- Lead
- 3,235
- Total
- 21,830
- vs nation
- D+16.3
Indiana 82nd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 4,051
- Total
- 23,479
- vs nation
- D+12.8
- Lead
- 1,767
- Total
- 21,273
- vs nation
- D+6.2
- Lead
- 2,652
- Total
- 21,023
- vs nation
- D+8.8
- Lead
- 5,449
- Total
- 22,365
- vs nation
- D+17.1
- Lead
- 252
- Total
- 17,932
- vs nation
- D+3.9
- Lead
- 524
- Total
- 15,974
- vs nation
- D+2.8
- Lead
- 1,634
- Total
- 16,082
- vs nation
- D+1.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+14.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,3982024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,729 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 24.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $49,5132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 61.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 16.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+57.9 in 1876MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+11.0 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 15, TN · twin score 84.1
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 82nd 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
78.9%
1,540 votes · D+57.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1884 · 76.5%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
55.4%
6,190 votes · R+11.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 52.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
13,723votes
61.4% of the vote · D+24.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 13,433 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
9,382votes
40.0% of the vote · D+17.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 9,027 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
Grover Cleveland1892
+50.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+52.4 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +49.1 pts
Republican
Bob Dole1996
−1.6pts R vs U.S.
Place D+10.2 · U.S. D+8.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2000 · −2.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+14.8, this district stands well outside Indiana's competitive range, reflecting a heavily urbanized or minority-majority constituency that consistently anchors the Democratic column at the top of the ticket.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 57.9 points in 1876 and a Republican high of 11.0 points in 1956. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 14.8 points.
A population of 67,398, a 61% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,513 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 15 and State House District 21.
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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