Connersville, IN, Indiana: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+56%. Republican peak: R+56 in 2024.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+56MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 23,3342024 5-year
- Median household income
- $59,3212024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56 in 2024MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Connersville, IN, INOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 2,084 | 7,625 | 9,862 | ||
| R | 2,237 | 7,755 | 10,136 | ||
| R | 2,252 | 6,839 | 9,598 | ||
| R | 3,555 | 5,045 | 8,837 | ||
| R | 4,389 | 4,917 | 9,462 | ||
| R | 3,626 | 5,761 | 9,468 | ||
| R | 3,415 | 5,060 | 8,647 | ||
| R | 3,822 | 4,091 | 9,120 | ||
| R | 3,969 | 4,376 | 10,710 | ||
| R | 4,118 | 5,949 | 10,108 | ||
| R | 4,122 | 7,142 | 11,346 | ||
| R | 4,304 | 6,004 | 10,732 | ||
| R | 5,519 | 5,704 | 11,288 | ||
| R | 3,519 | 7,273 | 10,829 | ||
| R | 4,549 | 5,286 | 11,266 | ||
| D | 6,713 | 4,637 | 11,393 | ||
| R | 5,246 | 6,729 | 12,023 | ||
| R | 5,156 | 6,673 | 11,862 | ||
| R | 5,178 | 7,000 | 12,270 | ||
| D | 5,876 | 5,399 | 11,338 | ||
| R | 5,299 | 5,603 | 10,938 | ||
| R | 5,542 | 5,567 | 11,147 | ||
| D | 5,756 | 5,067 | 10,922 | ||
| D | 5,148 | 4,867 | 10,154 | ||
| R | 3,455 | 5,874 | 9,379 | ||
| R | 2,940 | 5,284 | 8,501 | ||
| R | 3,768 | 4,742 | 8,738 | ||
| R | 2,074 | 2,360 | 4,582 | ||
| O | 1,455 | 1,030 | 4,019 | ||
| R | 1,700 | 2,394 | 4,293 | ||
| R | 1,487 | 2,414 | 4,161 | ||
| R | 1,600 | 2,320 | 3,988 | ||
| R | 1,609 | 2,145 | 3,783 | ||
| R | 1,495 | 1,813 | 3,417 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
18.8%
English
14.3%
American
12.6%
Irish
12.1%
Scottish
1.2%
Italian
0.9%
French
0.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 44.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$59,321
Connersville, IN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Connersville, IN$59,321
Indiana$71,957
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
17.9%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1824.4%
Working age (18–64)17.0%
Seniors (65+)6.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
98.0%
speak English only
Spanish1.4%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 50.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Connersville, IN sits in the Upper Midwest. For most of the post-war period it was a Democratic metro — its working-class profile gave it the same political habits as much of its region. That identity has shifted decisively in the last twenty years.
The Democratic margin in Connersville, IN peaked at eighteen points in 1964. By 1968 the metro had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was fifty-six points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $59,321 sits well below state and national norms, and 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Connersville, IN, Indiana vote in 2024?
In 2024, Connersville, IN, Indiana voted Republican by 56.2 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 9,862 votes cast, 2,084 went Democratic and 7,625 went Republican.
What is Connersville, IN, Indiana's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Connersville, IN, Indiana as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 4 times, Republican 29 times, and other 1 times.
When did Connersville, IN, Indiana last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Connersville, IN, Indiana voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Connersville, IN, Indiana?
Connersville, IN, Indiana has a population of 23,334 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Connersville, IN, Indiana?
Median household income in Connersville, IN, Indiana is $59,321 — below the national median of $80,734. The Indiana state median is $71,957.
What is the political history of Connersville, IN, Indiana?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Connersville, IN, Indiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 29 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.