|
338
|
Phillipston |
611
|
412
|
Wales |
610
|
388
|
Whately |
553
|
443
|
Richmond |
568
|
424
|
Gill |
552
|
392
|
Granville |
510
|
433
|
Pelham |
658
|
245
|
Colrain |
554
|
348
|
Otis |
525
|
367
|
West Stockbridge |
541
|
347
|
Clarksburg |
448
|
392
|
Erving |
501
|
323
|
Egremont |
537
|
285
|
New Marlborough |
532
|
290
|
Petersham |
466
|
329
|
Russell |
459
|
334
|
Worthington |
463
|
286
|
Chilmark |
525
|
217
|
Chesterfield |
469
|
262
|
Blandford |
407
|
299
|
Charlemont |
448
|
252
|
Chester |
399
|
289
|
Royalston |
385
|
288
|
Goshen |
366
|
250
|
New Braintree |
329
|
275
|
New Salem |
366
|
226
|
Wendell |
460
|
121
|
Cummington |
365
|
177
|
Monterey |
330
|
192
|
Windsor |
300
|
218
|
Peru |
306
|
204
|
Montgomery |
268
|
232
|
Leyden |
278
|
201
|
Warwick |
290
|
165
|
Sandisfield |
299
|
155
|
Heath |
241
|
203
|
Plainfield |
261
|
139
|
Hancock |
207
|
173
|
Savoy |
214
|
163
|
Florida |
200
|
165
|
Washington |
190
|
126
|
Tolland |
163
|
140
|
Middlefield |
181
|
116
|
Alford |
189
|
98
|
Tyringham |
154
|
131
|
Aquinnah |
205
|
71
|
Rowe |
120
|
107
|
Hawley |
120
|
79
|
New Ashford |
101
|
52
|
Mount Washington |
68
|
34
|
Gosnold |
40
|
27
|
Monroe |
43
|
16
|