- Lead
- 5,335
- Total
- 6,764
- vs nation
- R+77.4
North Dakota 26th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 5,360
- Total
- 6,746
- vs nation
- R+83.9
- Lead
- 4,497
- Total
- 5,934
- vs nation
- R+77.9
- Lead
- 2,902
- Total
- 4,413
- vs nation
- R+69.6
- Lead
- 1,856
- Total
- 3,381
- vs nation
- R+62.2
- Lead
- 2,093
- Total
- 3,544
- vs nation
- R+56.6
- Lead
- 1,910
- Total
- 3,242
- vs nation
- R+59.4
- Lead
- 1,226
- Total
- 3,386
- vs nation
- R+44.7
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+78.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 15,7492024 5-year
- Population density
- 4.1 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 3,827 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $97,5742024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 80.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+36.1 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+79.5 in 2020MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 2, ND · twin score 94.2
presidential history
Party record book
North Dakota 26th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1908–2024 · 30 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1932
65.6%
2,578 votes · D+36.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 59.2%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
88.7%
5,998 votes · R+78.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 88.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
2,613votes
59.2% of the vote · D+32.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 2,578 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
5,998votes
88.7% of the vote · R+78.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,978 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
+18.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+36.1 · U.S. D+17.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · +8.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2020
+83.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+79.5 · U.S. D+4.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2016 · +77.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of R+78.9, this rural North Dakota district ranks among the most politically homogeneous state house seats in the country, reflecting the deep Republican alignment of the state's agrarian interior.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.1 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 79.5 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 78.9 points.
A population of 15,749, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $97,574 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 2 and State House District 1.
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
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North Dakota 26th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/38026/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.