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1932 US Senate election in Indiana

Frederick Van Nuys (Democrat) beat James E. Watson (Republican) in Indiana in 1932, 56.8% to 43.2%, a margin of 13.6 points and 208,303 votes.

Indiana changed party: in 1926 it went Republican, for James E. Watson.

Democrats led in 87 of the 92 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 5. The largest, Marion, cast 212,578 votes and went to the Democrat by 7.1 points. The closest was Union, where 4 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Frederick Van Nuys won Democratic 870,053 56.8%
James E. Watson Republican 661,750 43.2%
Total1,531,803

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Marion 110,072 51.8% 95,067 44.7% 7,439 212,578 D+7.1
Lake 46,520 51.1% 41,720 45.9% 2,740 90,980 D+5.3
St. Joseph 38,332 56.0% 27,894 40.7% 2,250 68,476 D+15.2
Allen 39,114 58.9% 26,297 39.6% 954 66,365 D+19.3
Vanderburgh 32,912 65.2% 16,670 33.0% 897 50,479 D+32.2
Vigo 25,847 57.7% 18,044 40.3% 868 44,759 D+17.4
Madison 22,428 53.6% 18,499 44.2% 946 41,873 D+9.4
Delaware 14,475 47.0% 15,578 50.6% 717 30,770 R+3.6
Elkhart 15,210 52.3% 13,156 45.3% 699 29,065 D+7.1
Wayne 13,666 51.9% 12,202 46.4% 444 26,312 D+5.6
La Porte 15,111 58.6% 10,421 40.4% 275 25,807 D+18.2
Grant 13,618 52.9% 11,081 43.1% 1,030 25,729 D+9.9
Tippecanoe 13,881 54.1% 11,595 45.2% 194 25,670 D+8.9
Knox 13,963 66.4% 6,651 31.6% 404 21,018 D+34.8
Howard 10,753 52.1% 8,997 43.6% 870 20,620 D+8.5
Cass 11,322 59.2% 7,610 39.8% 208 19,140 D+19.4
Floyd 10,453 58.3% 7,187 40.1% 278 17,918 D+18.2
Henry 8,321 48.5% 8,265 48.1% 588 17,174 D+0.3
Lawrence 8,128 49.1% 8,265 49.9% 170 16,563 R+0.8
Monroe 8,614 52.7% 7,540 46.1% 187 16,341 D+6.6
Huntington 8,809 56.1% 6,601 42.1% 283 15,693 D+14.1
Greene 8,790 56.1% 6,260 39.9% 631 15,681 D+16.1
Gibson 9,003 58.0% 6,137 39.5% 386 15,526 D+18.5
Clark 9,410 61.4% 5,806 37.9% 114 15,330 D+23.5
Miami 9,000 59.7% 5,812 38.5% 266 15,078 D+21.1
Clinton 8,512 57.6% 6,112 41.3% 161 14,785 D+16.2
Montgomery 8,251 56.0% 6,323 42.9% 156 14,730 D+13.1
Kosciusko 7,493 51.2% 6,918 47.3% 220 14,631 D+3.9
Shelby 8,620 61.1% 5,275 37.4% 212 14,107 D+23.7
Bartholomew 7,536 54.6% 5,908 42.8% 356 13,800 D+11.8
Clay 8,113 59.5% 5,233 38.4% 286 13,632 D+21.1
Wabash 6,635 49.7% 6,502 48.7% 222 13,359 D+1.0
Hamilton 6,093 46.0% 6,915 52.2% 234 13,242 R+6.2
Randolph 6,269 48.2% 6,364 48.9% 385 13,018 R+0.7
De Kalb 7,305 56.5% 5,486 42.5% 127 12,918 D+14.1
Daviess 6,786 53.1% 5,767 45.1% 224 12,777 D+8.0
Boone 7,011 56.5% 5,259 42.4% 141 12,411 D+14.1
Sullivan 7,805 63.5% 3,613 29.4% 876 12,294 D+34.1
Marshall 7,210 58.7% 4,861 39.6% 216 12,287 D+19.1
Jay 6,753 56.6% 4,944 41.5% 224 11,921 D+15.2
Jackson 7,871 66.2% 3,850 32.4% 176 11,897 D+33.8
Noble 6,527 55.1% 5,205 43.9% 112 11,844 D+11.2
Johnson 6,938 60.3% 4,417 38.4% 149 11,504 D+21.9
Dearborn 6,378 57.3% 4,646 41.7% 107 11,131 D+15.6
Porter 5,565 50.1% 5,397 48.6% 150 11,112 D+1.5
Putnam 6,203 57.2% 4,309 39.7% 338 10,850 D+17.5
Hendricks 5,401 49.9% 5,229 48.3% 185 10,815 D+1.6
Morgan 5,779 54.0% 4,749 44.4% 180 10,708 D+9.6
Vermillion 6,289 59.0% 4,046 38.0% 316 10,651 D+21.1
Rush 5,087 49.7% 5,031 49.2% 112 10,230 D+0.5
Ripley 5,946 58.1% 4,180 40.9% 100 10,226 D+17.3
Decatur 5,447 53.9% 4,565 45.1% 102 10,114 D+8.7
Fayette 5,268 52.2% 4,722 46.8% 95 10,085 D+5.4
Jefferson 5,250 52.4% 4,608 46.0% 157 10,015 D+6.4
Hancock 5,849 58.7% 3,964 39.8% 147 9,960 D+18.9
Dubois 7,390 75.4% 2,345 23.9% 69 9,804 D+51.5
Fountain 5,573 57.1% 4,065 41.6% 126 9,764 D+15.4
Spencer 5,399 56.7% 4,064 42.7% 58 9,521 D+14.0
Wells 6,195 65.7% 3,050 32.4% 181 9,426 D+33.4
Orange 4,801 51.3% 4,495 48.0% 68 9,364 D+3.3
Warrick 5,267 58.9% 3,456 38.7% 216 8,939 D+20.3
Adams 5,914 66.5% 2,876 32.3% 107 8,897 D+34.1
Whitley 5,067 58.0% 3,343 38.2% 330 8,740 D+19.7
Carroll 4,894 56.1% 3,766 43.1% 69 8,729 D+12.9
Parke 4,689 53.7% 3,831 43.9% 206 8,726 D+9.8
Harrison 5,089 58.6% 3,507 40.4% 93 8,689 D+18.2
Tipton 4,914 57.0% 3,575 41.5% 130 8,619 D+15.5
Fulton 4,777 55.5% 3,707 43.1% 116 8,600 D+12.4
Posey 5,552 65.4% 2,843 33.5% 99 8,494 D+31.9
White 4,957 58.4% 3,417 40.3% 107 8,481 D+18.2
Perry 5,024 60.8% 3,199 38.7% 42 8,265 D+22.1
Washington 4,773 59.6% 3,195 39.9% 40 8,008 D+19.7
Pike 4,531 58.0% 3,127 40.0% 156 7,814 D+18.0
Steuben 3,697 50.5% 3,532 48.2% 94 7,323 D+2.3
Franklin 4,646 63.6% 2,617 35.8% 45 7,308 D+27.8
Blackford 4,082 57.2% 2,850 39.9% 202 7,134 D+17.3
Jasper 3,561 54.1% 2,946 44.7% 77 6,584 D+9.3
Jennings 3,513 55.0% 2,813 44.0% 61 6,387 D+11.0
Owen 3,640 59.2% 2,366 38.5% 146 6,152 D+20.7
Benton 3,446 58.6% 2,397 40.8% 37 5,880 D+17.8
Starke 3,348 57.4% 2,362 40.5% 118 5,828 D+16.9
Lagrange 3,258 57.4% 2,324 40.9% 98 5,680 D+16.4
Pulaski 3,234 58.4% 2,174 39.3% 127 5,535 D+19.2
Crawford 3,241 59.8% 2,122 39.1% 58 5,421 D+20.6
Martin 3,050 59.1% 2,081 40.3% 28 5,159 D+18.8
Newton 2,653 52.0% 2,391 46.8% 61 5,105 D+5.1
Switzerland 2,952 59.4% 1,935 38.9% 83 4,970 D+20.5
Warren 2,218 49.9% 2,168 48.8% 57 4,443 D+1.1
Scott 2,230 56.4% 1,686 42.6% 38 3,954 D+13.8
Union 1,612 49.4% 1,616 49.6% 32 3,260 R+0.1
Brown 1,663 67.1% 763 30.8% 51 2,477 D+36.3
Ohio 1,261 55.5% 993 43.7% 17 2,271 D+11.8

