Ball Club leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Ball Club typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ball Club, ~26% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ball Club compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ball Club leans more Republican than 11 of 18 neighbors.
Ball Club runs about 29 points more Republican than Minnesota as a whole. Minnesota leans Democratic overall, while Ball Club is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Ball Club. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+43) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+14), a spread of about 29 points.
Why Ball Club leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Ball Club, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Ball Club live in densely developed areas, about 21 points below the Minnesota average of 23%. Ball Club runs against the grain of Minnesota, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Ball Club, MN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Ball Club looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Ball Club own their home, about 8 points above the Minnesota average of 82%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Deer River, MN R+24
- Zemple, MN R+27
- Inger, MN R+19
- Bena, MN Even
- Boy River, MN R+36
- Bowstring, MN R+40
- Cohasset, MN R+29
- Federal Dam, MN R+29
- Schley, MN Even
- Spring Lake, MN R+24
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bloomery, WV R+60
- Turkey Creek, AR R+65
- Chazy Landing, NY R+16
- Toms Creek, GA R+72
- Bellaire, PA R+47
- East Andover, ME R+32
- North Lebanon, ME R+35
- Fishs Eddy, NY R+40
- North San Pedro, TX R+36
- Piqua, KS R+60
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Minnesota Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.