Many of the 16 Massachusetts towns that went for John Kasich in the March 1 Republican primary are mostly in the Lincoln area but also include Amherst, Brookline, Cambridge and Wenham as well as Egremont and Mount Washington on the state’s western border, according to a map published by the Boston Globe on March 2.
Donald Trump won the Massachusetts Republican primary with 49.3 percent of the vote, followed by Kasich (18 percent), Rubio (17.8 percent), Cruz (9.6 percent) and Carson (2.6 percent).
On the Democratic side, the Globe reported that Hillary Clinton captured a large swath of towns in the Boston suburbs as well as some on the south shore, western Massachusetts and Cape Cod. Statewide, she won 50.1 percent of the Democratic vote vs. 48.7 percent for Sanders.
On the republican side Kasich seems to be the most balanced candidate. Seems to be. However, word has it that many Undeclared voters from Lincoln, Weston …. and other towns, that 90% of the time vote Democrat, simply picked up a Republican ballot and voted Kasich in order to beat Trump. It didn’t work but at least our republican neighbors in Lincoln are picking a balanced person and not a lunatic like Trump….
While I am a Bernie supporter, I am proud of my Republican Lincoln neighbors for voting for Kasich! Thank you.