73% View the Current Massachusetts Motto Favorably

Publication Date: 09/17/2025 10:00 AM CST

73% View the Current Massachusetts Motto Favorably

Publication: 09/17/2025 10:00 AM CST

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Seventy-three percent (73%) view the current Massachusetts motto favorably.
- Only 17% view the motto unfavorably, despite the recent push to change it.
The Massachusetts Seal, Flag, and Motto Advisory Commission was established in 2024 to change the state motto, despite only 39% of voters favoring a change.
- A slim plurality (41%) oppose changing the motto.
Three quarters (74%) believe that voters should decide on the state motto.
- Only 13% of registered voters believe that it should be decided by the state legislature, and even fewer by the governor (6%).
If given the choice between the existing motto and the three recommended by the commission, the existing motto would narrowly win.
- Thirty-eight percent (38%) would choose the existing motto, while 36% would choose "Many voices, one commonwealth."
- Another 10% would choose "We honor all life guided by the First Light," and 9% would choose "We rejoice in the public good."

The most recent data cited is from a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters conducted online by Scott Rasmussen . Field work for the survey was conducted by RMG Research, Inc. and has a margin of error of +/- 3.1.