Elliott, ND Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Elliott

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

Elliott is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.

 

About 73% of adults in Elliott typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Elliott, ~18% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Elliott compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Elliott leans more Republican than 8 of 16 neighbors.

Elliott runs about 15 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Elliott sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 10 points above the North Dakota average of 87%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Elliott are family households, above 77% of cities.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Elliott, ND sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Elliott looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Elliott own their home, about 10 points above the North Dakota average of 80%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Elliott have completed high school, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.