Senior Airman William Borcy, left, greets Gov. Charlie Baker during a tour of the mass vaccination site at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston North Shore in Danvers on Feb. 10, 2021. (Jonathan Wiggs/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Politically speaking, Massachusetts is a jumble of contradictions. This very blue state has become even bluer. Hillary Clinton trounced Donald Trump here in 2016, winning 61% of the vote, but in 2020, Joe Biden won an even bigger landslide with more than 65%. There is no shortage of woes for the state’s Republican Party. In the State Senate, GOP membership has dropped to just three senators (out of 40).