Terre Haute · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
58.7%
112,286 votes · D+19.9
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 58.3%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
71.8%
113,624 votes · R+45.3
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 70.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
123,210votes
58.3% of the vote · D+17.6
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 112,286 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
116,420votes
70.5% of the vote · R+42.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 113,624 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
James M. Cox1920
+17.7pts D vs U.S.
Place R+8.5 · U.S. R+26.2
Runner-up · John W. Davis, 1924 · +17.0 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+47.4pts R vs U.S.
Place R+42.9 · U.S. D+4.5
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +44.1 pts
U.S. House elections · 3 House
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U.S. House
On a multi-state Place, each row sums votes cast in the separate U.S. House races held inside the Place that year. It is a geographic vote total, not one contest or a seat tally.
Some U.S. House rows cover a contest held in only part of this Place — the votes are real, but the total is not place-wide because the rest of the Place had no such race that year.
Terre Haute · how this place’s counties split between candidates in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain and there is no roll-up above it. Each cell counts how many of this place’s counties a candidate led — a count of records, not a vote total. Who led the place as a whole is not knowable from these returns, because county rows carry a leader and a lead but no per-candidate votes.
Presidential nominating contests in Terre Haute, by party and cycle.
Party
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
Democratic
Clinton10Obama479,231 votes · 14 of 14 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Sanders13Clinton134,850 votes · 14 of 14 countiesprimary
Biden1424,959 votes · 14 of 14 countiesprimary
○no contest record
Republicannot ingested
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Terre Haute
Year
Total registered
2016 (partial)
262,405
2018
246,447
2020
249,900
2022
250,451
2024
246,745
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+694 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −12,587 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Terre Haute in Terre Haute: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−592
2012
−1,480
2013
−1,418
2014
−1,543
2015
−1,851
2016
−1,598
2017
−1,275
2018
−1,577
2019
−1,380
2021
−291
2022
−1,510
2023
+657
2024
+577
2025
+694
Centered on Vigo County, Terre Haute's media market has served as a bellwether through much of the 20th century, though the region has trended decisively Republican in recent cycles as rural and working-class voters realigned.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 19.9 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 45.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 2.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 45.3 points.
A population of 369,227, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $61,570 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Evansville and Fort Wayne.
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In 2024, Terre Haute, Indiana voted Republican by 45.3 points (R+45.3), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 158,289 votes cast, 41,846 went Democratic and 113,624 went Republican.
When did Terre Haute, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Terre Haute, Indiana voted Democratic was 1992.
How many people live in Terre Haute, Indiana?
Terre Haute, Indiana has a population of 369,227 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Terre Haute, Indiana?
Median household income in Terre Haute, Indiana is $61,570 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $83,390.
What is the political history of Terre Haute, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Terre Haute, Indiana from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 13 went Democratic and 21 went Republican.
