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1876 presidential election in Indiana

Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) beat Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) in Indiana in 1876, 48.6% to 47.4%, a margin of 1.3 points and 5,515 votes.

Indiana voted 1.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

Indiana changed party: in 1872 it went Republican, for Ulysses S. Grant.

Democrats led in 53 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 39. The largest, Marion, cast 24,669 votes and went to the Republican by 5.6 points. The closest was Huntington, where 12 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Samuel J. Tilden won Democratic 213,526 48.6%
Rutherford B. Hayes Republican 208,011 47.4%
All other candidates 17,374 4.0%
Total438,911

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 11,386 46.2% 12,778 51.8% 505 24,669 R+5.6
Allen 7,732 65.7% 4,013 34.1% 17 11,762 D+31.6
Wayne 3,197 35.5% 5,593 62.1% 212 9,002 R+26.6
Vigo 3,739 43.9% 3,551 41.7% 1,225 8,515 D+2.2
Tippecanoe 3,866 45.7% 4,465 52.8% 122 8,453 R+7.1
Vanderburgh 4,125 49.1% 4,069 48.4% 206 8,400 D+0.7
Elkhart 3,390 47.2% 3,742 52.2% 43 7,175 R+4.9
St. Joseph 3,468 49.0% 3,540 50.0% 65 7,073 R+1.0
La Porte 3,699 52.6% 3,288 46.7% 48 7,035 D+5.8
Cass 3,509 53.1% 3,040 46.0% 55 6,604 D+7.1
Montgomery 3,201 49.8% 2,959 46.0% 274 6,434 D+3.8
Madison 3,374 55.8% 2,603 43.1% 65 6,042 D+12.8
Randolph 1,922 32.4% 3,941 66.4% 70 5,933 R+34.0
Kosciusko 2,703 45.6% 3,217 54.3% 7 5,927 R+8.7
Jefferson 2,697 46.5% 2,991 51.6% 107 5,795 R+5.1
Clark 3,369 58.3% 2,399 41.5% 12 5,780 D+16.8
Wabash 2,243 38.9% 3,515 61.0% 8 5,766 R+22.1
Boone 2,493 43.7% 2,663 46.6% 553 5,709 R+3.0
Henry 1,924 33.9% 3,631 63.9% 123 5,678 R+30.1
Miami 2,845 50.5% 2,722 48.3% 64 5,631 D+2.2
Shelby 3,183 56.6% 2,387 42.4% 57 5,627 D+14.1
Dearborn 3,379 61.4% 2,093 38.0% 31 5,503 D+23.4
Knox 3,058 56.9% 2,288 42.6% 24 5,370 D+14.3
Hamilton 1,897 35.5% 3,259 61.0% 186 5,342 R+25.5
Noble 2,665 50.1% 2,631 49.4% 28 5,324 D+0.6
Bartholomew 2,810 53.2% 2,326 44.1% 141 5,277 D+9.2
Putnam 2,761 53.3% 2,242 43.2% 181 5,184 D+10.0
Hendricks 1,915 37.1% 3,010 58.4% 231 5,156 R+21.2
Grant 2,115 41.3% 2,819 55.0% 188 5,122 R+13.7
Clay 2,543 50.2% 2,303 45.5% 219 5,065 D+4.7
Marshall 2,767 55.6% 2,204 44.2% 10 4,981 D+11.3
De Kalb 2,552 51.3% 2,381 47.9% 38 4,971 D+3.4
Delaware 1,656 33.3% 3,170 63.8% 144 4,970 R+30.5
Clinton 2,556 51.7% 2,236 45.3% 149 4,941 D+6.5
Huntington 2,463 49.9% 2,451 49.7% 21 4,935 D+0.2
Floyd 2,960 60.4% 1,795 36.6% 148 4,903 D+23.8
Decatur 2,377 49.1% 2,446 50.5% 23 4,846 R+1.4
Rush 2,203 47.1% 2,468 52.7% 9 4,680 R+5.7
Gibson 2,317 49.6% 2,274 48.7% 82 4,673 D+0.9
Fountain 2,202 47.3% 2,236 48.0% 220 4,658 R+0.7
Franklin 3,008 64.8% 1,634 35.2% 3 4,645 D+29.6
Greene 2,103 45.9% 2,207 48.2% 269 4,579 R+2.3
Howard 1,647 36.1% 2,826 62.0% 87 4,560 R+25.9
Spencer 2,455 53.9% 2,040 44.8% 63 4,558 D+9.1
Johnson 2,363 52.2% 1,860 41.1% 304 4,527 D+11.1
Parke 1,819 40.2% 2,498 55.2% 205 4,522 R+15.0
Sullivan 2,884 63.9% 1,536 34.0% 96 4,516 D+29.8
Jackson 2,749 61.1% 1,640 36.4% 112 4,501 D+24.6
Ripley 2,339 52.1% 2,126 47.4% 24 4,489 D+4.7
Daviess 2,349 53.4% 2,026 46.0% 25 4,400 D+7.3
Harrison 2,438 57.7% 1,761 41.7% 29 4,228 D+16.0
Morgan 1,893 45.2% 2,161 51.6% 137 4,191 R+6.4
Carroll 2,189 52.3% 1,980 47.3% 17 4,186 D+5.0
Warrick 2,292 55.3% 1,819 43.9% 34 4,145 D+11.4
Posey 2,383 58.3% 1,685 41.2% 19 4,087 D+17.1
