Coleharbor is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Coleharbor typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Coleharbor, ~13% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Coleharbor compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Coleharbor leans more Republican than 5 of 13 neighbors.
Coleharbor runs about 26 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.
Why Coleharbor 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 Coleharbor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 80% of households in Coleharbor are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Coleharbor is about 94%, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Coleharbor, ND sits in the bottom quarter 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 Coleharbor looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Coleharbor own their home, about 14 points above the North Dakota average of 80%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Coleharbor have completed high school, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Riverdale, ND R+59
- Underwood, ND R+58
- Ruso, ND R+64
- Garrison, ND R+58
- Turtle Lake, ND R+64
- Benedict, ND R+65
- Max, ND R+63
- Pick City, ND R+63
- Mercer, ND R+63
- Stanton, ND R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wills Crossroads, AL R+34
- Willow Creek, MT R+52
- Strodes Mills, PA R+70
- Dorange, SC R+16
- Okesa, OK R+65
- East Lexington, VA R+38
- South Heights, PA R+17
- Pine Bluff, WV R+63
- Brockwell, AR R+70
- Corley, WV R+68
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Dakota 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.