- Lead
- 7,943
- Total
- 55,555
- vs nation
- R+12.8
Indiana 22nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 8,255
- Total
- 58,695
- vs nation
- R+18.5
- Lead
- 10,169
- Total
- 51,724
- vs nation
- R+21.8
- Lead
- 6,994
- Total
- 46,662
- vs nation
- R+18.8
- Lead
- 308
- Total
- 54,912
- vs nation
- R+6.7
- Lead
- 13,069
- Total
- 44,771
- vs nation
- R+26.7
- Lead
- 10,115
- Total
- 39,359
- vs nation
- R+26.2
- Lead
- 7,297
- Total
- 39,199
- vs nation
- R+27.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+14.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 134,9372024 5-year
- Population density
- 212 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 636 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,7912024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+11.4 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+44.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 23, IN · twin score 87.5
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 22nd 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
51.0%
13,319 votes · D+2.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 49.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
71.9%
29,182 votes · R+44.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 71.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2008
27,172votes
49.5% of the vote · D+0.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 24,484 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
32,739votes
55.8% of the vote · R+14.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 31,184 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
John W. Davis1924
+2.8pts D vs U.S.
Place R+22.3 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +2.7 pts
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey1944
+32.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+25.0 · U.S. D+7.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +32.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | R | 43.8%22,807 | 56.2%29,214 | 52,021 |
Indiana 22nd State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 11.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 44.1 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 14.3 points.
A population of 134,937, a 77% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,791 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 23 and State Senate District 13.
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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Indiana 22nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/18022/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.