- Lead
- 8,891
- Total
- 27,153
- vs nation
- R+31.3
Indiana 56th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,230
- Total
- 27,988
- vs nation
- R+33.9
- Lead
- 7,860
- Total
- 25,874
- vs nation
- R+32.5
- Lead
- 3,800
- Total
- 25,764
- vs nation
- R+18.6
- Lead
- 1,147
- Total
- 28,950
- vs nation
- R+11.2
- Lead
- 5,917
- Total
- 27,968
- vs nation
- R+18.7
- Lead
- 4,063
- Total
- 25,222
- vs nation
- R+16.6
- Lead
- 1,321
- Total
- 26,077
- vs nation
- R+13.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+32.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,2992024 5-year
- Population density
- 159 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 423 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $55,8832024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 85.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.9 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 54, IN · twin score 97.7
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 56th 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
51.9%
13,816 votes · D+5.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 50.0%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.6%
21,836 votes · R+47.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 67.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
15,427votes
49.7% of the vote · R+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940 · 14,257 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
21,836votes
73.6% of the vote · R+47.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 20,371 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
+4.4pts D vs U.S.
Place R+21.8 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · −2.3 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+33.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+29.4 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +32.5 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 | 33.0%8,445 | 67.0%17,182 | 25,627 |
Its Republican presidential margin was R+32.7 in 2024 and R+3.9 in 2008. About 69,100 residents lived here, with White alone at 86.7% in the 2024 ACS 5-year.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.9 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.6 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.7 points.
A population of 67,299, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $55,883 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 54 and State House District 35.
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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