- Lead
- 4,419
- Total
- 18,702
- vs nation
- D+25.1
Indiana 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,174
- Total
- 20,445
- vs nation
- D+20.9
- Lead
- 3,436
- Total
- 18,412
- vs nation
- D+16.6
- Lead
- 3,653
- Total
- 16,612
- vs nation
- D+18.1
- Lead
- 7,574
- Total
- 20,761
- vs nation
- D+29.2
- Lead
- 1,030
- Total
- 14,632
- vs nation
- D+9.5
- Lead
- 1,110
- Total
- 12,672
- vs nation
- D+8.2
- Lead
- 1,497
- Total
- 13,114
- vs nation
- D+2.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+23.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,8082024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,165 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 58.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $45,7422024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 63.4%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36.5 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+16.9 in 1952MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 77, PA · twin score 85.6
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 26th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
67.5%
14,017 votes · D+36.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 65.2%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
58.1%
5,069 votes · R+16.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 57.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
14,017votes
67.5% of the vote · D+36.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 12,555 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
7,381votes
36.1% of the vote · D+25.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 6,923 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
+29.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+36.5 · U.S. D+7.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +28.5 pts
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1952
+6.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+16.9 · U.S. R+10.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +2.5 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+23.5, this district stands well outside Indiana's statewide competitive range, suggesting a dense urban core or heavily minority-majority population that anchors its lopsided Democratic tilt.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.5 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 16.9 points in 1952. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.6 points.
A population of 67,808, a 63% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,742 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 77 and State House District 61.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
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.
District research tools
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Indiana 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.