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Worcester Daily Press
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Circulating report on Democratic gains in the late Massachusetts election, comparing votes in Springfield and Worcester from last year (Republican wins) to this year (Democratic majorities), with gains of 1,544 in Springfield and 3,776 in Worcester.
Merged-components note: Table of election results overlaps spatially and contextually continues into the domestic news paragraph on election returns; merged as single logical unit on local politics
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| Republican majority, | 1,055 |
| This year it voted: | |
| Gaston, Democrat, | 1,735 |
| Washburn, Republican, | 1,246 |
THE FOLLOWING is going the rounds of our exchanges:
Springfield was revolutionized by the late Massachusetts election. Last year it voted for Governor as follows:
Washburn, Republican 2,502
Bird, Liberal and Democrat 1,447
Democratic majority 489
Democratic gain in one year, 1,544
Worcester sees that and goes twenty-two hundred better. Last year the vote in this city was:
Washburn, Republican, 4,345
Bird, Liberal and Democrat 2,187
Republican majority 2,158
This year it was:
Gaston, Democrat 3,780
Washburn, Republican 2,162
Democratic majority 1,618
Democratic gain in one year 3,776
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Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Springfield And Worcester, Massachusetts
Event Date
Late Massachusetts Election, This Year And Last Year
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springfield: democratic gain of 1,544 (from republican majority of 489? wait, text says democratic majority 489 last year but votes show republican win; worcester: democratic gain of 3,776, democratic majority 1,618 this year from republican majority 2,158 last year
Event Details
Circulating anecdote on election results showing dramatic Democratic shifts in Springfield (last year: Washburn 2,502, Bird 1,447; this year implied similar shift to Gaston win) and Worcester (last year: Washburn 4,345, Bird 2,187; this year: Gaston 3,780, Washburn 2,162), with Springfield 'revolutionized' and Worcester going 'twenty-two hundred better'.