Massachusetts Gubernatorial Election 2014

[Brittain33]

Hyannis has a large immigrant population. I imagine the drop-off in participation there is the familiar story of people only tuning in to the Presidential races and dropping out for off-years and especially in special elections (look at turnout in the "Gateway Cities" in Massachusetts in Brown-Coakley in 2010) rather than a population change.

[Brittain33]

Interesting. How does Barnstable 9 compare to immigrant-heavy precincts in Lowell and Lawrence?

[Brittain33]

I don't know whether schools in places like Boston and Cambridge can be isolated residentially.

You're right, you can't. Probably the only place it is possible is in Allston-Brighton and the Fenway area where students living off-campus have priced out and scared off everyone else. It certainly wouldn't work with Harvard in Cambridge, and I don't think so in MIT (but it might be possible.)