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Massachusetts is officially named The Commonwealth of Massachusetts by its constitution. The name State of Massachusetts Bay was used in all acts and resolves up to 1780 and in the first draft of the constitution. The current name can be traced to the second draft of the state constitution, which was written by John Adams and ratified in 1780. [14]
Massachusetts is known for its progressive politics, and is a stronghold of American Liberalism and the Democratic Party. In a 2018 Gallup poll Massachusetts was the state with the highest percentage of its population identifying as liberal and the lowest percentage identifying as conservative, at 35% and 21% respectively. [19]
While this straightforward nickname doesn't reveal much about D.C. other than distinguishing it as a capital city (as opposed to a state), there's an interesting history behind the name.
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
Boston is the state capital in Massachusetts. The population of the city proper is 692,600, [393] and Greater Boston, with a population of 4,873,019, is the 11th largest metropolitan area in the nation. [394] Other cities with a population over 100,000 include Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Cambridge, Brockton, Quincy, New Bedford, and Lynn.
State law defines six possible options for city governments: [15] Plan A - "Strong mayor" - Mayor and a city council, the councilors being elected at large. Party primaries prohibited. Plan B - "Weak mayor" - Mayor and city council, the councilors being elected partly at large and partly from districts or wards of the city. Party primaries ...
[8] [a] Barack Obama carried the state with 61.8% of the vote in 2008 [9] and 60.7% in 2012. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won the state with 61.0% of the vote, with Massachusetts trending to the left, opposite the nation. In 2020, Massachusetts was the second-most Democratic state, following Vermont.
It is no secret that Musk has an affinity for Texas, but as a business decision, moving to the state has a myriad of personal and professional advantages. He seems to prefer the politics in the state.