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1892–2024
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Indianapolis
presidential margin
2008D+1.42012R+9.92016R+15.42020R+10.32024R+11.9
full record · 1892 → 2024
R+11.9
2024
median income$77,949U.S. $80,734 · IN $71,957
median age37.6U.S. 39.1 · IN 38.2
poverty rate11.9%U.S. 12.5% · IN 12.4%
bachelor’s+ (25+)34.6%U.S. 35.6% · IN 29.7%
non-english11.0%U.S. 22.3% · IN 10.4%
race · ethnicity · ancestry
German17.0%
English12.0%
Irish9.6%
African American†9.0%
African0.9%
Nigerian0.6%
Mexican4.8%
Puerto Rican0.6%
Venezuelan0.3%
Asian Indian1.2%
Chinese0.5%
Burmese0.5%
religion
other traditions
Mainline7.5%
Black Protestant3.2%
Latter-day Saints0.8%
Muslim0.8%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents, unaffiliated is the unclaimed remainder.

Indianapolis, Indiana

Akashic
IndianapolisTrumpR+11.9
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2024 presidential margin by county for Indianapolis, INA map of the constituent counties of Indianapolis, IN, each outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Madison County, IN · R+26.9Grant County, IN · R+41.7Putnam County, IN · R+52.0Rush County, IN · R+54.0Randolph County, IN · R+53.6Hendricks County, IN · R+21.5Marion County, IN · D+27.6Hamilton County, IN · R+6.1Bartholomew County, IN · R+27.3Fountain County, IN · R+59.9Blackford County, IN · R+50.3Carroll County, IN · R+52.1Montgomery County, IN · R+48.2Monroe County, IN · D+27.4Clinton County, IN · R+48.0Cass County, IN · R+46.2Lawrence County, IN · R+51.0Tipton County, IN · R+50.8Owen County, IN · R+50.7Howard County, IN · R+35.3Decatur County, IN · R+58.5Delaware County, IN · R+15.8Brown County, IN · R+32.6Hancock County, IN · R+33.7Johnson County, IN · R+34.3Henry County, IN · R+47.7White County, IN · R+45.0Boone County, IN · R+16.0Fayette County, IN · R+56.3Shelby County, IN · R+48.0Morgan County, IN · R+54.3Miami County, IN · R+54.5
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican55.0%729,622
Kamala HarrisDemocratic43.1%571,595
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.We The People1.9%24,815
D+60
R+60
32 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
County-level results (32 counties) — table
2024 presidential result by county for Indianapolis, IN — winner and D-vs-R margin.
CountyWinnerMargin
Bartholomew County, INRepublicanR+27.3
Blackford County, INRepublicanR+50.3
Boone County, INRepublicanR+16.0
Brown County, INRepublicanR+32.6
Carroll County, INRepublicanR+52.1
Cass County, INRepublicanR+46.2
Clinton County, INRepublicanR+48.0
Decatur County, INRepublicanR+58.5
Delaware County, INRepublicanR+15.8
Fayette County, INRepublicanR+56.3
Fountain County, INRepublicanR+59.9
Grant County, INRepublicanR+41.7
Hamilton County, INRepublicanR+6.1
Hancock County, INRepublicanR+33.7
Hendricks County, INRepublicanR+21.5
Henry County, INRepublicanR+47.7
Howard County, INRepublicanR+35.3
Johnson County, INRepublicanR+34.3
Lawrence County, INRepublicanR+51.0
Madison County, INRepublicanR+26.9
Marion County, INDemocraticD+27.6
Miami County, INRepublicanR+54.5
Monroe County, INDemocraticD+27.4
Montgomery County, INRepublicanR+48.2
Morgan County, INRepublicanR+54.3
Owen County, INRepublicanR+50.7
Putnam County, INRepublicanR+52.0
Randolph County, INRepublicanR+53.6
Rush County, INRepublicanR+54.0
Shelby County, INRepublicanR+48.0
Tipton County, INRepublicanR+50.8
White County, INRepublicanR+45.0
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
43.1%Harris571,595
55.0%Trump729,622
1.9%Kennedy24,815
−11.9%
1,326,032
R
43.8%Biden602,254
54.1%Trump744,005
2.1%Jorgensen28,756
−10.3%
1,375,015
R
39.1%Clinton485,100
54.4%Trump675,971
6.5%Johnson80,401
−15.4%
1,241,472
R
43.9%Obama511,633
53.8%Romney627,086
2.2%Johnson25,855
−9.9%
1,164,574
D
50.2%Obama608,317
48.7%McCain590,933
1.1%Barr13,179
+1.4%
1,212,429
R
37.5%Kerry400,563
61.7%Bush657,762
0.8%Badnarik8,570
−24.1%
1,066,895
R
38.6%Gore356,448
58.7%Bush543,061
2.7%Buchanan25,020
−20.2%
924,529
R
37.8%Clinton341,413
51.1%Dole461,857
11.1%Perot100,575
−13.3%
903,845
R
32.7%Clinton316,574
46.3%Bush448,345
21.1%Perot204,366
−13.6%
969,285
R
36.5%Dukakis334,581
63.0%Bush577,987
0.5%Fulani4,582
−26.5%
917,150
R
34.7%Mondale319,776
64.7%Reagan596,026
0.6%Dennis5,568
−30.0%
921,370
R
35.6%Carter330,681
58.6%Reagan544,708
5.8%Anderson54,386
−23.0%
929,775
R
43.3%Carter400,505
55.8%Ford516,060
0.9%Anderson8,460
−12.5%
925,025
R
30.4%McGovern263,813
69.1%Nixon598,671
0.5%Schmitz4,150
−38.6%
866,634
R
35.5%Humphrey306,033
53.0%Nixon457,133
11.5%Wallace98,889
−17.5%
862,055
D
52.7%Johnson446,271
46.9%Goldwater396,856
0.4%Hass3,732
+5.8%
846,859
R
41.0%Kennedy346,325
58.6%Nixon495,461
0.4%Byrd3,215
−17.6%
845,001
R
38.6%Stevenson302,462
61.0%Eisenhower478,020
0.4%Andrews3,046
−22.4%
783,528
R
39.1%Stevenson307,652
60.1%Eisenhower472,371
0.8%Hallinan6,384
−20.9%
786,407
R
47.6%Truman306,563
50.8%Dewey327,377
1.5%Thurmond9,962
−3.2%
643,902
R
45.7%Roosevelt304,979
53.3%Dewey355,568
1.0%Thomas6,682
−7.6%
667,229
R
48.1%Roosevelt352,260
51.4%Willkie376,898
0.5%Thomas3,786
−3.4%
732,944
D
54.9%Roosevelt371,195
43.8%Landon296,068
1.3%Lemke8,795
+11.1%
676,058
D
52.1%Roosevelt338,893
45.2%Hoover294,361
2.7%Thomas17,813
+6.8%
651,067
R
37.6%Smith214,798
61.7%Hoover352,741
0.8%Thomas4,371
−24.1%
571,910
R
38.5%Davis205,723
57.2%Coolidge305,168
4.3%La Follette22,881
−18.6%
533,772
R
42.1%Cox226,193
54.5%Harding293,175
3.4%Debs18,311
−12.5%
537,679
R
45.5%Wilson136,518
48.5%Hughes145,516
6.0%Benson17,931
−3.0%
299,965
D
42.8%Wilson117,611
22.2%Taft60,928
35.0%Roosevelt96,035
+20.6%
274,574
R
46.6%Bryan137,910
48.8%Taft144,573
4.6%Debs13,495
−2.3%
295,978
R
38.7%Parker109,848
55.4%Roosevelt157,209
6.0%Debs16,914
−16.7%
283,971
R
44.6%Bryan122,054
52.3%McKinley143,005
3.1%Woolley8,618
−7.7%
273,677
R
46.1%Bryan119,049
52.4%McKinley135,366
1.5%Palmer3,770
−6.3%
258,185
R
45.5%Cleveland100,310
47.9%Harrison105,777
6.6%Weaver14,583
−2.5%
220,670
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −11.9% in 2024.flipped R · 2012−11.9%DR18922024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1892−2.5%
1896−6.3%
1900−7.7%
1904−16.7%
1908−2.3%
1912+20.6%
1916−3.0%
1920−12.5%
1924−18.6%
1928−24.1%
1932+6.8%
1936+11.1%
1940−3.4%
1944−7.6%
1948−3.2%
1952−20.9%
1956−22.4%
1960−17.6%
1964+5.8%
1968−17.5%
1972−38.6%
1976−12.5%
1980−23.0%
1984−30.0%
1988−26.5%
1992−13.6%
1996−13.3%
2000−20.2%
2004−24.1%
2008+1.4%
2012−9.9%
2016−15.4%
2020−10.3%
2024−11.9%
DemocraticRepublican
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Voter registration in IndianapolisTotal registered voters, 2016–2024. Latest 2,165,197 in 2024.541.3K1.1M1.6M2.2M2.2M20162024
Registered voters
Voter registration in Indianapolis
YearTotal registered
20162,148,011
20182,001,110
20202,098,800
20222,118,840
20242,165,197
Source: U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAVS)

