United States presidential elections in Indiana

Presidential elections in Indiana

Number of elections	52
Voted Democratic	14
Voted Republican	33
Voted Whig	2
Voted Democratic-Republican	3
Voted other	0
Voted for winning candidate	39
Voted for losing candidate	13

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Indiana, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1816, Indiana has participated in every U.S. presidential election.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Elections from 1864 to present

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates [lower-alpha 1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2020 [1]	Joe Biden	1,242,416	40.96	Donald Trump	1,729,516	57.02	—			11
2016 [2]	Donald Trump [lower-alpha 2]	1,557,286	56.47	Hillary Clinton	1,033,126	37.46	—			11
2012 [3]	Barack Obama	1,152,887	43.93	Mitt Romney	1,420,543	54.13	-			11
2008 [4]	Barack Obama	1,374,039	49.95	John McCain	1,345,648	48.91	-			11
2004 [5]	George W. Bush	1,479,438	59.94	John Kerry	969,011	39.26	-			11
2000 [6]	George W. Bush [lower-alpha 2]	1,245,836	56.65	Al Gore	901,980	41.01	-			12
1996 [7]	Bill Clinton	887,424	41.55	Bob Dole	1,006,693	47.13	Ross Perot	224,299	10.50	12
1992	Bill Clinton	848,420	36.79	George H. W. Bush	989,375	42.91	Ross Perot	455,934	19.77	12
1988	George H. W. Bush	1,297,763	59.84	Michael Dukakis	860,643	39.69	-			12
1984	Ronald Reagan	1,377,230	61.67	Walter Mondale	841,481	37.68	-			12
1980	Ronald Reagan	1,255,656	56.01	Jimmy Carter	844,197	37.65	John B. Anderson	111,639	4.98	13
1976	Jimmy Carter	1,014,714	45.70	Gerald Ford	1,183,958	53.32	-			13
1972	Richard Nixon	1,405,154	66.11	George McGovern	708,568	33.34	-			13
1968	Richard Nixon	1,067,885	50.29	Hubert Humphrey	806,659	37.99	George Wallace	243,108	11.45	13
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	1,170,848	55.98	Barry Goldwater	911,118	43.56	-			13
1960	John F. Kennedy	952,358	44.60	Richard Nixon	1,175,120	55.03	-			13
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1,182,811	59.90	Adlai Stevenson II	783,908	39.70	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors [lower-alpha 3]	-		13
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	1,136,259	58.11	Adlai Stevenson II	801,530	40.99	-			13
1948	Harry S. Truman	807,833	48.78	Thomas E. Dewey	821,079	49.58	Strom Thurmond	-		13
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	781,403	46.73	Thomas E. Dewey	875,891	52.38	-			13
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	874,063	49.03	Wendell Willkie	899,466	50.45	-			14
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	934,974	56.63	Alf Landon	691,570	41.89	-			14
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	862,054	54.67	Herbert Hoover	677,184	42.94	-			14
1928	Herbert Hoover	848,290	59.68	Al Smith	562,691	39.59	-			15
1924	Calvin Coolidge	703,042	55.25	John W. Davis	492,245	38.69	Robert M. La Follette	71,700	5.64	15
1920	Warren G. Harding	696,370	55.14	James M. Cox	511,364	40.49	Parley P. Christensen	16,499	1.31	15
1916	Woodrow Wilson	334,063	46.47	Charles E. Hughes	341,005	47.44	-			15
1912	Woodrow Wilson	281,890	43.07	Theodore Roosevelt	162,007	24.75	William H. Taft	151,267	23.11	15
1908	William H. Taft	348,993	48.40	William Jennings Bryan	338,262	46.91	-			15
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	368,289	53.99	Alton B. Parker	274,345	40.22	-			15
1900	William McKinley	336,063	50.60	William Jennings Bryan	309,584	46.62	-			15
1896	William McKinley	323,754	50.82	William Jennings Bryan	305,573	47.96	-			15
1892	Grover Cleveland	262,740	47.46	Benjamin Harrison	255,615	46.17	James B. Weaver	22,208	4.01	15
1888	Benjamin Harrison [lower-alpha 2]	263,361	49.05	Grover Cleveland	261,013	48.61	-			15
1884	Grover Cleveland	245,005	49.46	James G. Blaine	238,489	48.15	-			15
1880	James A. Garfield	232,164	49.33	Winfield S. Hancock	225,522	47.91	James B. Weaver	12,986	2.76	15
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes [lower-alpha 2]	208,011	47.39	Samuel J. Tilden	213,526	48.65	-			15
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	186,147	53.00	Horace Greeley	163,632	46.59	-			15
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	176,548	51.4	Horatio Seymour	166,980	48.6	-			13
1864	Abraham Lincoln	149,887	53.5	George B. McClellan	130,230	46.5	-			13

