- Lead
- 1,712
- Total
- 23,451
- vs nation
- R+5.8
Indiana 43rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 891
- Total
- 25,571
- vs nation
- R+7.9
- Lead
- 1,022
- Total
- 23,639
- vs nation
- R+6.4
- Lead
- 2,881
- Total
- 24,301
- vs nation
- D+8.0
- Lead
- 7,133
- Total
- 26,983
- vs nation
- D+19.2
- Lead
- 1,086
- Total
- 23,701
- vs nation
- D+7.0
- Lead
- 2,045
- Total
- 21,603
- vs nation
- D+8.9
- Lead
- 3,685
- Total
- 23,275
- vs nation
- D+7.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+7.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,5092024 5-year
- Population density
- 687 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 98.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $45,2882024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 81.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 7.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+40.3 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.0 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 34, IN · twin score 89.2
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 43rd 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
69.7%
21,956 votes · D+40.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 64.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
55.2%
15,750 votes · R+11.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 52.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
21,956votes
69.7% of the vote · D+40.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 19,486 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
15,750votes
55.2% of the vote · R+11.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 13,902 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
+28.5pts D vs U.S.
Place D+2.3 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Adlai Stevenson, 1956 · +26.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+7.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+3.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +6.4 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 | 39.7%9,803 | 60.3%14,918 | 24,721 |
| 2020 | R | 39.7%10,453 | 60.3%15,846 | 26,299 |
The district recorded a Republican presidential margin of R+7.3 in 2024 and D+26.4 in 2008, switching sides at least once in between. About 26,100 residents lived here, with White alone at 84.7% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 40.3 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 11.0 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.3 points.
A population of 67,509, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,288 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 34 and State House District 92.
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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