- Lead
- 10,999
- Total
- 17,820
- vs nation
- D+63.2
Indiana 98th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 13,733
- Total
- 21,086
- vs nation
- D+60.7
- Lead
- 13,059
- Total
- 20,956
- vs nation
- D+60.2
- Lead
- 13,230
- Total
- 20,675
- vs nation
- D+60.1
- Lead
- 15,306
- Total
- 22,537
- vs nation
- D+60.6
- Lead
- 8,502
- Total
- 16,872
- vs nation
- D+52.8
- Lead
- 6,814
- Total
- 14,235
- vs nation
- D+47.3
- Lead
- 6,145
- Total
- 14,137
- vs nation
- D+34.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+61.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 68,1612024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,341 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 20.4 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $46,6082024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 22.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 55.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+67.9 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 94, IN · twin score 99.1
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 98th 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
83.8%
18,889 votes · D+67.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 81.9%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
41.2%
5,609 votes · D+17.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 36.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
18,889votes
83.8% of the vote · D+67.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 17,259 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
5,609votes
41.2% of the vote · D+17.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 4,964 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
+63.2pts D vs U.S.
Place D+61.7 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +62.9 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
−28.7pts R vs U.S.
Place D+51.3 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1992 · −31.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+61.7, this district ranks among the most heavily Democratic constituencies in Indiana, a pattern typical of dense urban cores where concentrated minority and college-educated populations anchor consistent one-party dominance.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 67.9 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 61.7 points.
A population of 68,161, a 22% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $46,608 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 94 and State House District 192.
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 98th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/18098/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.