Madison County, Indiana: Republican loyalist county. In 2024, voted R+27%. Democratic peak: D+31 in 1912.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+27MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Republican loyalistAkashic typology
- Population
- 131,9002024 5-year
- Median household income
- $63,0372024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+31 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+30 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Gratiot County, MI · similarity 0.98
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Madison CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Madison County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
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| R | 19,824 | 34,837 | 55,872 | ||
| R | 19,524 | 31,215 | 51,793 | ||
| R | 18,595 | 32,376 | 54,378 | ||
| R | 24,407 | 26,769 | 52,510 | ||
| D | 30,152 | 26,403 | 57,340 | ||
| R | 21,882 | 32,526 | 54,855 | ||
| R | 23,403 | 27,956 | 52,216 | ||
| D | 23,772 | 23,151 | 53,720 | ||
| R | 22,276 | 23,479 | 59,058 | ||
| R | 24,443 | 32,596 | 57,241 | ||
| R | 22,254 | 36,510 | 59,014 | ||
| R | 23,554 | 35,582 | 62,092 | ||
| R | 29,811 | 32,437 | 62,820 | ||
| R | 20,921 | 39,036 | 60,134 | ||
| R | 23,886 | 28,726 | 59,368 | ||
| D | 33,325 | 24,171 | 57,729 | ||
| R | 28,154 | 31,098 | 59,445 | ||
| R | 25,408 | 30,329 | 55,943 | ||
| R | 25,125 | 28,730 | 54,374 | ||
| D | 24,439 | 18,917 | 43,948 | ||
| D | 24,488 | 21,381 | 46,383 | ||
| D | 26,111 | 22,382 | 48,754 | ||
| D | 27,347 | 16,644 | 44,495 | ||
| D | 22,069 | 18,803 | 41,860 | ||
| R | 12,496 | 23,083 | 35,814 | ||
| R | 12,061 | 18,447 | 32,003 | ||
| R | 13,325 | 15,704 | 31,562 | ||
| D | 8,106 | 7,449 | 17,752 | ||
| O | 6,676 | 1,771 | 15,757 | ||
| D | 8,296 | 7,481 | 17,204 | ||
| R | 6,681 | 9,697 | 18,074 | ||
| R | 8,298 | 9,891 | 18,850 | ||
| R | 7,590 | 8,388 | 16,142 | ||
| D | 5,733 | 5,387 | 11,735 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
16.2%
English
13.8%
Irish
10.3%
American
7.5%
Italian
2.1%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.1%
African American
4.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 40.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,037
Madison County ranks near the middle of US counties.
Madison County$63,037
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1819.2%
Working age (18–64)12.1%
Seniors (65+)8.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.2%
speak English only
Spanish3.8%
Other Indo-European0.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 69.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Madison County anchors the Anderson metropolitan area, where decades of auto-industry contraction reshaped a once-competitive Democratic stronghold into a reliably wide Republican margin by the 2020s.
The Republican margin in Madison County reached its widest at thirty points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was twenty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.
Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,037, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 131,900 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Gratiot County and Blackford County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Madison County, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Madison County, Indiana voted Republican by 26.9 points (R+27), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 55,872 votes cast, 19,824 went Democratic and 34,837 went Republican.
What is Madison County, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Madison County, Indiana as a "Republican loyalist" county based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 11 times, Republican 22 times, and other 1 times.
When did Madison County, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Madison County, Indiana voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Madison County, Indiana?
Madison County, Indiana has a population of 131,900 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Madison County, Indiana?
Median household income in Madison County, Indiana is $63,037 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Madison County, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Madison County, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican. The county's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.