Mc Intosh, ND Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mc Intosh

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

Mc Intosh leans Republican by roughly 16 points: about 42% of voters vote Democratic and 58% Republican.

 

About 52% of adults in Mc Intosh typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mc Intosh, ~22% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mc Intosh compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mc Intosh is the least Republican-leaning.

Mc Intosh runs about 21 points more Democratic than North Dakota as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mc Intosh. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+69) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+4), a spread of about 65 points.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 1% of residents in Mc Intosh live in densely developed areas, about 10 points below the North Dakota average of 12%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Mc Intosh, ND sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Mc Intosh looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mc Intosh is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 48%, about 16 points below the North Dakota average of 64%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 31% of adults in Mc Intosh report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Mc Intosh sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.