The Indianapolis DMA stretches well beyond Marion County into fast-growing exurban counties where college-educated suburbanites have shifted voting patterns measurably over the past three cycles, making it a reliable bellwether for statewide races.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 20.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 38.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 11.9 points.

A population of 3,079,188, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $77,949 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Champaign & Springfield-Decatur and Lafayette, IN.

Political twins — media markets

The media markets whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Champaign & Springfield-Decatur
Illinois
80.1twin score
12-yr trend% Latino% Catholic≠ elasticity
Lafayette, IN
74.8twin score
elasticity12-yr trend2000–2004 trajectory≠ median age
South Bend-Elkhart
Indiana
74.4twin score
elasticity% unaffiliated2000–2004 trajectory≠ college share

Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.

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Places within Indianapolis

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Frequently asked questions

How did Indianapolis, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Indianapolis, Indiana voted Republican by 11.9 points (R+11.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,326,032 votes cast, 571,595 went Democratic and 729,622 went Republican.
When did Indianapolis, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Indianapolis, Indiana voted Democratic was 2008.
How many people live in Indianapolis, Indiana?
Indianapolis, Indiana has a population of 3,079,188 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Indianapolis, Indiana?
Median household income in Indianapolis, Indiana is $77,949 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Indianapolis, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 5 went Democratic and 29 went Republican.