- Lead
- 6,264
- Total
- 28,393
- vs nation
- R+20.6
Indiana 59th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 6,040
- Total
- 29,005
- vs nation
- R+25.3
- Lead
- 7,494
- Total
- 25,950
- vs nation
- R+31.0
- Lead
- 4,854
- Total
- 23,476
- vs nation
- R+24.5
- Lead
- 1,603
- Total
- 24,980
- vs nation
- R+13.7
- Lead
- 6,860
- Total
- 22,562
- vs nation
- R+27.9
- Lead
- 4,813
- Total
- 20,335
- vs nation
- R+24.2
- Lead
- 2,273
- Total
- 20,539
- vs nation
- R+19.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,6552024 5-year
- Population density
- 308 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 220 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $78,9392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+30.4 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+38.4 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 58, IN · twin score 86.9
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 59th 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
58.8%
7,199 votes · D+18.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 56.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
68.8%
13,326 votes · R+38.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 67.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
11,492votes
46.0% of the vote · R+6.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 11,127 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
17,167votes
59.2% of the vote · R+20.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 17,030 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
+22.1pts D vs U.S.
Place R+4.0 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +19.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+31.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+28.9 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +27.9 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 | 38.2%8,857 | 61.8%14,311 | 23,168 |
District 59 recorded an R+22.1 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among Indiana's most reliably one-sided state house seats. Its rural character and modest population of roughly 68,000 have produced consistent double-digit margins across recent cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 38.4 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.1 points.
A population of 67,655, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,939 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 58 and State House District 48.
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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Indiana 59th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18059/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.