Election Results for South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	24,521	13.5
Deaths:	23,676	13.0
Net Migration:	-4,765	-2.6
Net Immigration:	2,121	1.2

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +20,956	D +5,716	D + 4.4%
D +26,672
2020 vs. 2012	R +27,919	R +20,664	R + 4.0%
D +7,255
2020 vs. 2008	R +42,459	R +71,369	R + 18.6%
D -28,910

2016 vs. 2008	R +21,503	R +77,085	R + 23.0%
D -55,582
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	57%	Donald Trump* (R)	227,213	58.2%	Joe Biden (D)	155,396	39.8%	7,793 [+]	2.0%	390,402	11	0.25%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 6,388 (1.6%);
2016	53%	Donald Trump (R)	206,257	57.9%	Hillary Clinton (D)	128,724	36.1%	21,183 [+]	5.9%	356,164	12	0.26%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 15,503 (4.4%); Jill Stein (Grn) 1,594 (0.4%); Evan McMullin (I) 155 (0.0%);
2012	53%	Mitt Romney (R)	199,294	56.3%	Barack Obama* (D)	148,141	41.9%	6,406 [+]	1.8%	353,841	9	0.27%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 4,543 (1.3%);
2008	57%	John McCain (R)	184,754	49.3%	Barack Obama (D)	184,306	49.2%	5,463 [+]	1.5%	374,523	4	0.28%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Bob Barr (Lbt) 3,374 (0.9%); Ralph Nader (I) 549 (0.1%);
2004	53%	George W. Bush* (R)	207,571	60.0%	John Kerry (D)	135,423	39.2%	2,804 [+]	0.8%	345,798	9	0.28%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 632 (0.2%);
2000	49%	George W. Bush (R)	178,378	57.7%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	124,139	40.1%	6,818 [+]	2.2%	309,335	10	0.29%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 3,405 (1.1%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 1,657 (0.5%);
1996	47%	Robert Dole (R)	139,688	48.2%	Bill Clinton* (D)	118,299	40.8%	32,062 [+]	11.1%	290,049	7	0.30%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 29,762 (10.3%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 1,919 (0.7%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	53%	George Bush* (R)	139,102	43.7%	Bill Clinton (D)	115,259	36.2%	64,081 [+]	20.1%	318,442	6	0.30%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 62,525 (19.6%);
1988	51%	George Bush (R)	177,417	60.7%	Michael Dukakis (D)	113,627	38.9%	1,280 [+]	0.4%	292,324	7	0.32%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 283 (0.1%);
1984	54%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	192,592	63.6%	Walter Mondale (D)	108,516	35.8%	1,833	0.6%	302,941	5	0.33%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	57%	Ronald Reagan (R)	177,862	57.4%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	109,698	35.4%	22,365 [+]	7.2%	309,925	7	0.36%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 17,994 (5.8%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 2,983 (1.0%);
1976	60%	Gerald Ford* (R)	169,488	56.4%	Jimmy Carter (D)	127,384	42.4%	3,481 [+]	1.2%	300,353	8	0.37%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 707 (0.2%);
1972	61%	Richard Nixon* (R)	197,471	66.8%	George McGovern (D)	95,114	32.2%	2,899 [+]	1.0%	295,484	6	0.38%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 1,619 (0.5%);
1968	68%	Richard Nixon (R)	148,498	50.9%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	108,776	37.3%	34,219 [+]	11.7%	291,493	8	0.40%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 33,278 (11.4%);
1964	70%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	162,559	56.4%	Barry Goldwater (R)	124,300	43.1%	1,521	0.5%	288,380	5	0.41%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	77%	Richard Nixon (R)	170,654	55.8%	John Kennedy (D)	133,924	43.8%	1,517	0.5%	306,095	6	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	71%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	172,745	60.7%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	110,393	38.8%	1,403	0.5%	284,541	3	0.46%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	74%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	160,706	58.9%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	108,995	39.9%	3,282	1.2%	272,983	4	0.44%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	65%	Thomas Dewey (R)	118,003	52.3%	Harry Truman* (D)	102,958	45.6%	4,686 [+]	2.1%	225,647	7	0.46%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 1,730 (0.8%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	71%	Thomas Dewey (R)	125,205	55.1%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	99,602	43.9%	2,224	1.0%	227,031	9	0.47%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	77%	Wendell Willkie (R)	119,350	53.1%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	104,102	46.3%	1,432	0.6%	224,884	8	0.45%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	74%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	110,641	54.4%	Alf Landon (R)	88,141	43.3%	4,746 [+]	2.3%	203,528	7	0.45%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 4,107 (2.0%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 463 (0.2%);
1932	73%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	106,155	54.6%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	83,070	42.7%	5,195 [+]	2.7%	194,420	3	0.49%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 3,393 (1.7%);
1928	69%	Herbert Hoover (R)	110,510	63.6%	Al Smith (D)	62,218	35.8%	1,104 [+]	0.6%	173,832	5	0.47%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 336 (0.2%);
1924	60%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	81,572	59.4%	John Davis (D)	43,537	31.7%	12,114 [+]	8.8%	137,223	5	0.47%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 11,318 (8.2%);
1920	61%	Warren Harding (R)	78,145	61.6%	James Cox (D)	42,717	33.7%	5,939 [+]	4.7%	126,801	1	0.47%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 2,795 (2.2%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 1,729 (1.4%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 1,302 (1.0%);
1916	40%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	38,027	47.8%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	37,284	46.8%	4,293 [+]	5.4%	79,604	2	0.43%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: James Hanly (Proh) 1,928 (2.4%); Allan Benson (Soc) 1,463 (1.8%);
1912	38%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	27,381	38.4%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	22,532	31.6%	21,404 [+]	30.0%	71,317	-2	0.47%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 15,223 (21.3%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,581 (5.0%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 2,342 (3.3%);
1908	47%	William Taft (R)	42,998	52.5%	William J. Bryan (D)	34,873	42.6%	4,068 [+]	5.0%	81,939	1	0.55%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Chafin (Proh) 2,125 (2.6%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,694 (2.1%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 126 (0.2%);
1904	45%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	43,831	57.8%	Alton Parker (D)	27,601	36.4%	4,342 [+]	5.7%	75,774	1	0.56%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Silas Swallow (Proh) 2,638 (3.5%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,320 (1.7%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 214 (0.3%);
1900	47%	William McKinley* (R)	39,061	52.4%	William J. Bryan (D)	33,410	44.8%	2,112 [+]	2.8%	74,583	1	0.53%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 1,698 (2.3%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 237 (0.3%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

