United States presidential election in Indiana, 2016



The 2016 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose eleven representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice-President.

Indiana was won by incumbent President William C. Rutherford (D-Texas) with 55.98% of the popular vote, against Senator Thomas P. Leach (R-Arizona), with 43.56% of the popular vote.

This was the first time since 1984 that Indiana voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. Notably, Indiana was the home state of Leach's running mate, U.S. Representative Todd Rokita. Rutherford narrowly carried Rokita's congressional district, IN-04.