- Lead
- 9,678
- Total
- 58,171
- vs nation
- R+15.2
Indiana 32nd State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 9,930
- Total
- 60,217
- vs nation
- R+20.9
- Lead
- 13,933
- Total
- 53,415
- vs nation
- R+28.2
- Lead
- 13,775
- Total
- 51,118
- vs nation
- R+30.8
- Lead
- 10,096
- Total
- 52,330
- vs nation
- R+26.6
- Lead
- 21,254
- Total
- 48,914
- vs nation
- R+41.0
- Lead
- 18,562
- Total
- 42,259
- vs nation
- R+44.4
- Lead
- 17,416
- Total
- 42,578
- vs nation
- R+49.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+16.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 137,6592024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,201 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 115 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $85,5692024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 72.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+3.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+66.6 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 36, IN · twin score 89.0
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 32nd 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
40.8%
23,745 votes · R+16.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 40.7%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
83.1%
39,474 votes · R+66.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956 · 79.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
24,530votes
40.7% of the vote · R+16.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 23,745 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
39,474votes
83.1% of the vote · R+66.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George H. W. Bush, 1988 · 37,206 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
−15.2pts D vs U.S.
Place R+16.6 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1912 · −16.0 pts
Republican
Barry Goldwater1964
+60.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+37.5 · U.S. D+22.6 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1960 · +53.1 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 | 53.7%27,275 | 46.3%23,499 | 50,774 |
Indiana 32nd State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 3.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 66.6 points in 1972. The 2024 margin was 16.6 points.
A population of 137,659, a 73% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $85,569 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 36 and State Senate District 15.
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 32nd State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/18032/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.