Sibley, ND Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sibley

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

Sibley is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.

 

About 68% of adults in Sibley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sibley, ~16% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sibley compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Sibley leans more Republican than 16 of 19 neighbors.

Sibley runs about 18 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Sibley live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the North Dakota average of 12%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Sibley, ND 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 Sibley looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sibley 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 92% of households in Sibley own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Sibley have completed high school, above 81% 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 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.