After the 2016 Presidential Election, Charlie Baker, the Republican Massachusetts Governor, announced at a press conference that he voted a "blank" (no choice) for President because he could not bring himself to vote for candidate Trump. Baker does not understand the need to be able to work with the administration in power to be able to serve his constituents.
In the past, Massachusetts had a ship building industry. When Richard Nixon was re-elected in 1972, he won with the electoral votes of 49 states. Only Massachusetts and Washington DC voted against him. That industry evaporated as contracts went to states that worked with the administration, not against it.
Massachusetts also assembled automobiles at one time. General Motors had a plant in Framingham, MA. GM made a request to expand the plant, but the local government was more interested in extorting GM than helping them with the expansion. The plant was soon closed and the operation moved to facilities in other states.
If all goes well, Massachusetts should lose one more congressional seat in the 2020 Census. In 1972, Masssachusetts had 14 congressional seats. It now possesses nine, and if the census takers can be prevented from counting the out-of-state college students and illegal aliens three times each, we can be down to eight. Anything to reduce the influence of this state will help the country as a whole.