- Lead
- 3,557
- Total
- 8,845
- vs nation
- R+38.7
North Dakota 20th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,949
- Total
- 8,460
- vs nation
- R+39.3
- Lead
- 2,974
- Total
- 8,202
- vs nation
- R+38.3
- Lead
- 1,720
- Total
- 7,913
- vs nation
- R+25.6
- Lead
- 849
- Total
- 8,156
- vs nation
- R+17.7
- Lead
- 2,812
- Total
- 8,360
- vs nation
- R+31.2
- Lead
- 2,773
- Total
- 8,165
- vs nation
- R+34.5
- Lead
- 1,078
- Total
- 7,552
- vs nation
- R+22.8
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+40.2MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 17,1182024 5-year
- Population density
- 7.6 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 2,259 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $90,6892024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.8%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+18.3 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+74.5 in 1904MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 4B, MN · twin score 94.9
presidential history
Party record book
North Dakota 20th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
58.6%
4,073 votes · D+18.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 53.5%
Republican
Warren G. Harding1920
85.5%
5,200 votes · R+72.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 84.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
4,073votes
58.6% of the vote · D+18.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 3,892 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
6,085votes
68.8% of the vote · R+40.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 6,055 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
+0.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+18.3 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · −7.1 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+57.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+55.5 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · +54.8 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+40.2 across a population of roughly 17,000, District 20 sits among the most one-sided state house districts in North Dakota, where statewide Republican dominance is further concentrated at the local level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 18.3 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 74.5 points in 1904. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 5.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.2 points.
A population of 17,118, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $90,689 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 4B and State House District 6.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
Open the source-auditable district brief for electoral baseline, electorate, current-cycle coverage, geography, official dates, and methodology. Open campaign intelligence report → · Browse all comparisons →
North Dakota 20th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/38020/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.