- Lead
- 14,876
- Total
- 34,370
- vs nation
- R+41.8
Indiana 47th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,761
- Total
- 33,203
- vs nation
- R+48.9
- Lead
- 13,719
- Total
- 28,434
- vs nation
- R+50.3
- Lead
- 10,695
- Total
- 24,933
- vs nation
- R+46.7
- Lead
- 7,652
- Total
- 25,146
- vs nation
- R+37.7
- Lead
- 11,815
- Total
- 22,520
- vs nation
- R+50.0
- Lead
- 8,339
- Total
- 19,186
- vs nation
- R+44.0
- Lead
- 5,903
- Total
- 18,162
- vs nation
- R+41.0
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+43.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 68,3972024 5-year
- Population density
- 163 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 420 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,2252024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+28.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.2 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 60, IN · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 47th 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
55.8%
4,810 votes · D+13.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 53.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
77.9%
10,150 votes · R+56.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 75.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
9,443votes
27.5% of the vote · R+43.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,861 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
24,319votes
70.8% of the vote · R+43.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 23,622 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
+23.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+3.1 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +13.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+50.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.2 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +50.0 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 | 30.7%8,674 | 69.3%19,588 | 28,262 |
Indiana 47th State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 56.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.3 points.
A population of 68,397, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,225 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 60 and State House District 53.
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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