- Lead
- 7,855
- Total
- 35,743
- vs nation
- R+20.5
Indiana 83rd State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 7,948
- Total
- 35,736
- vs nation
- R+26.7
- Lead
- 9,394
- Total
- 31,148
- vs nation
- R+32.2
- Lead
- 7,637
- Total
- 30,576
- vs nation
- R+28.8
- Lead
- 3,496
- Total
- 31,013
- vs nation
- R+18.5
- Lead
- 9,009
- Total
- 27,066
- vs nation
- R+30.8
- Lead
- 7,071
- Total
- 24,089
- vs nation
- R+29.9
- Lead
- 4,156
- Total
- 23,194
- vs nation
- R+26.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22.0MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 67,6162024 5-year
- Population density
- 307 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 220 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,2082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+26.0 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37.0 in 1956MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 84, IN · twin score 93.0
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 83rd 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
59.9%
2,306 votes · D+20.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Grover Cleveland, 1884 · 58.0%
Republican
Dwight D. Eisenhower1956
68.3%
12,587 votes · R+37.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 67.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
13,638votes
38.2% of the vote · R+22.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 13,583 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
21,493votes
60.1% of the vote · R+22.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 21,442 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
+16.4pts D vs U.S.
Place D+6.8 · U.S. R+9.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alton B. Parker, 1904 · +15.9 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+32.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+30.2 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · +30.8 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 | 35.3%9,941 | 64.7%18,250 | 28,191 |
Indiana 83rd State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 26.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 37.0 points in 1956. The 2024 margin was 22.0 points.
A population of 67,616, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,208 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 84 and State House District 98.
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 83rd State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18083/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.