TO: Interested Parties

FROM: Whit Ayres and Dan Judy

DATE: October 9, 2025

RE: Findings from Survey of Indiana Registered Voters

Our firm conducted a survey of registered voters in Indiana regarding electoral process in the state. Key findings from the survey include:

1. A majority opposes the current redistricting proposal. Asked “As you may know, the state legislature redraws the state’s Congressional Districts every ten years after the U.S. Census. There is currently a proposal to redraw the districts after just five years, which would make Indiana’s two House districts held by Democrats more likely to be won by Republicans next year. Do you support or oppose the proposal to redraw Indiana’s Congressional Districts?” voters oppose the idea by a 53 to 34 percent margin.

2. Two-thirds of voters believe that the current signature requirement for independent candidates in Indiana is unfair. Asked “In order to get on the ballot in Indiana to run for U.S. Congress, independent candidates must collect around 4,000 signatures, while Republicans and Democratic candidates for U.S. Congress do not have to collect any signatures to get on the ballot. Do you think it is fair or unfair to require independent candidates to collect so many more signatures to run for office?” voters say that it is unfair by a 67 to 25 percent margin, including 56 to 34 percent among Republicans, 76 to 20 percent among independents, and 71 to 27 percent among Democrats.

3. Voters say that straight-ticket voting is a bad thing by more than two-to-one. Asked “As you may know, Indiana allows straight-ticket voting, where a voter can automatically vote for all of a party’s candidates on one ballot, but without seeing the names of any independent candidates running. Do you think that straight-ticket voting is a good thing because it makes it easier for voters to vote for their preferred party’s candidates, or straight-ticket voting is a bad thing because it makes it harder for independent candidates to be successful?” voters say that it is a bad thing by a 62 to 26 percent margin, including 49 to 36 among Republicans, 72 to 19 percent among independents, and 62 to 30 percent among Democrats.

Methodology

This survey of 604 registered voters, with a Margin of Error of ±3.99 percent, was conducted October 4-7, 2025. Respondents were drawn from a list of registered voters provided by i360, with 7% reached by a live interviewer on a landline, 64% reached by a live interviewer on a cell phone, and 29% reached by text-to-web on a cell phone. Calling quotas were set by county, gender, race, age, and education level to reflect current voter registration in Indiana.