Minot Air Force Base, ND Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Minot Air Force Base

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

Minot Air Force Base is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 65% of adults in Minot Air Force Base typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Minot Air Force Base, ~11% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Minot Air Force Base compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Minot Air Force Base leans more Republican than 17 of 19 neighbors.

Minot Air Force Base runs about 29 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.

Why Minot Air Force Base 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 Minot Air Force Base, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Minot Air Force Base are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Minot Air Force Base is about 94%, about 22 points above the U.S. average of 72%.

High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout

Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Minot Air Force Base, ND does.

Why turnout in Minot Air Force Base looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Minot Air Force Base 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%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Minot Air Force Base own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Minot Air Force Base have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.