(Editor’s note: This incorporates a correction on November 8 to fix an error in the Question 1 numbers.)
Lincoln voters voted to reelect Gov. Charlie Baker, Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Katherine Clark, mirroring the rest of the state and Congressional district.
By large margins, Lincoln also voted to approve two ballot measures: one that advocates a Constitutional amendment regarding corporate personhood and political spending, and one that upholds a bill prohibiting discrimination based on gender identity in public places. The town also voted by an even wider margin against a proposal to establish patient assignment limits for hospital nurses.
Lincoln’s voting precincts (click to enlarge)
Early voting continues to increase in popularity, with 40% of Lincoln ballots being cast before Election Day (1,395 out of 3,491 total ballots).
Below are Lincoln’s results for the major races and the three ballot questions (excluding blanks, third-party and write-in votes). The totals in this table were calculated by the Lincoln Squirrel from numbers in the full election results posted by the Town Clerk’s office, so any errors are the Squirrel’s. Click here for the full Massachusetts results.
| Precinct 1 | Precinct 2 | TOTALS | ||
| GOVERNOR | Baker & Polito (R) | 1,698 | 987 | 2,685 |
| Gonzalez & Palfrey (D) | 367 | 286 | 563 | |
| U.S. SENATOR | Warren (D) | 1,152 | 791 | 1,943 |
| Diehl (R) | 964 | 518 | 1,482 | |
| U.S. REPRESENTATIVE | Clark (D) | 1,158 | 1,747 | 2,788 |
| Hugo (R) | 198 | 348 | 614 | |
| QUESTION 1 (establish nurse/patient ratios?) | Yes | 476 | 331 | 807 |
| No | 1,587 | 969 | 2,556 | |
| QUESTION 2 (advocate Constitutional change re. corporate spending and personhood?) | Yes | 1,707 | 1,048 | 2,755 |
| No | 363 | 257 | 620 | |
| QUESTION 3 (uphold transgender rights?) | Yes | 1,777 | 1,048 | 2,825 |
| No | 321 | 259 | 580 |