Des Lacs, ND Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Des Lacs

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Des Lacs is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.

 

About 72% of adults in Des Lacs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Des Lacs, ~13% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Des Lacs compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Des Lacs leans more Republican than 11 of 21 neighbors.

Des Lacs runs about 28 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.

Why Des Lacs 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 Des Lacs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Des Lacs drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%.

Population density, never-married share, and Republican lean

Places that combine low population density and a never-married-heavy adult population tend to lean Republican, as Des Lacs, ND does.

Why turnout in Des Lacs looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Des Lacs is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Des Lacs have completed high school, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.