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

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

Gladstone is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.

 

About 82% of adults in Gladstone typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gladstone, ~11% vote Democratic, ~71% Republican, and ~18% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Gladstone compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Gladstone leans more Republican than 5 of 9 neighbors.

Gladstone runs about 37 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Gladstone, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the North Dakota average of 26%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Gladstone are family households, above 88% of cities.

Population density and Republican lean

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

Why turnout in Gladstone looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Gladstone 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%. 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.