- Lead
- 3,449
- Total
- 26,199
- vs nation
- R+11.7
Indiana 36th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,376
- Total
- 25,933
- vs nation
- R+13.6
- Lead
- 3,431
- Total
- 27,421
- vs nation
- R+14.6
- Lead
- 2,547
- Total
- 27,683
- vs nation
- D+5.3
- Lead
- 6,081
- Total
- 30,492
- vs nation
- D+12.7
- Lead
- 1,450
- Total
- 28,097
- vs nation
- R+2.7
- Lead
- 1,463
- Total
- 27,208
- vs nation
- D+4.9
- Lead
- 3,800
- Total
- 28,056
- vs nation
- D+5.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+13.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,3492024 5-year
- Population density
- 735 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 91.6 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $53,6542024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 12.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+37.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+16.5 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 25, IA · twin score 87.4
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 36th 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. Roosevelt1936
67.7%
16,313 votes · D+36.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 64.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
57.9%
17,589 votes · R+16.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 57.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
19,877votes
64.4% of the vote · D+29.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 18,000 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
17,589votes
57.9% of the vote · R+16.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 16,399 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
+31.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+5.1 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +26.7 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+14.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+12.5 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +13.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 37.0%9,747 | 63.0%16,604 | 26,351 |
| 2020 | R | 41.2%10,141 | 58.8%14,460 | 24,601 |
Indiana 36th State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 37.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 16.5 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 4.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 13.2 points.
A population of 67,349, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,654 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 25 and State House District 44.
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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