- Lead
- 12,302
- Total
- 56,389
- vs nation
- R+20.3
Indiana 49th State Senate District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 10,614
- Total
- 58,747
- vs nation
- R+22.5
- Lead
- 12,065
- Total
- 55,142
- vs nation
- R+24.0
- Lead
- 7,576
- Total
- 54,429
- vs nation
- R+17.8
- Lead
- 69
- Total
- 58,118
- vs nation
- R+7.4
- Lead
- 11,273
- Total
- 53,065
- vs nation
- R+18.8
- Lead
- 6,124
- Total
- 49,356
- vs nation
- R+12.9
- Lead
- 1,552
- Total
- 49,401
- vs nation
- R+5.4
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+21.8MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 134,2292024 5-year
- Population density
- 226 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 594 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $63,0142024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 83.2%2024 5-year
- Black
- 8.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.1 in 1972MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State Senate District 38, IN · twin score 91.6
presidential history
Party record book
Indiana 49th 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. Roosevelt1936
70.7%
29,670 votes · D+42.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 64.2%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
67.8%
35,250 votes · R+36.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 60.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
32,718votes
62.4% of the vote · D+25.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 29,670 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
35,250votes
67.8% of the vote · R+36.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 34,187 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
+18.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+42.9 · U.S. D+24.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +15.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2016
+24.0pts R vs U.S.
Place R+21.9 · U.S. D+2.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +22.5 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 | 37.3%20,804 | 62.7%34,933 | 55,737 |
| 2020 | R | 37.3%21,603 | 62.7%36,301 | 57,904 |
Indiana 49th State Senate District sits in the Upper Midwest. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 36.1 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 3.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 21.8 points.
A population of 134,229, a 83% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,014 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State Senate District 38 and State Senate District 48.
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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