- Lead
- 12,758
- Total
- 20,861
- vs nation
- D+62.6
Indiana 61st State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 15,157
- Total
- 24,322
- vs nation
- D+57.9
- Lead
- 13,569
- Total
- 24,589
- vs nation
- D+53.1
- Lead
- 12,766
- Total
- 23,603
- vs nation
- D+50.2
- Lead
- 17,375
- Total
- 27,352
- vs nation
- D+56.3
- Lead
- 9,220
- Total
- 19,930
- vs nation
- D+48.7
- Lead
- 4,979
- Total
- 14,072
- vs nation
- D+34.9
- Lead
- 6,000
- Total
- 15,719
- vs nation
- D+29.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+61.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 68,4342024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,405 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 20.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $45,8022024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 74.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+63.5 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 10, KS · twin score 94.6
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 61st 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
Barack Obama2008
81.1%
22,184 votes · D+63.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 80.3%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
45.9%
1,994 votes · D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · 44.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
22,184votes
81.1% of the vote · D+63.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 19,529 votes
Republican
George W. Bush2004
5,192votes
26.1% of the vote · D+46.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 5,096 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
Kamala Harris2024
+62.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.2 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +58.8 pts
Republican
Richard Nixon1960
−9.5pts R vs U.S.
Place D+9.7 · U.S. D+0.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · −18.6 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Indiana 61st State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.5 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.2 points.
A population of 68,434, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $45,802 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 10 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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