Spruce Center is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Spruce Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spruce Center, ~17% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spruce Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spruce Center leans more Republican than 20 of 32 neighbors.
Spruce Center runs about 57 points more Republican than Minnesota as a whole. Minnesota leans Democratic overall, while Spruce Center is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Spruce Center 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 Spruce Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Spruce Center, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Minnesota average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Spruce Center sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 75% of cities). Spruce Center runs against the grain of Minnesota, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Spruce Center, MN sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Spruce Center looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Spruce Center 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%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Miltona, MN R+49
- Rose City, MN R+56
- Parkers Prairie, MN R+49
- Carlos, MN R+43
- Leaf Valley, MN R+49
- Eagle Bend, MN R+56
- Nelson, MN R+52
- Wrightstown, MN R+56
- Osakis, MN R+48
- Urbank, MN R+43
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sunnydale, AR R+75
- Sunnybrook, CA R+40
- Peoria, MO R+68
- Wicomico Church, VA R+13
- Cohansey, NJ R+37
- Three Points, CA R+32
- Scotchbrush, NY R+51
- Stoneboro, SC R+39
- Loch Arbour, NJ R+37
- Red Oak, IL R+45
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.