A majority of Hoosiers think redistricting in Indiana right now is the wrong way to go.

INDIANAPOLIS — A majority of Hoosiers think redrawing the maps of the state’s congressional districts right now is the wrong way to go.

That’s according to a poll by Independent Indiana, a nonprofit focused on getting Independents elected in the state.

“It’s not surprising that it’s not popular among Democrats, but it’s also very unpopular among Independents and even the numbers in the Republican respondents, it’s actually lower than we thought it would be,” said Nathan Gotsch, the executive director for Independent Indiana. “You’d think something like this would be really popular. Less than two-thirds of Republicans want redistricting.”

According to the 604 registered voters surveyed, 53% oppose redistricting, with 34% supporting it. The remaining 13% don’t know.

When it comes to what Indiana lawmakers really think, a clear picture has been harder to come by. A handful have publicly stated their position. Some are for and some are against. The rest have stayed tight lipped, even two months after Vice President JD Vance’s first visit to discuss the topic with Gov. Mike Braun and the state’s Republican leadership.


Now, Vance is making a second visit to Indiana on Friday.

“They still don’t have any definite indication that the governor is planning to call a special session. The governor, of course, is saying he wants to wait and see what the legislators want to do. So, I think this is putting pressure to get this done,” said IU political science professor Paul Helmke.


Helmke said he’s not surprised by the latest poll’s results, saying when you gerrymander to give one party more control, you’re basically saying the real election will happen in the primary.

“When you put the election in the primary, it means that the extremes of the Republicans or the extremes of the Democrats will be the ones voting and most people aren’t on the extremes. Most people are in the middle,” Helmke said.

“Nobody knows what’s really going to happen in terms of the redistricting, whether it goes through or not, but if it does, people, I think, are even more worried about how the voters of Indiana are going to respond and according to our poll, they’re not going to respond positively,” said Gotsch.