Northern Indiana:
10: 61.2% McCain, 37.8% Obama = Safe R
13: 57.6% McCain, 41.3% Obama = Safe R
14: 60.8% McCain, 38.3% Obama = Safe R
16: 54.5% McCain, 43.8% Obama = Safe R
17: 62.6% McCain, 36.1% Obama = Safe R
18: 56.2% Obama, 42.5% McCain = Toss-Up
19: 52.5% McCain, 46.1% Obama = Safe R
20: 60.4% McCain, 38.3% Obama = Safe R
21: 56.9% McCain, 41.9% Obama = Safe R
22: 51.6% Obama, 47.2% McCain = Lean R
35: 55.8% McCain, 42.7% Obama = Safe R
36: 60.4% McCain, 38.5% Obama = Safe R
37: 50.6% McCain, 47.7% Obama = Safe R
Southern Indiana:
34: 56.6% Obama, 42.1% McCain = Toss-Up
38: 63.5% McCain, 35.1% Obama = Safe R
39: 61.0% McCain, 37.7% Obama = Safe R
40: 61.0% McCain, 37.7% Obama = Safe R
41: 66.6% Obama, 32.5% McCain = Safe D
42: 55.5% McCain, 43.1% Obama = Safe R
45: 56.0% McCain, 43.0% Obama = Safe R
46: 57.0% McCain, 41.6% Obama = Safe R
47: 53.6% McCain, 45.1% Obama = Safe R
48: 54.7% McCain, 43.8% Obama = Safe R
50: 54.3% McCain, 44.3% Obama = Safe R
Northwestern Close-Up:
1: 80.1% Obama, 19.1% McCain = Safe D
2: 83.6% Obama, 15.8% McCain = Safe D
3: 51.0% Obama, 48.3% McCain = Toss-Up
4: 50.7% Obama, 48.4% McCain = Toss-Up
5: 55.0% Obama, 44.0% McCain = Lean D
6: 58.8% Obama, 39.8% McCain = Likely D
7: 69.1% Obama, 30.0% McCain = Safe D
8: 50.2% McCain, 48.9% Obama = Safe R
9: 53.0% McCain, 46.1% Obama = Safe R
Indianapolis Close-Up:
23: 55.1% McCain, 43.9% Obama = Safe R
24: 49.6% McCain, 49.4% Obama = Lean R
25: 69.6% Obama, 29.3% McCain = Safe D
26: 66.5% Obama, 32.8% McCain = Safe D
27: 87.1% Obama, 12.4% McCain = Safe D
28: 71.7% Obama, 27.6% McCain = Safe D
29: 55.3% Obama, 44.0% McCain = Lean D
30: 59.9% McCain, 39.5% Obama = Safe R
31: 61.3% McCain, 38.0% Obama = Safe R
32: 60.4% McCain, 38.7% Obama = Safe R
33: 62.2% McCain, 36.9% Obama = Safe R
Fort Wayne Close-Up:
11: 66.6% Obama, 32.5% McCain = Safe D
12: 59.6% McCain, 39.7% Obama = Safe R
Lafayette Close-Up:
15: 58.5% Obama, 40.5% McCain = Lean D
Evansville/Louisville Suburbs:
43: 56.0% Obama, 43.0% McCain = Toss-Up
44: 50.4% McCain, 48.7% Obama = Safe R
34.5/50 = 69.0% R. The current makeup is 40-10 R (seriously, how do the Dems only have 10 here?)
Because of 2008 as a baseline. That was once in a lifetime in Indiana. A 53% Obama 2008 district in IN likely still voted straight-ticket R for everything else in the past 20 years.
