Mattapoisett favors Harris, Sylvia
MATTAPOISETT — Mattapoisett favored Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Harris received 2,698 votes, 56%, in Mattapoisett. Trump received 2,064 votes, 42%.
Mattapoisett favored Democrat Mark Sylvia over Republican Joe Pires in the race for state representative of the 10th Bristol district — a district that also includes Marion, Rochester, Fairhaven, and parts of Acushnet and New Bedford.
Sylvia received 2,611 votes, 53%. Pires received 2,121 votes, 43%.
For ballot questions, 3,254 Mattapoisett voters voted yes and 1,369 voted no for question one, which asks if the state auditor should have the authority to audit the state legislature.
For question two, which if passed would eliminate passing MCAS exams as a high school graduation requirement, 2,829 in the town voted yes and 1,967 voted no.
For question three, which if passed would allow transportation network drivers, like Uber or Lyft drivers, to unionize, 2,031 voted yes and 2,590 voted no
For question four, asking if certain natural psychedelics — psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine, mescaline and ibogaine — should be legalized, 1,822 voted yes and 2,925 voted no.
For question five, which if passed would raise the minimum wage for tipped workers to $15 and allow tips to be pooled with all employees, 1,116 voted yes and 3,661 voted no.
In the Senate race between incumbent Democrat Elizabeth Warren and Republican challenger John Deaton, 2,459 voted for Warren and 2,359 voted for Deaton.
In the House of Representatives race between incumbent Democrat Bill Keating and Republican challenger Dan Sullivan, 2,699 voted for Keating and 2.056 voted for Sullivan.
About 81% of Mattapoisett voters turnout for the election, 4,906 of 6,069 registered voters.