2024 United States presidential election in Indiana
2024 United States presidential election in Indiana
Republican Donald Trump won Indiana for the third time in a row, with a comfortable margin of 18.96%; he had swept the state in the previous two presidential election cycles with former Governor of Indiana Mike Pence on the ticket: by 19% in (/wiki/2016UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninIndiana) and by 16% in (/wiki/2020UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninIndiana). This makes the first time since (/wiki/2008UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninIndiana) that it voted for the winner of the national popular vote. Prior to the election, all major news organizations considered Indiana a state Trump would win, or a red state. Trump flipped Tippecanoe County, which voted for him in 2016 but not in 2020. He also improved his margins in most other counties in the state, notably in Lake County, home to Gary and parts of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, which is also the most longtime Democratic county in the state. Despite Trump losing it by 5.6 points, this was the best performance by a Republican in this county since (/wiki/1972UnitedStatespresidentialelectioninIndiana), when Nixon carried it as part of his national landslide victory.
Democratic primary
The 2024 Indiana Democratic presidential primary was held on May 7, 2024. 88 delegates, 79 pledged and nine superdelegates, to the Democratic National Convention would be allocated to presidential candidates.
Democratic primary
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. Incumbent President Joe Biden was the only candidate who met the requirements. "Uncommitted)" would not appear on the ballot, and write-in votes were not allowed.
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