- Lead
- 6,731
- Total
- 23,024
- vs nation
- R+27.8
Indiana 49th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,450
- Total
- 24,528
- vs nation
- R+30.8
- Lead
- 6,444
- Total
- 21,422
- vs nation
- R+32.2
- Lead
- 5,380
- Total
- 22,367
- vs nation
- R+27.9
- Lead
- 2,096
- Total
- 23,463
- vs nation
- R+16.2
- Lead
- 7,721
- Total
- 19,944
- vs nation
- R+36.3
- Lead
- 6,254
- Total
- 17,443
- vs nation
- R+36.4
- Lead
- 3,601
- Total
- 16,817
- vs nation
- R+29.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+29.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,9022024 5-year
- Population density
- 408 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 166 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,4632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 73.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 20.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+27.8 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.9 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 22, IN · twin score 84.9
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 49th 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
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
52.8%
7,264 votes · D+6.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 50.7%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
73.6%
6,665 votes · R+47.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 70.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
10,486votes
44.7% of the vote · R+8.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 8,835 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
15,285votes
62.3% of the vote · R+26.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 14,705 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
Woodrow Wilson1912
+8.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+27.8 · U.S. D+19.5 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +6.5 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2000
+36.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+35.9 · U.S. D+0.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +36.3 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Indiana 49th State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 27.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.9 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 29.2 points.
A population of 67,902, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,463 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 22 and State House District 59.
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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