155,396

39.8%

Donald Trump* (R)

227,213

58.2%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

6,388

1.6%

Other

1,405

0.4%

TOTAL

390,402

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): 11

2016 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

128,724

36.1%

Donald Trump (R)

206,257

57.9%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

15,503

4.4%

Jill Stein (Grn)

1,594

0.4%

Evan McMullin (I)

155

0.0%

Other

3,931

1.1%

TOTAL

356,164

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): 12

2012 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

148,141

41.9%

Mitt Romney (R)

199,294

56.3%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

4,543

1.3%

Other

1,863

0.5%

TOTAL

353,841

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): 9

2008 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

184,306

49.2%

John McCain (R)

184,754

49.3%

Ralph Nader (I)

549

0.1%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

3,374

0.9%

Other

1,540

0.4%

TOTAL

374,523

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): 4

2004 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

207,571

60.0%

John Kerry (D)

135,423

39.2%

Ralph Nader (I)

632

0.2%

Other

2,172

0.6%

TOTAL

345,798

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): 9

2000 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

178,378

57.7%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

124,139

40.1%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

3,405

1.1%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

1,657

0.5%

Other

1,756

0.6%

TOTAL

309,335

Turnout: 49%	Diff (US): 10

1996 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

118,299

40.8%

Robert Dole (R)

139,688

48.2%

Ross Perot (Ref)

29,762

10.3%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

1,919

0.7%

Other

381

0.1%

TOTAL

290,049

Turnout: 47%	Diff (US): 7

1992 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

115,259

36.2%

George Bush* (R)

139,102

43.7%

Ross Perot (I)

62,525

19.6%

Other

1,556

0.5%

TOTAL

318,442

Turnout: 53%	Diff (US): 6

1988 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

177,417

60.7%

Michael Dukakis (D)

113,627

38.9%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

283

0.1%

Other

997

0.3%

TOTAL

292,324

Turnout: 51%	Diff (US): 7

1984 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

192,592

63.6%

Walter Mondale (D)

108,516

35.8%

Other

1,833

0.6%

TOTAL

302,941

Turnout: 54%	Diff (US): 5

1980 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

177,862

57.4%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

109,698

35.4%

John Anderson (I)

