Wild Rice, ND Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Wild Rice

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

Wild Rice leans heavily Republican by roughly 32 points: about 34% of voters vote Democratic and 66% Republican.

 

About 93% of adults in Wild Rice typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wild Rice, ~32% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~7% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Wild Rice compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Wild Rice leans more Republican than 14 of 38 neighbors.

Wild Rice runs about 5 points more Democratic than North Dakota as a whole.

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

Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Wild Rice are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Wild Rice, ND sits in the top tenth 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 Wild Rice looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Wild Rice 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 74%, about 14 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and more than 99% of households in Wild Rice own their home, compared to around 78% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Wild Rice have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.