Whipholt leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Whipholt typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Whipholt, ~25% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Whipholt compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Whipholt leans more Republican than 3 of 22 neighbors.
Whipholt runs about 27 points more Republican than Minnesota as a whole. Minnesota leans Democratic overall, while Whipholt is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Whipholt 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 Whipholt, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Whipholt live in densely developed areas, about 21 points below the Minnesota average of 23%. Whipholt runs against the grain of Minnesota, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Whipholt, MN sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Whipholt looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Whipholt 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 66%, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Whipholt own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Federal Dam, MN R+29
- Badoura, MN R+33
- Akeley, MN R+31
- Inguadona, MN R+30
- Boy River, MN R+36
- Benedict, MN R+25
- Backus, MN R+41
Cities with Similar Populations
- Yellow Rock, KY R+66
- Youngs, MS R+42
- Monticello, NM R+38
- Frontier, WY R+77
- Bogota, TN R+76
- Oaky Streak, AL R+78
- Tippecanoe, PA R+48
- Looking Glass, OR R+53
- Francisco, NC R+59
- Osgood, MO R+71
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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.