- Lead
- 26,297
- Total
- 60,952
- vs nation
- D+44.6
Indiana 30th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 28,940
- Total
- 68,123
- vs nation
- D+38.0
- Lead
- 20,600
- Total
- 63,938
- vs nation
- D+30.1
- Lead
- 20,370
- Total
- 62,772
- vs nation
- D+28.6
- Lead
- 25,535
- Total
- 66,676
- vs nation
- D+31.0
- Lead
- 7,246
- Total
- 54,460
- vs nation
- D+15.8
- Lead
- 4,611
- Total
- 47,085
- vs nation
- D+9.3
- Lead
- 3,506
- Total
- 48,083
- vs nation
- R+1.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 134,9622024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,454 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 55 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $73,5012024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 54.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 26.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+43.1 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+22.7 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 43, GA · twin score 89.5
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 30th 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
Kamala Harris2024
70.6%
43,047 votes · D+43.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 70.3%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
60.9%
30,693 votes · R+22.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 56.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
47,906votes
70.3% of the vote · D+42.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2008 · 45,600 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
30,693votes
60.9% of the vote · R+22.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 27,630 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
+44.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+43.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +38.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+8.0pts R vs U.S.
Place D+14.6 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +4.3 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 | D | 63.4%29,967 | 36.6%17,323 | 47,290 |
Indiana 30th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 43.1 points in 2024 and a Republican high of 22.7 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.1 points.
A population of 134,962, a 55% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $73,501 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 43 and State Senate District 7.
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 30th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/18030/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.