Counties as they stood in 1932; 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 Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Jim Banks (R) R+19.9
2022 Todd Young (R) R+20.7
2018 Mike Braun (R) R+5.9
2016 Todd Young (R) R+9.7
2012 Joe Donnelly (D) D+5.8
2010 Dan Coats (R) R+14.6
2006 Richard Lugar (R) R+87.4
2004 Evan Bayh (D) D+24.4
2000 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+34.7
1998 Evan Bayh (D) D+28.9
1994 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+36.9
1992 Dan Coats (R) R+16.6
1988 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+36.3
1986 Dan Quayle (R) R+22.1
1982 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+8.2
1980 Dan Quayle (R) R+7.6
1976 Richard G. Lugar (R) R+18.8
1974 Birch Bayh (D) D+4.3
1970 R. Vance Hartke (D) D+0.2
1968 Birch Bayh (D) D+3.5
1964 R. Vance Hartke (D) D+9.0
1962 Birch Bayh (D) D+0.6
1958 R. Vance Hartke (D) D+14.0
1956 Homer E. Capehart (R) R+10.8
1952 William E. Jenner (R) R+5.6
1950 Homer E. Capehart (R) R+6.5
1946 William E. Jenner (R) R+11.5
1944 Homer E. Capehart (R) R+1.3
1940 Raymond E. Willis (R) R+1.3
1938 Frederick Van Nuys (D) D+0.3
1934 Sherman Minton (D) D+4.0
1932 Frederick Van Nuys (D) D+13.6
1928 Arthur R. Robinson (R) R+11.2
1926 James E. Watson (R) R+1.1
1922 Samuel M. Ralston (D) D+3.1
1920 James E. Watson (R) R+13.4
1916 Harry S. New (R) R+1.6
1914 Benjamin F. Shively (D) D+7.0