Trotters is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Trotters typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Trotters, ~6% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Trotters compares
Trotters sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable cities nearby.
Trotters runs about 44 points more Republican than North Dakota as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Trotters. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+86) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+70), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Trotters 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 Trotters, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 2% of residents in Trotters live in densely developed areas, about 9 points below the North Dakota average of 12%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Trotters, ND sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Trotters looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 6% of homes in Trotters have more than one occupant per room, above 92% of cities. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 32% of households in Trotters rent, above 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Crane, MT R+64
- Savage, MT R+66
- Sidney, MT R+59
- Grassy Butte, ND R+76
- Hodges, MT R+75
- Gorham, ND R+67
- Rawson, ND R+83
- Charbonneau, ND R+83
- Beach, ND R+69
- Cartwright, ND R+83
Cities with Similar Populations
- Skaggs Corner, AL R+79
- Nina, KY R+63
- Ludden, ND R+61
- Fairdale, ND R+45
- Round Top, PA R+22
- Pontotoc, OK R+61
- Farmersville, MO R+70
- Exeter, IL R+62
- Arispe, IA R+50
- Templeton, TN R+73
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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.