2024 United States presidential election in Indiana
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The 2024 United States presidential election in Indiana is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Indiana voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Indiana has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat.[1]
Indiana has a reputation for being the most conservative state in the Great Lakes region, with the southern region of the state having cultural influence from the Upper South and Bible Belt. No Democrat has carried the state at the presidential level since Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory in 1964, with the exception of Barack Obama of neighboring Illinois, who narrowly won the state in 2008. In addition, Indiana was decided by single digits in the elections of 1976, 1992, and 1996, all three of which consisted of the state being won by a Republican as a former Southern governor won under the Democratic banner.
Republican Donald Trump won Indiana comfortably in the past two presidential election cycles, with popular former Governor of Indiana Mike Pence on the ticket, by 19% in 2016 and by 16% in 2020. As a strongly red state, Trump — now running with JD Vance of neighboring Ohio — is expected to win the state a third time in 2024.[2]
Primary elections
[edit]Democratic primary
[edit]The 2024 Indiana Democratic presidential primary was held on May 7, 2024. 88 delegates, 79 pledged and 9 superdelegates, to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.[3]
In Indiana, candidates have to gather at least 500 signatures from each congressional district, for a total of 4,500 signatures, to make the primary ballot.[4] Incumbent President Joe Biden was the only candidate that met the requirements.[5] Uncommitted will not appear on the ballot and write-in votes are not allowed.[6]
With no opposition, President Biden won 100% of the primary vote.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Joe Biden | 178,074 | 100.0% | 79 | ||
Total: | 178,074 | 100.0% | 79 | 79 |
Republican primary
[edit]The Indiana Republican primary was held on May 7, 2024. Nikki Haley, who had already dropped out, and Donald Trump appeared on the ballot.
Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Actual delegate count | ||
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Bound | Unbound | Total | |||
Donald Trump | 461,678 | 78.3% | 58 | ||
Nikki Haley (withdrawn) | 128,170 | 21.7% | |||
Total: | 589,848 | 100.0% | 58 | 58 |
General election
[edit]Predictions
[edit]Source | Ranking | As of |
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Cook Political Report[9] | Solid R | December 19, 2023 |
Inside Elections[10] | Solid R | April 26, 2023 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] | Safe R | June 29, 2023 |
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[12] | Safe R | December 14, 2023 |
CNalysis[13] | Solid R | December 30, 2023 |
CNN[14] | Solid R | January 14, 2024 |
The Economist[15] | Safe R | June 12, 2024 |
538[16] | Likely R | June 11, 2024 |
RCP[17] | Solid R | June 26, 2024 |
Polling
[edit]Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Donald Trump Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Other / Undecided |
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Emerson College[18] | March 2–5, 2024 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 55% | 34% | 11% |
Emerson College[19] | October 1–4, 2023 | 462 (RV) | ± 4.5% | 48% | 29% | 24% |
Nikki Haley vs. Joe Biden
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Nikki Haley Republican | Joe Biden Democratic | Other / Undecided |
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Emerson College[18] | March 2–5, 2024 | 1,000 (RV) | ± 3.0% | 44.5% | 28.7% | 26.8% |
See also
[edit]- United States presidential elections in Indiana
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
- 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
- 2024 United States elections
References
[edit]- ^ Wang, Hansi; Jin, Connie; Levitt, Zach (April 26, 2021). "Here's How The 1st 2020 Census Results Changed Electoral College, House Seats". NPR. Archived from the original on August 19, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ "270toWin - 2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map". 270toWin.com. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "Indiana Democratic Delegation 2024". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ^ "Ballot access for presidential candidates". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- ^ "Candidate List - Abbreviated" (PDF). Indiana Secretary of State. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
- ^ "Indiana 2024 Delegate Selection Plan with DNC Edits" (PDF). Indiana Democratic Party. January 9, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
No provision is provided under Indiana state law for primary voters to express an uncommitted preference on the ballot. Write-in presidential candidates are permitted.
- ^ "Indiana Presidential Primary Election Results 2024". NBC News. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ "Indiana Presidential Primary Election Results 2024". NBC News. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ "2024 CPR Electoral College Ratings". cookpolitical.com. Cook Political Report. December 19, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Presidential Ratings". insideelections.com. Inside Elections. April 26, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Electoral College ratings". centerforpolitics.org. University of Virginia Center for Politics. June 29, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 presidential predictions". elections2024.thehill.com/. The Hill. December 14, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Presidential Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com/. CNalysis. December 30, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2024.
- ^ "Electoral College map 2024: Road to 270". CNN. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
- ^ "Trump v Biden: The Economist's presidential election prediction model". The Economist. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
- ^ Morris, G. Elliott (June 11, 2024). "2024 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ^ "2024 RCP Electoral College Map". RealClearPolitics. June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ a b Mumford, Camille (March 7, 2024). "Indiana 2024 Poll: Sen. Braun Leads GOP Primary for Governor at 34%, 43% undecided". Emerson Polling.
- ^ Mumford, Camille (October 13, 2023). "Indiana 2024: Plurality of Voters Undecided in U.S. Senate Election to Replace Sen. Braun". Emerson Polling.