Election of 1860

The election of 1860 was a complex realigning election in which the breakdown of the previous two-party alignment culminated in four parties each competing for influence in different parts of the country. The result of the election, with the victory of an ardent opponent of slavery, spurred the secession of eleven states and brought about the American Civil War.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1860	Abraham Lincoln	139,033	51.1	Stephen A. Douglas	115,509	42.4	John C. Breckinridge	12,295	4.5	John Bell	5,306	1.9	13

Elections from 1828 to 1856

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates [lower-alpha 1]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
1856	James Buchanan	118,670	50.41	John C. Frémont	94,375	40.09	Millard Fillmore	22,386	9.51	13
1852	Franklin Pierce	95,340	52.05	Winfield Scott	80,901	44.17	John P. Hale	6,929	3.78	13
1848	Zachary Taylor	69,907	45.77	Lewis Cass	74,745	48.93	Martin Van Buren	8,100	5.3	12
1844	James K. Polk	70,181	50.07	Henry Clay	67,867	48.42	-			12
1840	William Henry Harrison	65,302	55.86	Martin Van Buren	51,604	44.14	-			9
1836	Martin Van Buren	32,478	44.03	William Henry Harrison	41,281	55.97	various [lower-alpha 4]			9
1832	Andrew Jackson	31,551	67.1	Henry Clay	15,472	32.9	William Wirt	no ballots		9
1828	Andrew Jackson	22,201	56.62	John Quincy Adams	17,009	43.38	-			5

Election of 1824

The election of 1824 was a complex realigning election following the collapse of the prevailing Democratic-Republican Party, resulting in four different candidates each claiming to carry the banner of the party, and competing for influence in different parts of the country. The election was the only one in history to be decided by the House of Representatives under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution after no candidate secured a majority of the electoral vote. It was also the only presidential election in which the candidate who received a plurality of electoral votes (Andrew Jackson) did not become President, a source of great bitterness for Jackson and his supporters, who proclaimed the election of Adams a corrupt bargain.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes
1824	Andrew Jackson	7,343	46.61	John Quincy Adams	3,095	19.65	Henry Clay	5,315	33.74	William H. Crawford	no ballots	-	5

Elections of 1816 and 1820

In the election of 1820, incumbent President James Monroe ran effectively unopposed, winning all three of Indiana’s electoral votes, and all electoral votes nationwide except one vote in New Hampshire. To the extent that a popular vote was held, it was primarily directed to filling the office of Vice President.

The election of 1816 was contested between James Monroe and Rufus King. In this election, Indiana did not conduct a popular vote. Each Elector was appointed by state legislature, which assigned all three of Indiana’s electoral votes to Monroe.

See also

• Elections in Indiana

Notes

1. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
2. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
3. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina
4. Three other candidates ran and received electoral votes nationally as part of the unsuccessful Whig strategy to defeat Martin Van Buren by running four candidates with local appeal in different regions of the country. The others were Hugh Lawson White, Daniel Webster, and Willie Person Mangum. None of these candidates appeared on the ballot in Indiana.

References

1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times . 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.