Section Thirty, MN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Section Thirty

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

Section Thirty leans slightly Democratic by roughly 10 points: about 55% of voters vote Democratic and 45% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Section Thirty typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Section Thirty, ~43% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~22% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Section Thirty compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Section Thirty leans more Democratic than 4 of 6 neighbors.

Section Thirty runs about 6 points more Democratic than Minnesota as a whole.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 42% of adults in Section Thirty hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Density and white share pull in opposite directions and roughly cancel in Section Thirty.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Section Thirty, MN sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Section Thirty looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Section Thirty 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Section Thirty have completed high school, above 83% 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.