- Lead
- 23,333
- Total
- 65,288
- vs nation
- R+34.3
Indiana 7th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 24,832
- Total
- 65,355
- vs nation
- R+42.5
- Lead
- 25,268
- Total
- 57,378
- vs nation
- R+46.1
- Lead
- 20,591
- Total
- 50,416
- vs nation
- R+44.7
- Lead
- 13,555
- Total
- 52,331
- vs nation
- R+33.2
- Lead
- 24,445
- Total
- 47,367
- vs nation
- R+49.2
- Lead
- 17,327
- Total
- 40,099
- vs nation
- R+43.7
- Lead
- 13,062
- Total
- 39,846
- vs nation
- R+41.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+35.7MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 137,4722024 5-year
- Population density
- 109 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,258 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,4962024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 84.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.9%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+16.8 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51.6 in 2004MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 24, IN · twin score 93.0
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 7th State Senate 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
54.4%
19,873 votes · D+10.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 51.6%
Republican
George W. Bush2004
75.5%
35,744 votes · R+51.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 74.7%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
20,349votes
31.2% of the vote · R+35.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 20,246 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
44,395votes
67.9% of the vote · R+38.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 43,682 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
James M. Cox1920
+16.5pts D vs U.S.
Place R+9.7 · U.S. R+26.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +10.2 pts
Republican
George W. Bush2004
+49.2pts R vs U.S.
Place R+51.6 · U.S. R+2.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +46.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 35.7-point Republican presidential margin, this district ranks among the state's most reliably one-sided constituencies. Its rural character and small-town demographic profile have produced consistent supermajority-level results in statewide contests.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 16.8 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 51.6 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.7 points.
A population of 137,472, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,496 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 24 and State Senate District 28.
The state-senate 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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