Donnybrook is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Donnybrook typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Donnybrook, ~12% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Donnybrook compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Donnybrook leans more Republican than 8 of 16 neighbors.
Donnybrook runs about 31 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Donnybrook. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+77) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+64), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Donnybrook 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 Donnybrook, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Donnybrook are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Donnybrook sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 87% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Donnybrook, ND sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Donnybrook looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Donnybrook own their home, about 13 points above the North Dakota average of 80%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Donnybrook have completed high school, above 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kenaston, ND R+63
- Carpio, ND R+64
- Hartland, ND R+65
- Tagus, ND R+69
- Kenmare, ND R+56
- Norma, ND R+65
- Blaisdell, ND R+77
- Berthold, ND R+64
- Tolley, ND R+69
- Niobe, ND R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mark, IA R+62
- Zimco, AL R+5
- Straits Corners, NY R+40
- Valley Fork, WV R+61
- Ulm, AR R+76
- Sidon, AR R+71
- Maple View, NY R+36
- Shinrock, OH R+38
- Bens Run, WV R+68
- Lakeshore, MS R+63
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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.