17,994

5.8%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

2,983

1.0%

Other

1,388

0.4%

TOTAL

309,925

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): 7

1976 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

127,384

42.4%

Gerald Ford* (R)

169,488

56.4%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

707

0.2%

Other

2,774

0.9%

TOTAL

300,353

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): 8

1972 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

197,471

66.8%

George McGovern (D)

95,114

32.2%

John Schmitz (Amer)

1,619

0.5%

Other

1,280

0.4%

TOTAL

295,484

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 6

1968 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

148,498

50.9%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

108,776

37.3%

George Wallace (AIP)

33,278

11.4%

Other

941

0.3%

TOTAL

291,493

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 8

1964 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

162,559

56.4%

Barry Goldwater (R)

124,300

43.1%

Other

1,521

0.5%

TOTAL

288,380

Turnout: 70%	Diff (US): 5

1960 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

133,924

43.8%

Richard Nixon (R)

170,654

55.8%

Other

1,517

0.5%

TOTAL

306,095

Turnout: 77%	Diff (US): 6

1956 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

172,745

60.7%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

110,393

38.8%

Other

1,403

0.5%

TOTAL

284,541

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): 3

1952 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

160,706

58.9%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

108,995

39.9%

Other

3,282

1.2%

TOTAL

272,983

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): 4

1948 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

102,958

45.6%

Thomas Dewey (R)

118,003

52.3%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

1,730

0.8%

Other

2,956

1.3%

TOTAL

225,647

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 7

1944 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

99,602

43.9%

Thomas Dewey (R)

125,205

55.1%

Other

2,224

1.0%

TOTAL

227,031

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): 9

1940 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

104,102

46.3%

Wendell Willkie (R)

119,350

53.1%

Other

1,432

0.6%

TOTAL

224,884

Turnout: 77%	Diff (US): 8

1936 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

110,641

54.4%

Alf Landon (R)

88,141

43.3%

William Lemke (Union)

4,107

2.0%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

463

0.2%

Other

176

0.1%

TOTAL

203,528

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): 7

1932 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

106,155

54.6%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

83,070

42.7%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

3,393

1.7%

Other

1,802

0.9%

TOTAL

194,420

Turnout: 73%	Diff (US): 3

1928 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

110,510

63.6%

Al Smith (D)

62,218

35.8%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

336

0.2%

Other

768

0.4%

TOTAL

173,832

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): 5

1924 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

81,572

59.4%

John Davis (D)

43,537

31.7%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

11,318

8.2%

Other

796

0.6%

TOTAL

137,223

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): 5

1920 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

78,145

61.6%

James Cox (D)

42,717

33.7%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

2,795

2.2%

Parley Christiansen (FL)

1,302

1.0%

Aaron Watkins (Proh)

1,729

1.4%

Other

113

0.1%

TOTAL

126,801

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 1

1916 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

37,284

46.8%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

38,027

47.8%

Allan Benson (Soc)

1,463

1.8%

James Hanly (Proh)

1,928

2.4%

Other

902

1.1%

TOTAL

79,604

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): 2

1912 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

27,381

38.4%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

22,532

31.6%

William Taft* (R)

15,223

21.3%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,581

5.0%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

2,342

3.3%

Other

258

0.4%

TOTAL

71,317

Turnout: 38%	Diff (US): -2

1908 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

42,998

52.5%

William J. Bryan (D)

34,873

42.6%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,694

2.1%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

2,125

2.6%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

126

0.2%

Other

123

0.2%

TOTAL

81,939

Turnout: 47%	Diff (US): 1

1904 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

43,831

57.8%

Alton Parker (D)

27,601

36.4%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,320

1.7%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

2,638

3.5%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

214

0.3%

Other

170

0.2%

TOTAL

75,774

Turnout: 45%	Diff (US): 1

1900 President, South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

39,061

52.4%

William J. Bryan (D)

33,410

44.8%

John Woolley (Proh)

1,698

2.3%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

237

0.3%

Other

177

0.2%

TOTAL

74,583

Turnout: 47%	Diff (US): 1

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	700,937	77.24%	2.7%
Black:	72,492	7.99%	0.6%
Indian:	3,200	0.35%	8.1%
Asian:	15,970	1.76%	43.4%
2+ races:	21,180	2.33%	32.5%
Hispanic:	93,742	10.33%	36.3%

Total non-White:	206,584	22.76%	20.1%

Change in White population:	-19,804	-2.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	34,591	3.9

South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for South Bend-Elkhart, IN-MI Market Area