- Lead
- 31,435
- Total
- 56,876
- vs nation
- R+53.8
Indiana 39th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 31,084
- Total
- 58,671
- vs nation
- R+57.4
- Lead
- 28,940
- Total
- 55,184
- vs nation
- R+54.5
- Lead
- 17,874
- Total
- 52,700
- vs nation
- R+37.8
- Lead
- 8,529
- Total
- 55,507
- vs nation
- R+22.6
- Lead
- 17,876
- Total
- 54,086
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 11,505
- Total
- 50,594
- vs nation
- R+23.3
- Lead
- 2,237
- Total
- 51,962
- vs nation
- R+12.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+55.3MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 134,8042024 5-year
- Population density
- 56 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,395 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $64,4942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 91.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.1%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+23.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+55.3 in 2024MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 13, IN · twin score 97.5
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 39th 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
59.9%
40,204 votes · D+23.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 59.1%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
76.8%
43,698 votes · R+55.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 75.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
42,287votes
58.1% of the vote · D+17.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 40,204 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
44,342votes
75.6% of the vote · R+53.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 43,698 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
+23.3pts D vs U.S.
Place R+1.9 · U.S. R+25.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +20.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+57.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.0 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +54.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 21.5%11,315 | 78.5%41,383 | 52,698 |
Indiana 39th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 23.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 55.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 55.3 points.
A population of 134,804, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $64,494 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 13 and State Senate District 18.
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 39th State Senate District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-upper/18039/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.