Prairie Rose leans slightly Republican by roughly 14 points: about 43% of voters vote Democratic and 57% Republican.
About 84% of adults in Prairie Rose typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Prairie Rose, ~36% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~16% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Prairie Rose compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Prairie Rose leans more Republican than 4 of 38 neighbors.
Prairie Rose runs about 22 points more Democratic than North Dakota as a whole.
Why Prairie Rose 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 Prairie Rose, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Prairie Rose votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 99%, far above the North Dakota average of 12%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Walkability and Democratic lean
Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Prairie Rose, ND sits in the top 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 Prairie Rose looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. More than 99% of adults in Prairie Rose have completed high school, about 6 points above the North Dakota average of 93%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Frontier, ND R+14
- Fargo, ND D+3
- West Fargo, ND R+15
- Moorhead, MN D+6
- Horace, ND R+34
- Wild Rice, ND R+31
- St. Benedict, ND R+36
- Rustad, MN R+26
- Dilworth, MN R+7
- Reiles Acres, ND R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Seal, OH R+62
- Gove City, KS R+82
- Chesbrough, LA R+35
- Sparkling Springs, VA R+48
- Helmville, MT R+57
- Lakeview Manor, TN R+70
- Parris Island, SC D+66
- Peach Orchard, FL R+4
- Lockertsville, TN R+61
- Corinth, AR R+71
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.