- Lead
- 13,935
- Total
- 35,039
- vs nation
- R+38.3
Indiana 28th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,397
- Total
- 35,918
- vs nation
- R+47.3
- Lead
- 15,542
- Total
- 31,080
- vs nation
- R+52.1
- Lead
- 14,068
- Total
- 27,401
- vs nation
- R+55.2
- Lead
- 10,768
- Total
- 26,249
- vs nation
- R+48.3
- Lead
- 13,981
- Total
- 22,541
- vs nation
- R+59.6
- Lead
- 10,292
- Total
- 17,357
- vs nation
- R+59.8
- Lead
- 7,895
- Total
- 15,319
- vs nation
- R+60.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+39.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,2302024 5-year
- Population density
- 139 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 485 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $97,4382024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+71.3 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 57, IN · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 28th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
40.5%
2,444 votes · R+17.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 38.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
85.6%
9,453 votes · R+71.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 82.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
10,256votes
29.3% of the vote · R+39.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 9,873 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
25,270votes
70.4% of the vote · R+42.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 24,191 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
James M. Cox1920
−12.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+38.3 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · −17.1 pts
Republican
Bob Dole1996
+60.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.5 · U.S. D+8.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · +59.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 33.9%10,146 | 66.1%19,775 | 29,921 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+39.7, District 28 ranks among the most lopsided state house seats in Indiana, reflecting the deep rural alignment that has reshaped small-town Hoosier politics over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 71.3 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 39.8 points.
A population of 67,230, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $97,438 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 57 and State House District 47.
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 28th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18028/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.