Ogema, MN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Ogema

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

Ogema leans slightly Republican by roughly 8 points: about 46% of voters vote Democratic and 54% Republican.

 

About 57% of adults in Ogema typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ogema, ~26% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Ogema compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Ogema leans more Republican than 3 of 27 neighbors.

Ogema runs about 11 points more Republican than Minnesota as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Ogema. The west side runs the most Democratic (D+12) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+51), a spread of about 63 points.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Ogema live in densely developed areas, about 19 points below the Minnesota average of 23%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Ogema, MN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Ogema looks the way it does

High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Ogema sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 29% of households in Ogema rent, above 83% of cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 23% of adults in Ogema report food insecurity, above 88% 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.