Jay 1,944 48.6% 1,924 48.1% 130 3,998 D+0.5
Washington 2,335 59.0% 1,618 40.9% 2 3,955 D+18.1
Wells 2,339 60.5% 1,502 38.9% 25 3,866 D+21.7
Whitley 2,052 55.1% 1,661 44.6% 8 3,721 D+10.5
Hancock 2,092 56.5% 1,533 41.4% 80 3,705 D+15.1
Jennings 1,756 47.5% 1,908 51.6% 35 3,699 R+4.1
Lawrence 1,666 45.2% 1,934 52.4% 89 3,689 R+7.3
Porter 1,588 43.3% 2,081 56.7% 3,669 R+13.4
Steuben 1,051 29.5% 2,293 64.4% 219 3,563 R+34.9
Lagrange 1,256 35.6% 2,205 62.6% 63 3,524 R+26.9
Owen 1,914 56.3% 1,392 40.9% 95 3,401 D+15.3
Monroe 1,559 46.5% 1,667 49.7% 125 3,351 R+3.2
Fulton 1,707 52.0% 1,574 47.9% 4 3,285 D+4.0
Pike 1,640 50.0% 1,458 44.4% 183 3,281 D+5.5
Lake 1,314 41.7% 1,826 58.0% 8 3,148 R+16.3
Tipton 1,704 54.2% 1,342 42.7% 99 3,145 D+11.5
Perry 1,723 55.5% 1,335 43.0% 44 3,102 D+12.5
Dubois 2,332 76.7% 701 23.1% 7 3,040 D+53.7
Switzerland 1,396 46.3% 1,495 49.6% 122 3,013 R+3.3
White 1,450 48.3% 1,502 50.0% 50 3,002 R+1.7
Adams 2,032 70.0% 867 29.9% 3 2,902 D+40.1
Fayette 1,276 44.0% 1,606 55.4% 17 2,899 R+11.4
Orange 1,603 55.7% 1,269 44.1% 8 2,880 D+11.6
Martin 1,569 58.2% 1,115 41.4% 11 2,695 D+16.8
Warren 881 33.1% 1,689 63.5% 89 2,659 R+30.4
Vermillion 1,114 42.8% 1,377 53.0% 109 2,600 R+10.1
Benton 1,145 44.9% 1,316 51.6% 89 2,550 R+6.7
Crawford 1,173 53.4% 991 45.1% 33 2,197 D+8.3
Jasper 751 35.9% 1,262 60.3% 80 2,093 R+24.4
Pulaski 1,138 55.5% 872 42.5% 42 2,052 D+13.0
Newton 767 39.2% 1,137 58.2% 51 1,955 R+18.9
Brown 1,254 67.7% 488 26.4% 109 1,851 D+41.4
Union 792 43.0% 1,031 56.0% 17 1,840 R+13.0
Scott 1,074 58.8% 747 40.9% 4 1,825 D+17.9
Blackford 838 50.4% 712 42.8% 112 1,662 D+7.6
Ohio 579 46.8% 629 50.8% 29 1,237 R+4.0
Starke 553 56.8% 414 42.5% 7 974 D+14.3

Counties as they stood in 1876; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Indiana in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+19.0
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+19.2
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+10.2
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+1.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+20.7
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+15.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.6
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+20.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.4
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+32.8
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.4
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+20.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+17.1
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+5.7
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+1.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+14.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+20.1
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+16.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+14.6
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+1.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+20.0
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+1.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+13.8
1900 William McKinley (R) R+4.0
1896 William McKinley (R) R+2.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.4
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.3
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+1.4
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+1.3
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.8