Anyone who waited in line this year to cast a ballot knows that voter turnout was heavy, with 74,494 votes cast. That’s over half of the registered voters in Vanderburgh County.
Straight ticket voting accounted for 40% of votes, and the Republicans outnumbered Democrats in straight ticket votes by 8,022. Every Republican on the ballot won.
The GOP succeeded at getting the vote out statewide, and the percentage of Vanderburgh County Republicans voting lagged slightly behind the state numbers.
For president, Donald Trump carried the county with 55.6% compared to 58.8% of the statewide vote.
In voting for a senator to replace Mike Braun, Vanderburgh County voted 56.3% for Jim Banks compared to 58.8% statewide.
In the 8th district congressional race, Mark Messmer drew 58.1% in Vanderburgh County, significantly lower than the 67.9% of the vote in the rest of the 8th district.
For governor, the numbers were very similar with Mike Braun getting 54.9% in the county and 54.5% statewide.
In the race for Attorney General, 57.5% voted for Todd Rokita compared to the statewide number of 59.1%.
Here’s the link to the final vote tally for Vanderburgh County.
