- Lead
- 2,019
- Total
- 15,217
- vs nation
- D+14.7
Indiana 97th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,165
- Total
- 16,912
- vs nation
- D+8.3
- Lead
- 1,115
- Total
- 16,105
- vs nation
- D+4.8
- Lead
- 941
- Total
- 15,480
- vs nation
- D+2.2
- Lead
- 2,033
- Total
- 16,165
- vs nation
- D+5.3
- Lead
- 2,087
- Total
- 14,452
- vs nation
- R+12.0
- Lead
- 2,112
- Total
- 12,444
- vs nation
- R+17.5
- Lead
- 2,281
- Total
- 12,944
- vs nation
- R+26.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+13.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 68,2552024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,635 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 25.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $56,3132024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 57.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 13.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 21.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+14.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+47.8 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 17, CO · twin score 82.7
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 97th 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
55.9%
9,044 votes · D+12.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 55.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
73.8%
10,852 votes · R+47.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 69.9%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
9,358votes
55.3% of the vote · D+12.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 9,044 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
10,852votes
73.8% of the vote · R+47.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 9,766 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
+14.7pts D vs U.S.
Place D+13.3 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +8.3 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+36.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+13.8 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1932 · +32.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Indiana 97th State House District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 47.8 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 13.3 points.
A population of 68,255, a 57% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,313 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 17 and State House District 82.
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.
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Indiana 97th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18097/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.