- Lead
- 13,918
- Total
- 28,605
- vs nation
- R+47.2
Indiana 73rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 14,188
- Total
- 29,308
- vs nation
- R+52.9
- Lead
- 12,775
- Total
- 26,812
- vs nation
- R+49.7
- Lead
- 8,000
- Total
- 24,351
- vs nation
- R+36.7
- Lead
- 4,481
- Total
- 25,640
- vs nation
- R+24.7
- Lead
- 9,839
- Total
- 23,905
- vs nation
- R+38.7
- Lead
- 6,386
- Total
- 21,891
- vs nation
- R+29.7
- Lead
- 3,142
- Total
- 22,369
- vs nation
- R+22.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+48.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 68,3362024 5-year
- Population density
- 113 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 605 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $69,7592024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 89.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26.6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+48.7 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 5, MO · twin score 97.0
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 73rd 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
57.9%
11,328 votes · D+17.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 55.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
73.4%
20,983 votes · R+48.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 73.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
12,689votes
55.2% of the vote · D+10.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 11,328 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
21,428votes
73.1% of the vote · R+48.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 20,983 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
+22.0pts D vs U.S.
Place R+4.2 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +19.6 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+52.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+48.4 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +49.7 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
District 73 recorded an R+48.7 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided state house districts in Indiana. Its rural character and low population density reinforce that consistent voting pattern.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 48.7 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 48.7 points.
A population of 68,336, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,759 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 5 and State House District 55.
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 73rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18073/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.