Mooreton leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 84% of adults in Mooreton typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mooreton, ~23% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mooreton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mooreton leans more Republican than 11 of 22 neighbors.
Mooreton runs about 10 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.
Why Mooreton 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 Mooreton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 82% of households in Mooreton are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Mooreton, ND sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Mooreton looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Mooreton 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 95% of households in Mooreton own their home, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Mooreton have completed high school, above 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Barney, ND R+47
- Galchutt, ND R+47
- Mantador, ND R+50
- Great Bend, ND R+47
- Wyndmere, ND R+46
- Wahpeton, ND R+31
- Abercrombie, ND R+43
- Colfax, ND R+43
- Breckenridge, MN R+33
Cities with Similar Populations
- Edinburg, ND R+46
- Mill Grove, MO R+69
- Everett, MO R+62
- Alpaugh, CA R+19
- Litchfield, CA R+77
- Van, WV R+63
- Manhattan, NV R+71
- Ibex, KY R+63
- Ferda, AR R+15
- Wilder, MN R+52
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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.