- Lead
- 5,971
- Total
- 18,206
- vs nation
- D+34.3
Indiana 80th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,955
- Total
- 20,957
- vs nation
- D+33.5
- Lead
- 6,251
- Total
- 19,399
- vs nation
- D+30.1
- Lead
- 7,376
- Total
- 19,720
- vs nation
- D+33.5
- Lead
- 10,185
- Total
- 21,670
- vs nation
- D+39.7
- Lead
- 4,419
- Total
- 16,399
- vs nation
- D+29.4
- Lead
- 4,195
- Total
- 14,635
- vs nation
- D+28.1
- Lead
- 4,853
- Total
- 14,560
- vs nation
- D+24.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+32.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,4162024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,583 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 26.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $50,2392024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 35.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 28.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 17.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.3 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 109, GA · twin score 91.5
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 80th 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
Samuel J. Tilden1876
87.7%
1,754 votes · D+75.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1884 · 86.4%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
42.3%
4,172 votes · D+15.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 39.8%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
15,834votes
73.1% of the vote · D+47.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 14,232 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
6,277votes
30.0% of the vote · D+38.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Mitt Romney, 2012 · 6,042 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
William J. Bryan1908
+70.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.1 · U.S. R+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1892 · +70.1 pts
Republican
George H. W. Bush1992
−24.4pts R vs U.S.
Place D+29.9 · U.S. D+5.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Bob Dole, 1996 · −24.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+32.8, this district ranks among the bluest in Indiana's lower chamber, likely anchored by a dense urban core that drives consistent Democratic turnout well above the state average.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.3 points in 1876. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 32.8 points.
A population of 67,416, a 36% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,239 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 109 and Assembly District 16.
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 80th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18080/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.