Maple Grove, MN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Maple Grove

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

Maple Grove leans Democratic by roughly 18 points: about 59% of voters vote Democratic and 41% Republican.

 

About 96% of adults in Maple Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Maple Grove, ~57% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~4% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Maple Grove compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Maple Grove leans more Democratic than 65 of 106 neighbors.

Maple Grove runs about 14 points more Democratic than Minnesota as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Maple Grove. The east side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+25) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+11), a spread of about 14 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 58% of adults in Maple Grove hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Maple Grove sits in the top fifth on density (about 81%, above 94% of cities).

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Maple Grove, MN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Maple Grove looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Maple Grove 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 73%, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Maple Grove have completed high school, above 94% 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 Minnesota 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.